Dewey's Catch - '75 Game 6

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[@steventesta6782]

One of the best outfielders of all time should be in the hall of fame!!!

[@chrisbr1969]

My favorite Red Sox player of all-time. The number 24 will always be associated with Dwight Evans for me.

[@moviesaremoi]

Dwight Evans led the American league in Home Run's for the entire decade of the 80's! 8 Gold Gloves, Led the league in OBP once, total bases once, OPS twice, BB's 3 times, HR's once, runs once, plate appearances twice, games twice, Assists from the Right Field three times (then they stopped running on him), Putouts from Right Field, four times. Put Dewey in the Hall!

[@Mike-ji8ez]

Dewey should be in Cooperstown!!!!!!!!!

[@paulbaranofsky4995]

damn right!!He lead all of MLB in extrabasehits in the 80s when jackson,brett,schmidt and all those guys were playing

[@fito65]

+Paul Baranofsky Dwight is one of most underrated players in history, he was a fantastic player hitting, running, arm and defense

[@Trucker1957]

Yes he should!

[@teddycorbin7147]

Mike W he basically misjudged a fly ball and threw is glove behind his head and made nice catch. Then made a wild throw to first lol.

[@billymac7994]

Better numbers than some of the outfielders in the hall. #deweyforhof

[@svqu]

I also noticed what a great leader he was. This guy was always mentally prepared for every play, just as he recounted in this video. Also, he played hard, he played intense. While everyone else was hanging their head after the heartbreaking loss in Game 6 in 1986, Dwight Evans was like F* that, we have a Game 7. If the whole team in 1986 was a bunch of Dwight Evans (mentally), then that 1986 team would have won the world series.

[@JusticePetitioner]

I met him at a baseball function and he really is a down to earth good guy.

[@LordofDublin4]

N.Y. YANKEES fan here and have been since 1961, the year of the M & M Boys, Mantle and Maris. Dewey Evans for me is one of the 3 greatest right fielders I ever saw play the position with the other two being Al Kaline and Roberto Clemente. And Evans put up very good offensive numbers to go along with his great glove. If Harold Baines, a very steady baseball player who was just voted into the HoF this year 2019, is a Hall of Famer, then Evans should have been in years ago. On a side note .... my first trip ever to Fenway Park in the Spring of 1974 in a day game against my Yanks I saw Dewey throw out a very smart ballplayer and baserunner, Roy White, going first to third on a single to right field, and a few innings later Evans threw White out again this time going from 2nd to home. I was sitting with friends on the third base side and was standing up screaming NO - NO - NO as White motored to home. What an exhibition by Evans. The final in that game was like 12 - 10 Boston. A typical see saw, no lead is safe ballgame between those two teams back when.

[@kvernon1]

You know your baseball! And as a lifelong Red Sox fan, I must acknowledge Joe DiMaggio as being one of the top 3 center fielders of all time. And I can only imagine how much greater Mantle would have been without all those unfortunate knee problems.

[@audieconrad8995]

From a Red Sox fan - respect man! 🙏

[@edwardmcmanus7496]

@@kvernon1.... aging Baby Boomer here ... Mantle was every Little Leaguers idol Baby v k in the 50s & 60s. And your absolutely right about his knees. Both of his knees were bad. When he first came up in 1951 he was, according to all the smart baseball people, the fastest player going from home to first base. I once saw him beat out a routine ground ball to 2nd. He had power, speed, a strong arm, and he hit over .300 over a dozen times in his 18 year career. A healthy Mick would have been good for at least another 100 Homer's. There's a great KZbin clip of Mickey Mantle day at what was the real Yankee Stadium. The fans showed Mick how they felt about him. I highly recommend it. The great Mel Allen emceed it and DiMaggio was of course there along with many of Mickey's former teammates. Check it out.

[@deepdrag8131]

The Yankees played only one day game at Fenway in 1974, on July 28. White only had one plate appearance, as a pinch hitter, and went 0 for 1. The Red Sox won 8-3. The Yankees played a day game on April 7, 1973 and in that game it was actually Roy White who threw out Dwight Evans. The Red Sox won 10-5. Maybe you’re (mis)remembering a day game at Fenway on April 23, 1975. Evans did throw White out at the plate and there was another outfield assist when Fred Lynn threw out Ron Blomberg. Those were the only two outfield assists. It was a see saw game. The Red Sox were ahead 1-0. The Yanks took a 2-1 lead, The Red Sox led 3-2, the Yankees led 7-3, the Red Sox led 8-7 and finally 11-7.

[@petersurdo4984]

Not a Sox fan here but that play at that time was great. Best World Series I ever saw. I wished they could have kept on playing 20 games.

[@MMSal2022]

It was this catch that turned turned the 6 year old little league right fielder me into a lifelong Red Sox fan from Texas. Dewey we love you!!

