60th Anniversary: Mazeroski Home Run To Win World Series

PITTSBURGH, PA — Although it might be difficult for Pirates fans to fathom, it's now been six decades since the most famous home run in baseball history: Bill Mazeroski's dramatic ninth-inning walk-off home run that gave the Pirates a World Series victory in the seventh game against the New York Yankees.

That was the only time a seventh game of a World Series ended with a walk-off home run.

In the bottom of the ninth, the Yankees' Ralph Terry was on the mound. Mazeroski was the first batter to face him. With a count of one ball and no strikes, the Pirates' second baseman smashed a g drive over the left field wall.

Left fielder Yogi Berra followed the ball to the wall but had no chance to catch it. The Pirates won the game with a 10-9 victory and were crowned World Series champions.

In 1993, Joe Carter would become the only other player to end the World Series with a home run, giving the Toronto Blue Jays a World Series win against the Philadelphia Phillies. But that home run occurred in game six of the series.

Mazeroski, 84, played for the Pirates from 1956 through 1972. He was elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.