1964 World Series Highlights

Before "The Blues Brothers" there was "The Boyer Brothers" Third base, 1964!

[@doughaak7407]

I hurried home to watch the games; I was in grade 6 in Ottawa (Canada), and I will never forget Mantle hitting his HR off Barney Schultz. Incredible! Thank you Mickey. RIP.

[@Scoclamor]

A Canadian? Speaking of which, Ron Taylor, who got the save in the fourth contest, was from Toronto.

[@frederickrapp5396]

Did you go to school on a Saturday? Game 3 was played on Saturday October 10, 1964.

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

That knuckle ball didn't knuckle 😊 I was watching that game in my native Brooklyn, New York. My freshman year in high school

[@eeeeeeee577]

@@frederickrapp5396 He didn’t exclusively say he ran from school that day and watched Mickey’s home run

[@sygotkin5202]

​@@frederickrapp5396Oooops! 😅😅😅😅

[@briggsgamblin5644]

With this victory in 1964, the Cardinals became - and still are - the only National League team to have played the Yankees more than once in the World Series and have a winning record (3-2). The Yankees won in 1928 and 1943. The Cardinals won in 1926, 1942,and 1964. I was a nine year old fourth grader at Our Lady of Lourdes parochial school in St. Louis. It was a terrific time.

[@brianarbenz1329]

I was three years behind you and became a passionate Cardinal fan in '67 and '68. I didn't live in Saint Louis, but I persuaded my family to travel there in August '68 to watch the Cards play the Braves at Busch.

[@welliecross2903]

As a Yankees fan, there is no doubt that the Cardinals are the second greatest franchise in MLB history. They are the only other team that is always consistently good, no matter the time period.

[@miro11912]

​@@welliecross2903 they aren't good right now

[@welliecross2903]

@@miro11912 I know. But successful franchises tend to turn it around quicker. So I don't think the Cardinals will struggle for that long.

[@andrewm4564]

I was a nine-year-old Phillies fan in 1964. It was a disappointing season for the Phils, but I still rooted for the Cardinals in the Series. Later, I married a St. Louis girl, so I have spent a lot of time in St. Louis, which I think is a great city. I have also been to a number of Cardinals games.

[@larryloveless2967]

Seeing these highlights again brings back great memories of mine being 11 in STL at the time. What action! A slam by Boyer. A three run homer by Mc Carver. A walk off homer by Mantle. Game 6 tied at 1-1 when Maris and Mantle hit back to back jacks. Bob Gibson with nothing left still being trusted more in the bottom of the 9th in game 7 over any of the relievers.

[@johnlittle234]

Too bad Stan Musial retired the year before Stan deserved 1 more series appearance

[@larryloveless2967]

@@johnlittle234 Oh I remember that 1963 season really good as well. The Cards won 19 out of 20 in September headed in to a big 3 game series with the eventual pennant winning Dodgers in St. Louis that basically decided the pennant. In one of the games I think it was Johnny Podres holding on to a 1-0 lead late in the game and the Cards just could not hit Podres. Then Stan Musial hit a home run to tie the game but they ended up losing anyway and the Dodgers did sweep all 3 games. I remember listening to that game on the transistor radio and Harry Caray going wild when Musial homered. Now here is an interesting fact. The Cards were 93-69 the last year of Musial and they were 93-69 the first year of Lou Brock.

[@andrewm4564]

@@larryloveless2967 In one of the radio recordings of the 1964 Series, they reported that Stan Musial said that he didn't think the Cardinals would have won in 1964 if Stan hadn't retired because they wouldn't have traded for Brock if Stan were still playing.

[@larryloveless2967]

@@andrewm4564 That's interestig. Thanks.

[@larryloveless2967]

My favorite baseball book is October 1964 written by Yankees fan David Halberstam who covered the seasons of the Cards and Yankees 50/50. I play Strat-o-matic Baseball and have these two teams in my collection. I have played them 5 times in a 7 game series with the Cards winning 3 times and the Yankees winning twice all going 7 games each time. It's such a realistic stat game. I will even try sometimes pulling Ford who had a lame arm in game one and Ramos inellgible for the series, as well as play Maxvill at second base in place of the injured Javier. These two teams go the full 7 games regardless. Thanks for placing on KZbin. Growing up in St. Louis I just turned 11 and we were celebrating my birthday that Sunday with family when the Cards were down 3-0 in game 4 and then Kenny Boyer hit the grand slam with Harry Caray going crazy on the radio. What a memory! Cards fan

[@andrewm4564]

I played Strat-o-matic in high school, about 50 years ago. That was a fun game, and obviously it still is. I have just finished listening to all of the radio recordings of 1964 games that I can find on KZbin and Internet Archive. Now I am going to listen to the recording of Halberstam's book. I turned 9 in 1964, and it was the first year I started following Major League Baseball, starting with Jim Bunning's perfect game. I also started collecting baseball cards in 1964, and I have the complete 1964 Topps set.