[@dmx685illt]

Dewey. Man oh man thank you Dwight Evans for all those 18 years of great memories you gave me that are still with me. I actually would pray for him to homer when Dwight would come up to bat. 😂😂

[@calypsojimmy]

What a class dude, in addition to being a top shelf professional. I remember the very first time I ever saw him in action: It was spring training and he was a new rookie in camp. The TV announcer said something like " Here's a new young player named Dwight Evans... he seems to have excelled at every level he's play at so far." He stepped up to the plate for his first at bat, and hit a triple. I never forgot that. And he did continue to excel at every level.

[@ejs1959]

Dewey is my favorite player of all time.

[@joevignolor4u949]

I was in the right field bleachers that night and Dwight Evans caught that ball right below and in front of me. It must have been hit very hard because I remember it popping into his glove.

[@damnyankeefl]

I was 15 and i'll never forget that play.

[@m.t.fisher4655]

The greatest right fielder I ever saw.

[@johnpimentel938]

Dewey was and is the best!!!! #24 all the way

[@irishdefense77]

I was in the stands as a kid watching the game with my dad and I saw Dewey throw out Ricky Henderson trying to stretch a double-the ball never was over 7 feet off the ground and I could hear it whizzing.Dewey was the best right fielder I ever saw.

[@johncassani6780]

I grew up in the ‘80s, and Dewey was my favorite player. He was great out in right field. With this particular catch, it’s worth noting that this would have been a no-doubt homer in most ballparks, and Dewey made it look easy. Many an inside the park home run has been hit to that exact spot. He was also the most productive hitter the Sox had through the ‘80s. He should be in the HOF. As small correction: Evans had 379 homers with the Sox, but 385 overall, after the unfortunate conclusion of his career in Baltimore.

[@SuperFlanders123]

That was beautiful!!!! Morgan pulled that ball all the way.

[@gvalley07]

He was my favorite outfielder and I was an Angels fan. He had a great arm.

[@devilsadvocacy]

Of all the things Dewey did so well, nothing impressed me more than his ability to throw guys out from right field. He had a howitzer out there. As another poster pointed out, they stopped trying to take the extra base on him. What a weapon

[@e.m.hedderman6819]

Serginho Athirson

[@r.thompson2190]

Serginho Athirson. I agree

[@MsSmitty9]

Guy had a Cannon of an Arm. 💪

[@Lava1964]

Game Six of the 1975 World Series is still the best baseball game I've ever seen. And I've been a fan since 1971. Great video!

[@mikeforte7585]

When I mention how great 6 of the 75 series was...some Reds fan will always say....yes it was a great game BUT we won game 7.....I wll always live and die with the Red Sox..

[@jjs777fzr]

One of my favorite players all time next to Rice in old school Red Sox.

[@davidmacdougal1594]

AND Yaz was there as well. YES Dewey belongs in Cooperstown. Even Non Sox fans agree.

[@randalllayton7452]

Dewey was good but not great. Defensively, like no other, offensively average.

[@randalllayton7452]

Dewey and Ichiro are the two outfielders I think of outfield artillery. And I'm a Yankee fan

[@mowm88]

Great footage, thank you for posting this.

[@stevekirsch6803]

Dwight Evans was a fabulous rightfielder, with a cannon for an arm. If Morgan had hit a single he definitely had a chance for Griffey at third!

[@6174ever]

Dwight Evans was awesome to watch play.

[@TheMistysFavs]

Chris below me said it all for me! " My favorite Red Sox player of all-time. The number 24 will always be associated with Dwight Evans for me." Agreed 100% LOVED my "Dewey!"

[@knightflyte]

Mary Mclocke I'm still chaffed that he didn't retire a Red Sox. To this day I associate Red Sox with Dewey Evans.

[@fito65]

+knightflyte I´m Dodgers´s fan, but my second team is Red Sox. Dwight Evans was a great player, number 24 had to be retired, so, I didn´t like Manny Ramirez had that same number. I never liked Manny Ramirez, I mean, was a great player too, buy like person never liked, and was not agreed number wear number 24. Number 24 is Dwight Evans, and Evans deserve be inducted HOF. Regards and sorry by my english.

[@knightflyte]

fito65 I feel the same way about both Manny and Dewey! I didn't think too highly of Manny as a person. It's hard to like some guy who ruffs up an old man because the old man can't get him tickets to a game for his friends. Nor can I like the same guy who plays sick during the most important series of the summer. Dewey was always a gentleman. Always hustled and made the outfield his own place that opposing teams feared to hit toward.

[@williamshanks7249]

Not just a great player but CLASS personified...………….I wish that there was a way to get him into the H of F.

