1964 World Series
61st edition of Major League Baseball's championship series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1964 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1964 season. The 61st edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals against the American League champion New York Yankees; the Cardinals prevailed in seven games. St. Louis won their seventh world championship, while the Yankees, who had appeared in 14 of 16 World Series since 1949, did not play in the Series again until 1976.
| 1964 World Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 7–15 | |||||||||
| Venue | Busch Stadium (St. Louis) Yankee Stadium (New York) | |||||||||
| MVP | Bob Gibson (St. Louis) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Frank Secory (NL), Bill McKinley (AL), Ken Burkhart (NL), Hank Soar (AL), Vinnie Smith (NL), Al Smith (AL) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Cardinals: Lou Brock Bob Gibson Yankees: Yogi Berra (manager) Whitey Ford Mickey Mantle | |||||||||
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| Television | NBC | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Harry Caray and Curt Gowdy (in St. Louis) Phil Rizzuto and Joe Garagiola (in New York) | |||||||||
| Radio | NBC | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Joe Garagiola and Phil Rizzuto (in St. Louis) Curt Gowdy and Harry Caray (in New York) | |||||||||
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In an unusual twist, the Yankees fired Yogi Berra after the Series ended, replacing him with Johnny Keane, who had resigned from the Cardinals after the Series. His job had been threatened by Cardinals management, and it was unexpectedly saved by the Cardinals' dramatic pennant drive.
This was also the last World Series that matched the Yankees up against the Cardinals; in the previous four meetings, each team had won twice, with the Yankees winning in 1928 and 1943, and the Cardinals in 1926 and 1942. This was the first World Series to feature a team with the players' last names on the uniforms (St. Louis).
This pennant for the Yankees concluded their remarkable run of 15 World Series appearances over 18 years. In total, they won 29 American League championships in the 44-year span from 1921 through 1964.