[@larryloveless2967]

@@andrewm4564 I also listened to the replay of those 1964 games on KZbin and like listening to Classic Baseball of its games as well. That is great you have all of the 1964 Topps set. I can tell looking at the old cards most of my Topps cards were bought my last years of grade school from 1964 through 1966 with some bought the summer of 1967 prior to high school. Prior to that I had cards starting from 1960 my first year following baseball that were cut out from the back of JELL-O and cereal boxes. I did also have some older Topps cards swappiing with friends like a Musial card. I sold my cards one year for a really good trip to Florida with my wife and kids back in 1992 at a trade show. Mine were all bought buying packs of Topps bubble gum but nothing close to a complete set. . .

[@andrewm4564]

@@larryloveless2967 I bought cards in bubble gum packs from 1964 to 67. I used to find soda bottles and turn them in for the 2 cent deposit and use that money to buy 5 cent packs of 5 cards with bubble gum. I stopped buying cards for a while but when I got older, I bought cards at card shows, card shops, and thrift stores. Then I discovered buying cards on eBay. I filled my set of 1964 cards from eBay. I have at least a few cards from each year from 1948 to this year, but the only complete set is 1964. The 1964 cards are not all in great condition but it is a complete set. Sometimes when I have time I sell some cards on eBay.

[@richhenry6626]

Was there for 7th game in left field bleachers. Got and still have home run ball Cletus Boyer hit in 9th inning. Was senior in high school and skipped class. Got there night before to stand in line for tickets. 7th in line. Very memoriable experience.❤

[@richhenry6626]

@Barry McCool Thanks but no. thanks. Nice memory. Actually it was the last world series home run ball hit in Sportsman's Park. Cards next series was in 1967 in the first of the New Busch Stadiums. Cletus Boyer's brother Ken was the Cards 3rd baseman as Cletus was the Yankee's 3rd baseman. Game I'll never forget.

[@RonnieOwens-kv4oe]

​@richhenry6626 hope you're still around. Awesome memories!!

[@richhenry6626]

@@RonnieOwens-kv4oe So far so good. That will be 60 years come October. Thanks.

[@RonnieOwens-kv4oe]

@@richhenry6626 you're welcome.

[@turkeybowlwinkle4440]

Great to see the last World Series for both Sportsman's Park and the original Yankee Stadium.

[@mohammadnehemiah7727]

instaBlaster...

[@jonburrows8602]

Yep. The last WS to be played exclusively in Jewel Box era ball parks, built before 1930.

[@briggsgamblin5644]

Actually, the ballpark was built before then. Originally called Sportsman’s Park and owned by the American League St. Louis Browns, the Cardinals were the Browns’ tenants from 1920 through 1953. After the 1953 season, the Browns were sold and moved to Baltimore where they became the Orioles. Sportsman’s Park was sold to Anheuser Busch which had just bought the Cardinals. Mr. Busch put $300,000 (1953 dollars) into stadium upgrades and renamed the ballpark Busch Stadium. It would replaced by a new downtown circular baseball/football stadium called Busch Memorial Stadium initially in 1966. That stadium would be replaced by the current Busch Stadium in 2006. The Cardinals have won World Series in each park.

[@ahwien]

The Billy Martin-Reggie Jackson mid-to-late 70s World Series were not at the original Y.S?? Wasn't the move to the new park constructed next door much later?

[@turkeybowlwinkle4440]

@@ahwien No, the original stadium was torn down in 1973, rebuilt and reopened in 1976. The 1976 stadium is sometimes still referred to as "original" but only because it occupies the same land as the original stadium.