[@audieconrad8995]

Evans, Lynn, Rice = Best outfield in the history of the game.

[@rockintetster]

I love how Red Sox fans always reminisce about that World Series as if they won it! The great heroics of game six sailed away in game 7 when Tony Perez hit Bill Lee’s Ephus pitch into orbit.

[@williamlacombe5818]

You don't get .we watched the greatest world series in modern history and our team was in it .it was an amazing thing to be a part of.dont forget. Jim rice didn't play ,broken wrist I beleive and the controversial play of ed armbristers interference with fisk and maybe they win .either way it wad very exciting our players played absolutely heroically most likely good enuff yo win any other world series of the times and lastly to lose to the big red machine in that fashion wad nothing to be ashamed of.rose , Bench,morgan,foster,Tony perez,and I know I've even forgotten at least 1 hofamer if not more.it was just special .so who your team. If it ain't the Yankees you should go away

[@kvernon1]

But the HR by Perez wasn't the margin of victory. The game-winning run scored very late in the game when Joe Morgan hit a bloop single to center field off of Jim Burton (after which both agreed was a very good pitch). How ironic & maddening it was that the Red Sox held a 3-0 lead in the 7th game of both the 1975 and 1986 World Series ... and ultimately lost both games.

[@scottaznavourian7617]

In 2 world series dewey averaged 300 hit 3 homers and had 15 rbis. Despite the crushing game 6 loss in 86, he had a homer double and 3 rbi in game 7,

[@Dahaas2003]

Dwight Evans...the man just epitomizes class. And as one commenter below notes, Dewey really ought to be in the Hall of Fame. Thanks for this video...a great piece of Red Sox nostalgia and insight!

[@chrisstatiros1072]

I remember Dewey Evans socking it to Righetti as well. I don't think I know of any comparison in baseball where a hitter has owned a pitcher so much. Dewey is a really nice guy, but behind that serene exterior was the heart of a no nonsense player who showed no mercy if he knew that he could psyche out a pitcher.

[@willrogan955]

However .. many people know that... You're an Uncommonly honest and decent guy. You're a champion Dewey.

[@colfaulkner1]

Why this guy is not in the HOF escapes me.Yaz and Burleson were unsung heroes of this play too. Glad it was covered by this story.

[@romekhart]

"Fisk's heroic home run?" He means Bernie Carbo's heroic home run!

[@davefordavefor]

Love this guy. One of the best ever. I can recall several times where the other team intentionally walked the batter before him and he hit a homerun. That was AWESOME!!!

[@kpavery1]

Great, great player.

[@DonQwantsyou]

Yes I agree, his career was very uneven especially early on when he had little idea of how to hit, but was the best defensive right fielder in baseball during this same period. After he turned 30 he was one of the most feared cluch hitters around. MVP in 1981 and had a terrific WS in 1986.

[@williamlacombe5818]

Lynn ,rice,and Evans all came up around the same couple yrs and rice,and in particular Freddie Lynn outshine Evans for a long time especially Lynn because not only did he hit a lot of homeruns his defence in center field was one highlight catch after another but in the end it was Dewey guy would get you 20 homers a yr hit a solid 290 give or take 10 and he was great defensively. Had the best arm in baseball for a decade absolute canon

[@Magik1369]

Dwight Evans- GOAT Right Fielder

[@bwyou812]

The most underrated right fielder in the game. I think he averaged about 25 homers every year. He belongs in the Hall of Fame. Maybe # 25 belongs retired as well.

[@royplayer]

That was a great game. From Carbo's clutch game tying three-run homer to Dewey's game saving catch to Carlton Fisk's game winning home run. I think Joe Morgan never lived this game down because he still hates the Red Sox to this day.

[@svqu]

He was smart too. I read in a book (assuming the book is true) that John MacNamara asked the opinions of the players when the Red Sox had a 2 run lead and looked on the verge of winning the World Series in 1986. Mc wanted to keep Buckner out there on the field to celebrate but Dwight Evans said something to the effect of "We've had this winning formula of putting in Dave Stapleton at 1st in the late innings when protecting a lead. Why change? Buckner can run out of the dugout to celebrate."

[@Milordvega]

svqu And Dwight Evans had a GREAT Game 7 in that 1986 World Series! He hit a homer and a two-run double! He was their most consistent player in that Series, and I really think would have been named WS MVP had they won it.

[@davidlafleche1142]

No. Al Michaels was about to announce Bruce Hurst as the Series MVP, right when Rich Gedman had that passed ball (NOT "wild pitch").

[@joedits1]

I'm surprised he doesn't get more Hall of Fame consideration. He was a mediocre offensive player in the 70's, but was also the best defensive outfielder of the 70's. He then went on to be one of the best offensive players of the 80's. He actually had 385 career hr's. He hit 6 in his final year in Baltimore in 1991.

