The matched the New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers , with the Yankees winning in six games to capture their first title since 1962 , and their 21st overall.
It was the first meeting of the Yankees and Dodgers in the Fall Classic since 1963 .
Billy Martin (New York), Tommy Lasorda (Los Angeles)
Nestor Chylak (AL), Ed Sudol (NL), Larry McCoy (AL), Jerry Dale (NL), Jim Evans (AL), John McSherry (NL)
Reggie Jackson (New York)
ABC ( Keith Jackson , Howard Cosell and Tom Seaver announcing). This was the first World Series since 1947 not to be televised by rival network NBC . It was also the first time that the participating teams' local announcers were not featured on the network telecast.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
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Los Angeles Dodgers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 0
New York Yankees 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 11 0
PITCHERS: LAD - Sutton, Rautzhan (8), Sosa (8), Garman (9), Rhoden (12)
NYY - Gullett, Lyle (9)
WP - Lyle
LP - Rhoden
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: LAD - none
NYY - Randolph
ATTENDANCE: 56,668
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Los Angeles Dodgers 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 9 0
New York Yankees 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
PITCHERS: LAD - Hooton
NYY - Hunter, Tidrow (3), Clay (6), Lyle (9)
WP - Hooton
LP - Hunter
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: LAD - Cey, Yeager, Smith, Garvey
NYY - none
ATTENDANCE: 56,691
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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New York Yankees 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 10 0
Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
PITCHERS: NYY - Torrez
LAD - John, Hough (7)
WP - Torrez
LP - John
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: NYY - none
LAD - Baker
ATTENDANCE: 55,992
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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New York Yankees 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 7 0
Los Angeles Dodgers 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
PITCHERS: NYY - Guidry
LAD - Rau, Rhoden (2), Garman (9)
WP - Guidry
LP - Rau
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: NYY - Jackson
LAD - Lopes
ATTENDANCE: 55,995
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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New York Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 9 2
Los Angeles Dodgers 1 0 0 4 3 2 0 0 X 10 13 0
PITCHERS: NYY - Gullett, Clay (5), Tidrow (6), Hunter (7)
LAD - Sutton
WP - Sutton
LP - Gullett
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: NYY - Munson, Jackson
LAD - Yeager, Smith
ATTENDANCE: 55,955
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Los Angeles Dodgers 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 9 0
New York Yankees 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 X 8 8 1
PITCHERS: LAD - Hooton, Sosa (4), Rau (5), Hough (7)
NYY - Torrez
WP - Torrez
LP - Hooton
SAVE - none
HOME RUNS: LAD - Smith
NYY - Chambliss, Jackson (3)
ATTENDANCE: 56,407
(left) talks with ABC 's Bill White following Jackson's legendary performance in Game 6.]]
- Each of Jackson's blasts came on the first pitch of an at-bat, and each was hit off of a different pitcher. The first two were hit into "Ruthville" in the not-very-distant right field area; the third was a truly "Ruthian" drive to the bleachers in straightaway center, into "the black". Howard Cosell , a member of the TV broadcast team, was moved to yell, "What a blow!"
: mlb.com coverage of Game 6
- The World Series had not been decided in six games since 1959 . The odds against such a gap happening again are steep. Even if you assume that all results, 4-0, 4-1, 4-2 and 4-3 have an equal chance of occurring (they don't, a 4-2 series is the most likely result, tied with 4-3), the odds that one six-game series will not occur in seventeen years would be about 133 to 1 (). Given that the real random probability of a 4-2 series is actually about 31%, the real odds against are more like 549 to 1 ().
: An explanation of this phenomenon
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