[@davidr5961]

That year, and '60 were the two toughest losses Mick had in the W.S, (and '55), but then again, he did finish with 7 rings. This was a great series and one of my favorites

[@1985OldSkool]

In this World Series , the Cardinals became the first World Series participant to display names on the back of their jerseys (two years after becoming the first NL team to do so, and four years after the AL Chicago White Sox started the trend).

[@TheBatugan77]

Look up Gibby's World Series record. He averaged 9 innings per start. Went 7-2. The greatest.

[@pjeffries301]

31 Ks, tough record to beat. Went 9 in gm. 7 after 2 days rest. What a great.

[@fredmar6436]

@@pjeffries301 Koufax

[@pjeffries301]

@@fredmar6436 Yep, age old argument. 0.95 WS ERA in 7 starts, otherworldly. I'd still take Gibby - consistency.

[@fredmar6436]

@@pjeffries301 How can you have an era of 0.95 and not be consistent? Era title 5 years in a row. More cy youngs. Gibson never won a cy when Koufax was playing. I think Marichal was virtually Gibson's equal but never got a chance in the World Series. Look, Gibson was great, Koufax was just greater.

[@pjeffries301]

@@fredmar6436 All good points for sure, SK had the best 6-year run in history - full stop. By consistency I meant 13 winning seasons in a row (best in modern era), along with 9 WS starts all complete games, 7-2 (Koufax was 4-3). And of course '68 - 304 innings w/ a 1.12, 28 CGs w/ 13 shutouts. No one will ever beat that. 3,100 SOs, 245 CGs, 251 wins, 17 seasons. I'd pick Gibson hands down. (Marichal?!)

[@sarahc.toadvine6181]

So many stars were in this series, this has to be one of the greatest series in history

[@MrsChristianMom]

Still can't forgive the Cubs for trading Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio. Ugh!

[@josecarranza7555]

@@MrsChristianMom Why?

[@briggsgamblin5644]

@@MrsChristianMom, true, but in fairness to the Cubs, Broglio had been a 20 game winner in 1963 and, at the time of the trade, Brock was only a .250 hitter for Chicago.

[@adamdorgant9454]

True!!!!

[@gleasonparker1684]

In 1964 I used to listen to Harry Carey and Jack buck on KMOX IN ST LOUIS RADIO.

[@ralphshelley9586]

This was a great WS! Baseball card days! 11 years old. Big Yankee fan.

[@fredkruse9444]

Believe it or not, this film's director (Lew Fonseca) was a career .300 hitter, and was one of the first to use film study to help hitters. 2:34

[@stevedochterman4522]

I was born in October of 64, really cool to see the history of the game .I'm a Chicago Cubs fan, but still cool to see the history.

[@michaelleroy9281]

If you were a Cubs fan in 1964 they made the 2 nd most boneheaded trade in baseball history trading Lou Brock to the Cardinals then he helps them win the World Series ( # 1 was a year later when the Reds traded Frank Robinson to the Orioles)

[@mikepersich3148]

All time great world series

[@beeferish]

i remember that series! i've been a Cardinal fan since! We missed this year (2018)..Still we have next year

[@davidr5961]

I remember growing up, my grandmother used to ask my dad, "Who do you think the Yanks will be playing in the world series this year"? it was a given every year, ...pirates, reds, giants, dodgers, Cardinals.....and then it all came to an end with this great series in 64

[@chrisweidner4768]

The Bob Gibson coming out party. Nice to hear Harry Caray. Listened to him when I was supposed to be asleep.

[@syourke3]

I was ten years old and a rabid Yankees fan. When they lost this WS, I was absolutely crushed. Then, the next year, the wheels came off and the Yankee dynasty that had begun with Babe Ruth in 1921 cane crashing down. Mantle, Maris, Howard, Kubek, they all got hurt bad. Bouton got a sore arm and his career was basically over. In fact, his two wins in this WS was the last time he really pitched well.

[@rpc717]

Yep, this was the end of an astounding dynasty in baseball. Steinbrenner was able to buy a couple of Series in the late '70s, but it was nowhere near the same as the magic of those Yankees teams from the '20s through the '50s.

[@571951rhoehn1]

If your a serious fan, "October 1964" is a great book. It gives a wider perspective to key players in the series. Well written and very enjoyable. But, warning, you need to be a baseball fan.

[@dzanier]

I read it, and it's absolutely entertaining.

[@davidbergin6184]

I agree. It's wonderful American history. A very good read.

