1975 World Series Game Six Home Run
The 1975 World Series: A seven-game classic featuring Carlton Fisk's iconic walk-off home run.
The 1975 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1975 season. The 72nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion Cincinnati Reds. The Reds narrowly defeated the Red Sox in seven games to win their first World Series title since 1940. In 2003, ESPN ranked it the second-greatest World Series ever played, trailing only the 1975 series, while in 2020, Sam Miller of ESPN named it the best World Series ever.
Quick Facts
- Player
- Carl Yastrzemski
- Team
- Boston Red Sox
- Opponent
- Cincinnati Reds
- Venue
- Fenway Park, Boston
- Year
- 1975
- Series outcome
- Reds won in 7 games
- Pitcher faced
- Pat Darcy
Lore & Background
The sixth game of the World Series was a 12-inning classic at Boston's Fenway Park, which culminated with a walk-off home run by Carlton Fisk to extend the series to seven games. The Reds rallied from a 3–0 deficit to win the seventh and deciding game of the series on a ninth-inning single by Joe Morgan after being seven outs away from elimination. This was the fourth time in five years that a seven-game World Series winner (following Pittsburgh in 1971, and Oakland in 1972 and 1973) was outscored.
Reader's Guide
Reds third baseman Pete Rose was named World Series MVP. Rose batted .370 with 10 hits and two RBIs and scored 3 runs. None of the six umpires in this World Series worked a previous Fall Classic, and two, Art Frantz and George Maloney, would not umpire in another.
Did You Know?
- The 1975 World Series was the first World Series appearance for the Red Sox since losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games in 1967.
- The Reds recorded a franchise-high 108 victories in 1975 and won the NL West division by 20 games over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- The Red Sox swept the three-time defending World Series champion Oakland Athletics in the ALCS to win their first pennant in eight years.
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