[@DonQwantsyou]

I stand corrected, though I thought Dewey should have been MVP in 1981 when he led the league in HR's and total bases in a strike abbreviated season.

[@Ariamaluum]

Had Yaz retired after the 79 sesson, Dewey would have hit in 3rd or 4th slot. But it took Ralph Houk to recognize that.

[@williamlacombe5818]

Great point.bigger stats

[@BillMorganChannel]

Imagine if it had bounced off his glove, went over the fence for a home run!

[@roberthuot7887]

Huge Red Sox fan here and I cannot believe his #24 is not retired in fenway. What a joke the red sox brass are.

[@rivalyeah]

Dwight Evans' offensive output - a high career OBP and almost 400 homers - combined with 8 Gold Gloves - clearly qualify him for Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, he had a highly unusual career - his best 10 years were the second rather than the first ten. Opinions of him were formed, and hardened, early on when he was mediocre at the plate. Even when he was tearing it up post 1980, he rarely made the All Star team. An old timers committee might see through this some day, but I doubt it.

[@paulbaranofsky4995]

If harold baines is in the hall of fame dwight evans should be

[@joedellaselva1251]

I wonder if LeBron really understands and appreciates his 2% share of the Boston Red Sox?

[@mfgreviews5028]

Hit for power and had cannon of an arm. Should be in HOF but that 238 career average is the only reason he's not.

[@bengaljam4550]

I think the Reds won that World Series.

[@scottaznavourian7617]

Yaz was playing left field...how he got over to first is beyond me

[@joevignolor4u949]

Yastrzemski was playing first base that inning. Yaz started the game in left with Cecil Cooper at first. Then Bernie Carbo pinch hit for Cooper and went to left field with Yaz moving to first base. Remember that there was no DH in the World Series back then so there were a lot more substitutions and players were moved around. Yaz played first base a lot towards the end of his career and eventually ended up mostly as a DH.

[@scottaznavourian7617]

@@joevignolor4u949 k thanks. Yeah i remember tiant running the bases in fenway (comically). Yaz was however the left fielder at the end of 75 when rice got hurt

[@joevignolor4u949]

@@scottaznavourian7617 - I remember Tiant coming to home plate with the first run in game 1 and heading for the dugout. But someone noticed he hadn't touched the plate and yelled to him and he had to run back and tag it.

[@scottaznavourian7617]

@@joevignolor4u949 tiant said in the 100 years video it was actually johmmy bench who told him lol

[@armandrodriguez8501]

Morgan crushed that one.

[@4orrcountry]

Sorry Don, but Dewey was never an AL MVP, though it was early '80's manager Ralph Houk who got the credit for turning Evans into a consistent, confident hitter.

[@joesezzz4324]

Dewey had a Cannon

[@2000Brighteyes]

This is my unlce! (: Hah im porbably gonna get alot of hate on saying this but its trueee!

[@howiecarr9431]

Brighten Monday Evans Why isn’t your uncle in the hall of fame?

[@pats14fann01]

When will the BBHOF consider Dwight Evans for their hallowed halls? baseball writers........ PUT DEWEY IN THE HOF!!!!!!!

[@esands36]

Why is Dwight in the HOF?

[@howiecarr9431]

Engel78 No, why isn’t he

[@adrianselbst6777]

“My most important play” even though it, like fisk’s homerun, meant nothing.

[@BigEdDunkel]

Actually, a rail in the runway made that catch. Bernie slipped Dew some blow between innings.

[@williammize8270]

Your nuts

[@horaceball5418]

I instantly voted thumbs down because I hate the Red Socks but after watching it I would like to go thumbs up. Can I sue to accomplish this goal? I hate the Yankees too so don't hate me. My favorite baseball team is the Buffalo Bills.

[@kvernon1]

I hate the Red Socks too. But the Red Sox are my favorite team!

[@Trucker1957]

His number should have been retired.

[@michaelmachado2572]

MissCelticGirl absolute agree

[@rodolfogarcia1294]

Agree, I can't understand why Manny Ramírez used 24. That number belong Dwight Evans ever

[@hugginmuggin3457]

Dewey's catch, Fisk home run who cares the Reds still won in the end.

[@davidtrippett3374]

+huggin muggin Shut up jackass

[@311tim311]

yeah pootyhead!

[@Oueqaik]

Lol..... true fan of the game eh? Hmmmm....wonder which team you bandwagon.....

[@kvernon1]

"Who cares"? Any great baseball fan would care. If the only thing you focus on is "who won", then you are missing the beauty of baseball. The Red Sox were underdogs and not expected to win the Series, but they put up one whale of a fight. You have to respect that.

[@williammize8270]

Overated what do you expect grown up plays little league