[@berniecioffoletti3398]

Robert Hoehn I agree. I have read it, and it is a very enjoyable read.

[@imnotgaybutmyboyfriendis1158]

Robert Hoehn I can't find it anywhere! I am from England but a massive baseball fan

[@robertkresko6338]

Shindler39 My favorite NL team vs my favorite AL team.

[@jamesd2128]

Epic World Series, the Mick's last hurrah [along with the Yankee's dynasty ]

[@burlingtonbill1]

Yea, and author Halberstam provides history on that downward arc.

[@maryanncleary3227]

On a family trip to coopers town, my dad was talking about this world series. He recalled how Clete boyer nudged his brother while he was rounding the bases. We didn't think much of it, until we went into a shop and there was Clete boyer signing pictures. I didn't know of him until that day, but my dad couldn't believe it. He told him that he was just talking about the time he nudged his brother in the World series and he always wondered what he thought of it. Clete couldn't believe that someone, all these years later, remembered it. He told my dad that was the happiest he's ever been on the baseball field and that he was so happy for his brother. Clete inscribed and signed a picture for me and then posed in a picture with me and my dad. All these years later and I still have that picture hanging on my wall. He really was a nice man

[@rogerwilliams5366]

Awesome memory, thank you for sharing. Clete Boyer was also an exceptional fielding 3rd Baseman, also. After being traded by the Yankees, he had some excellent years with the Atlanta Braves, where he was arguably the best fielding 3rd Baseman in the NL.

[@buddyvilla7393]

Jim Bouton won two games against the mighty cardinals. One thanks to Mickey Mantle. Better known today as the Author of Ball Four his day by day account of his life on the 1969 Seattle Pilots and Houston Astros. Ball Four would be considered PG-13 compared to Joe Pepitones book “Joey you coulda made us proud”XRated. To quote sportswriter Phil Pepe”Peace Joe you never meant to hurt anybody”

[@seanohare5488]

A great series' with great players Mantle Gibson Maris Brock Boyer Richardson flood Howard mccarver etc

[@waltonwarrior7428]

I’m a longtime Yankee fan and hated to see them lose the series but this was a great World Series. This was the Yankees last World Series until 1976. I have to laugh looking at all the people dressed up for the games and the umpires wearing those all black uniforms. How times have changed. Hard to believe this was 59 years ago.

[@Scoclamor]

Seems like only yesterday, eh? Ford and Kubek's injury really set 'em back. The Cards' speed threw off the Yankees defence. You look at Howard, Linz and Richardson, they made some bad plays because of the speed of the opposition.

[@Hootowl54]

Bob Uecker used to brag that he was dealt to the Cardinals where he helped them win the World Series in 1964. BUT... he never went on to explain exactly how he helped. Well, here is the answer in case you didn't know.... he didn't play. :)

[@balrog322]

He was one of those players who could hurt his team in so many ways.

[@richhenry6626]

LOL. Typical Bob Uecker statement.

[@josecarranza7555]

Obviously he was joking.

[@mikeforte7585]

@@balrog322 it was addition by subtraction..

[@loyaldude10]

what a classic Series---kind of signified changing of the guard, as yanks dynasty ending and Cardinals was starting.

[@michaelbelfer1069]

loyaldude10 How true and that said,the Yanks gave this series away. Should have been over in 5. Seriously, you had to be there. Gibson got a lot of ink but the Yanks hit the shit out of him.

[@imnotgaybutmyboyfriendis1158]

loyaldude10 Yes 100* changed the guard! It was this or the 66' series where mase and his non hitter where he also got a ball in his face

[@robertkresko6338]

Michael Belfer Gibson came into the series having pitched a complete game in game 160 of the regular season and four innings of relief two days later in game 162 to clinch. Then he pitched game 7 on 2 days rest after a ten inning stint in game 5. You may be right though but not in the way that you think. Had Gibson not entered the series on short rest it may have well ended in five, ...with the Cardinals winning. The Cards and Yankees are my favorite NL and AL teams and I mean no disrespect to the Bronx Bombers, but by 1964, St. Louis had the better team. No doubt about it.

[@TheBatugan77]

@@robertkresko6338 Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah... If Gibson blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah...

[@broughmar]

Don't even try with NYY fans. I'm from NY and - under normal circumstances unlike now- it's all NYY all the time (I'm lifeling Bye but I can't stand the NYY. Natl League fan and nor even Mets- yes I'm a Pirate fan....

