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It was the first of back-to-back championships for the Reds. For the Red Sox, the 1975 World Series was their first World Series appearance since losing to St. Louis in seven games in 1967. It would be 11 more years until Boston returned to the World Series in 1986, in which they suffered another seven-game loss to the New York Mets.
This was the first postseason meeting between the Red Sox and Athletics. The Red Sox shockingly swept the three-time defending World Series champion Athletics to advance to the World Series for the first time since 1967. Luis Tiant pitched a complete game for the Red Sox as they blew out the Athletics, 7–1, in Game 1. In Game 2, the Athletics ...
Indicates the team that lost a game seven after coming back from an 0–3 series deficit: Road* Indicates a game seven that was won by the road team Year (X) Indicates the number of game sevens played in that year's World Series or LCS: For the World Series, the link leads to that World Series' article.
A 103-game winner in a Pittsburgh uniform, a hero of the Bucs' 1971 World Series triumph (two complete game victories, no losses, 1.00 earned run average), and the 1972 runner-up for the NL Cy Young Award, Blass suddenly and inexplicably developed severe control problems in 1973, forcing his retirement at age 32. He will go on to spend 34 years ...
Carlton Fisk's 1975 World Series home run was a baseball play that occurred in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series on October 21, 1975, at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 7–6, forcing a deciding seventh game, when Carlton Fisk hit a home run in the 12th inning home run to cap off what many consider to be the best World Series game ever play
Tiant, known for his unique delivery, made three starts during the 1975 World Series, helping the Red Sox force Game 7 against the Cincinnati Reds. He finished his MLB career with 187 complete ...
Burton is best known as the losing pitcher of Game 7 of the 1975 World Series.After Red Sox manager Darrell Johnson pinch hit for closer Jim Willoughby in the bottom of the eighth inning, Burton was sent to the mound for the top of the ninth inning to face the Cincinnati Reds in a 3–3 tied game.
Shohei Ohtani's 50-50 ball auctioned for a record-shattering $4.4 million in October and the ball from the walk-off grand slam Freeman hit in Game 1 of the World Series currently has a top bid of ...