been for what’s likely the most iconic walk-off
home run in MLB history.
The New York Yankees visited the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series on October 13.
In the Yankees three victories, they’d outscored the Pirates 38-3. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, had eeked out its three wins by a cumulative score of 14-8.
It was no surprise, then, that Game 7 was both a high scoring and a close game. After the Pirates claimed a 9-7 lead with a 5-run eighth inning, the Yankees re-tied it with a pair in the top of the ninth.
This set the stage for Pittsburgh second baseman Bill Mazeroski leading off the bottom of the ninth against Ralph Terry and what became one of the greatest walk off home runs ever hit.
Mazeroski turned Terry’s 1-0 pitch and drove it into the woods beyond left field fence at Forbes Field to clinch the World Series for the Pirates, 10-9. (Check out the full video of Mazeroski’s at bat and the bedlam that ensues below.)
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