[@tonyreynolds5112]

As a lifelong Cards fan this was the first Series win I saw. Was hoping for number 5 this year. Not to be though. Let's go Cards in 2022!!!⚾⚾⚾🇺🇸

[@QED_]

Yes, I too was hoping . . . not only for a Cardinals World Series in 2022, but another Cardinals-Yankees World Series (!) It's now been 59 years (ouch) since this last one . . .

[@davidr5961]

@@QED_ I was hoping for it as well, in 2000, but it turned out to be Mets/Yanks

[@andrewm4564]

As a Phillies fan since 1964, it was the first of many disappointing seasons for me. The Phils finally won in 1980 and again in 2008. I live in Chicago now, and I got to experience their win in 2016 after 108 years of failure. 2016 was a good year in Chicago.

[@burlingtonbill1]

My two favorite teams of all time. Wow ! It was so great that Maris got to finish out his career in St. Louis where the fans truly embraced him, and he was able to help them get to two more Series (67, 68.) Gibson was always tenacious. I remember hearing how Keane and McCarver didn't DARE "suggest" to him that he was tiring (towards the end of this Game 7) and maybe should think about handing the ball to a rested relief pitcher! The Yanks were never the same after this Series, not making it back to a Fall Classic until 12 years later (in the George Steinbrenner era.) There's a superb book written about both of these teams and this '64 Series (the watershed that it was): David Halberstam's "October 1964" - cannot recommend it highly enough !!!

[@larryloveless2967]

I have kept the same book and periodically read it over and over. I turned 11 living in STL during this world series. Also agree on the point you made about Maris. Maris no longer had the home run swing in STLI think caused by damage to his hand, but he was a timely unselfish hitter doing what he could to advance baserunners and still very good on defense.

[@burlingtonbill1]

@@larryloveless2967 Roger Maris was a unique kind of role model on a Yankees team overstuffed with heroes. If you've ever seen the movie "61," you'll recall the Yankees SPECIFICALLY asked him to swing for the fences, and forget the batting average. He had great fielding skills and could run like a rabbit in the outfield. He could steal bases too, IF he got a chance. Tim McCarver and Mike Shannon both said he was one of the best all-around players they'd ever seen. But in the New York public eye, he'd become pretty much one-dimensional, at least offensively. And when the Yankees medical staff failed to properly diagnose a nagging injury, he played hurt for the last 4 years in New York. Because he failed to top the 61 homers in those years, some fans (and writers) thought he was sandbagging ("dogging it" was the term that was used.) But you likely know all this, already. It was SO good seeing him revitalized in St. Louis. Shannon was so impressed that he willing made the career change to play third base. Roger lent an air of respectability, yet was humble and enthusiastic with his Cardinal teammates. What a happy ending to an amazing but bittersweet story. I wish there was realistic way to get him into the HOF. Thanks for your comments!

[@andrewm4564]

@@burlingtonbill1 Thanks for giving this perspective of Maris that I did not know. I think his family showed some of the same character when the Cardinals brought them in to see McGwire "break" Maris' home run record.

[@basilsmith104]

Awesome series.

[@brianarbenz7206]

The dawn of my Cardinals '60s greatness. The start of the long Yankees hibernation. … And younger Harry, where was the bovine divinity?

[@garysolorzano3216]

Bovine divinity as in Holy Cow?! That's funny. But Harry only said that when he meant it. And here he's obviously reading from a well prepared script. Even his It might be, It could be, It Is... sounded forced and unnatural. #18 for the Cardinals, Mike Shannon. Great player, but now at age 80 still torturing us on the radio :( It's time Mike. Thanks for everything You know the great Stan Musial had just retired the year before. But that's why the Cardinals went out and stole Lou Brock from the Cubs! In this series he batted behind another great one, Curt Flood, but later would switch to leadoff and lead the Cardinals to two more WS in the 1960s. What a fantastic series this was, and Bob Gibson hadn't fully matured yet as the dominating force he'd become later in the decade. GO CARDS!

[@MichaelGunner123]

No better fans in MLB than Cardinal fans.

[@glennevans5824]

Nice seeing this...remember being at ny worlds fair seeing game in color....a guy named Mel Stottlemyer was just a rookie.

[@frederickrapp5396]

It’s too bad NBC destroyed all of their broadcast video tapes from the 1964 World Series. They would be priceless to have now. Still can’t believe Yankees fired Berra after Game 7, and replaced him with Cardinal manager Johnny Keane. A HUGE BLUNDER! One of the worst in baseball history.

[@toddzickel2548]

Al Downing, the Lefty for Yanks gave up HR # 715 to Hank Aaron, if I'm not mistaken.

[@TheBatugan77]

You are not mistaken. #44 of Atlanta vs #44 of LA. 👍👍👍👍

[@dariowiter3078]

You are correct, sir! 😁😁😁😁😁

[@3dbadboy1]

Yes, much to my Dodger humiliation.

[@tomb4575]

After arm problems with the Yankees he came back with The Dodgers.

[@pigalleycatemanresu7321]

@@TheBatugan77 Downing wore #24 for the Yankees. #44 for the Dodgers. Uniform numbers of Mays and Aaron. I was a 7 yr. old NJ kid in '64 and worshiped Maris and Mantle. This was the first series that really broke my heart. The next year Mel Stottlemyre moved into a house on our street. We would give his wife baseballs for Mel to autograph, and he did. He got outpitched by Gibson in this series, then toiled for years with mediocre Yankees teams.

[@basilsmith104]

Great games.

[@johnparker8588]

The two greatest baseball organizations the Yankees and the Cardinals. St. Louis had fans all the way from St. Louis eastern Kentucky, South to southern Texas, and west to Arizona and Colorado. KMOX broadcasts could be heard across the country. Even today, go to any road game and you will see hundreds of Cards fans there.

[@jayclarke5466]

NYY have fans all the way to Japan!

[@Mark-sj3xb]

Fans in the southeast, especially here in the Atlanta area were mostly Cardinal fans before the Braves got to Atlanta. I remember my dad listening to Cardinals games on tje radio at night as KMOX reached here with a strong signal.

[@chrisbuck1695]

Holy cow Harry Caray! Great Series!

[@josephhale9198]

Most folks just remember harry carry on WGN. They dont remember KMOX DAYS

[@michaelleroy9281]

He was fired after the 1969 season did the Oakland A's for 1970 and then to Chicago for both the White Sox through 1981 and then the Cubs in 1982

[@syourke3]

Watch Mickey crush one into the upper deck at Yankee Stadium at 18:16 off of Barney Shultz. KABOOM! Mickey told Elston Howard he was going to end it right then and there before he went up to the plate - and he did!

[@clydelong3127]

I was listening on my transistor radio when the mick hit that blast. The broadcaster said it was a typical mantle tape measure job. I wondered where the ball landed so I wrote the yanks in the bronx. About a week later I get a letter from the yanks publicity dept. official yankee envelope and stationary stating the ball hit a wire mesh grating at the back of the 2nd deck. could only guess the distance which they said was 450 plus feet. I still have the letter somewhere.

[@josephhale9198]

Lol. Right field porch

[@paulspears715]

@@clydelong3127 Good thing he made up for his error in right field which led to a Cardinal run

[@Sector6unity]

@@paulspears715 I could watch Mantle and Maris film footage for hours. Highly recommend Bobby Richardson's book on his career to all. The treatment Curt Flood received for his successful challenge to major league baseball contracts should be known by every fan. Even most of the players have no idea how they became so rich.

[@jstarks123]

Joseph Hale lol. Yea. But the other dimensions more than made up for it.

[@patmcstuff671]

Back before expansion, baseball had all-star teams

[@robertkresko6338]

My two favorite teams!

[@civlyzed]

It would be sweet if they make it to the Series this year!

[@knxghtro]

This is awesome.

[@Mark-sj3xb]

I love that there were no gatorade baths and home plate parties back then. Just real MEN playing ball meaning business.

[@taxitalknyc7600]

Great job !! Cool post !! ;D

[@keithmotsinger918]

This is what i watch sports of the early years no overkill . And blue collar worker can afford .I'm sure they miss our presence .

[@tjcassidy2694]

Nine and a half years later Al Downing wore #44 on his back with the Dodgers when he fed Hank Aaron his 715th hone run.

[@davesmith8877]

+TJ Cassidy When he threw a batting practice pitch to Hank Aaron

[@Mark-sj3xb]

Notice how pitchers didn't look like total wussies while batting and running the bases?

[@josephhale9198]

Yep.

[@robertmasina4610]

There were no designated hitters back then.

[@paulspears715]

soccer sucks!!!!

[@kenlucas7025]

FUCK SOCCER! 👎

[@Mark-sj3xb]

And notice how over 60 years as an announcer, Vin Scully sounded the same in 2015 as he did in 1955.

[@jayrusnak]

Except this was Harry Caray back when he was good.

[@basilsmith104]

Great baseball.

[@brandonyankees1]

Could be the matchup in 2019, live those historic matchups

[@josephhale9198]

It's not. Neither team will b participating this yr

[@josephhale9198]

Stl has won 3 of 5 ws. Vs nyy

[@burlingtonbill1]

Saw a game of this classic matchup, in 2005.

[@basilsmith104]

Awesome baseball.

[@jerryakbar6147]

No one’s going to St. Louis in 2024 if they don’t want to get rolled. Glorious America is long gone. I was around in 64. I remember it.

[@davidgee2988]

One can only imagine the bedlam on Mantle's walkoff and Tresh's (for the time being) game-saving home run. This is where modern TV coverage is a good thing. Hokey sound effects and canned crowd noise just don't cut it.

[@Scoclamor]

My understanding is, sadly, all of the TV footage (Master tapes) of the 1964 World Series has been erased (Taped over). Very sad. A lot of stuff from back then is thought to have been taped over.

[@jstarks123]

My father was at that game. As a Mantle fan, there was no greater moment. It was absolute bedlam.

[@frederickrapp5396]

@@jstarks123 I recall watching Mantle’s walk off homer on a black and white tv screen at home with my late father. Mickey hit it on the 1st pitch off of 38 year old Cardinal knuckleballer Barney Schultz, after telling Ellie Howard:”I’m gonna hit one right now.” I recall jumping up and down with joy as a young boy when Mantle connected. Yankee Stadium erupted.

[@jstarks123]

@@frederickrapp5396 way back in the upper deck, right?

[@frederickrapp5396]

@@jstarks123 That’s right. Tim McCarver said that Mantle crushed it.

[@johngurlides9157]

Later on: Roger Maris went to the Cardinals, Bill White went to the Yankees (as an announcer).

[@josemeda4592]

It might, it could be, it iiiiis...!

[@toddzickel2548]

Gibson pitched 9 innings in game 7 after pitching 10 innings in game 5? ha ha... Today Gibby may have come in the 9th inning of game 7 as a reliever. Wow....

[@gregmartin5596]

It's interesting to see how effective Bouton was before he hurt his arm and pre knuckleball. He pitched well in both of his starts. The Yankee Stadium grass looks so much better than the grass at Sportsman Park. Not sure why there is such a disparity. Great series.

[@robertkresko6338]

Sportsmanship Park was on it's last leg.

[@BluesImprov]

One of the problems with the field at Sportsmans Park (renamed Busch Stadium by that time) was that the Cardinals of the NFL also played there and when their season began in September their games tended to tear up the natural grass field quite a bit. And that park had only one more full season to go so I don't know how much effort was being put into it's maintenance by that time. The Cardinals moved to their new park (Busch 2, now also torn down) in May of 1966.

[@burlingtonbill1]

@@robertkresko6338 The new Busch II Stadium (the round one) opened for the '66 season.

[@glennevans5824]

Wow I remember watching Barney Schultz....pitch that home run pitch to the Mick....I was 10....1964...damn...

[@frederickrapp5396]

You were 10, and Barney Schultz was 38.

[@superbrownbrown]

*So a blown double play in the middle of Game 4 cost the Yankees the championship. Man you just never know when one missed play can turn a Series.*

[@frederickrapp5396]

Bobby’s bobble was huge in game 4. If he turned two on Groat’s double play ball, (which he should have), Yanks are out of the inning with no Boyer grand slam. He was also very awkward and uncomfortable working with Phil Linz; the Kubek injury was a big factor in the eventual Yankee loss of the 64 Series. Richardson also screwed up with another very untimely and uncharacteristic error in game 5, along with the umpire Al Smith’s missed call in the 9th on Pepitone’s smash off of Gibby’s hip prior to the Tresh 2 run homer. Joe Pep was safe! Joe Pep was safe! No doubt about it. In slow motion one can clearly see that Peppi beat the throw. Yankees should have won game 5 by a score of 3-2 on a Tommy Tresh walk off 3 run homer. Instead, they lost game 5 by a score of 5-2 thanks to the umpire’s blown call and Timmy McCarver’s 3 run jack in the Cardinal 10th. That’s life. Human beings mess up.

[@mikeforte7585]

@@frederickrapp5396 after the series umpire AL Smith was demoted to triple A.....he blew 2 calls in game 5 ..

[@jamestillman9810]

Manager Johnny Keane said "Hoot you are on your way". Winning the pennant clincher and the World Series seventh game.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Johnny Keane quit after the World Series and then went to the Yankees in 1965 just in time for the fall of the dynasty

[@MrYankeefoll]

If I remember correctly, Ford had some issues in game 1 and didn't pitch again in the series. Agree Gibson was the best pitcher in that and 1967 series and a close runner-up to Lolich in 68. Stottlemyre and Bouton both pitched great for the Yankees in 64, the relief corps wasn't up to par due to Pedro Ramos being ineligible for the series. A great world series between two great teams!

[@frederickrapp5396]

Richard Foley If Whitey Ford were 100 % healthy in the 64 Series, Yanks would have won it. He would have pitched in Games 1, 4, and 7, all games that Yanks wound up losing. There is no way that Whitey Ford would get beat 3 times, after losing twice to Koufax in the 63 Series. I gotta believe that at least in one of those 1964 games he would have pitched a complete game victory over the Cards. Because of Ford’s very untimely injury, (and also Bobby Richardson’s inability to turn a double play in inning 6 of game 4, prior to Boyer’s grand slam), Yanks narrowly lose. Case closed.

[@larryloveless2967]

@@frederickrapp5396 YOU MAKE A VERY GOOD POINT. WHITEY FORD HAD A GREAT YEAR IN 1964. Ramos was also pitching the best of his career. The Cards were missing second baseman Julian Javier due to injury but the impact was not as great for the Cards. I just turned 11 living in STL and this series was very exciting. The Cards do not win without Bob Gibson the same as 1967 and almost again in 1968. It was unbelievable enough just winning the pennant due to the collapse of the Phils that had a 10 game losing streak in late September.

[@josecarranza7555]

@@frederickrapp5396 Cardinals would have still won.

[@frederickrapp5396]

@@josecarranza7555 What proof have you?

[@josecarranza7555]

@@frederickrapp5396 Cause yankees are choke artist, losing 13 World Series lol

[@patrickdearenauthor]

If there are any doubts about Gibson's value to his team in the 1964, 1967, and 1968 World Series, the Cardinals were 7-2 when he pitched and 4-8 when he didn't.

[@softshoes]

And the bullpen could go golfing.

[@jaycompany4886]

Phil linz did a great job filling in for tony kubak.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Also was great with the harmonica on the team bus after a game

[@jayclarke5466]

Don’t think Kubek would hit that well

[@aAsShHtTo0nN]

Mantle and Gibson are beasts. Nobody could slide though damn.

[@jayclarke5466]

I think Brock and Flood could teach ya thing or 2000 about how to slide

[@EphSBGGSO]

This was the first World Series in which one of the teams (Cardinals) had their last names on the backs of their uniforms.

[@civlyzed]

I would LOVE to see a rematch this October!

[@adrianselbst6777]

Tom Tresh with 2 outs in the 9th in game 5 with the series tied 2-2. One of the most clutch world series homeruns ever that nobody remembers.

[@liduck52]

And if that ump calls Pepitone safe the Yanks win 3-2.

[@adrianselbst6777]

@@liduck52 did not even know about that.

[@adrianselbst6777]

Was it a bang bang play at 1st base in the 9th for the 2nd out? Do you have footage of this or are you actually cool enough to remember that?

[@liduck52]

@@adrianselbst6777 I saw the game. I was 12. Don't recall the play but from the film he looked safe.

[@BluesImprov]

@@liduck52 That may be, but ya know, I'm a Cardinals fan and when an ump TOTALLY blew an important call at 1st base in the '85 WS as the Cards were about to win Game 6 and the Series, all I was told time and again by Royals fans was the Cards should have overcome that bad call and found a way to win the series anyway. . .SOOOOO. . .Now I say that about the Yanks in '64. They played very poor defense in that series and if they had not botched a play on the infield in Game 4 Ken Boyer's Grand Slam, the turning point of that series, wouldn't have happened. The Yanks poor defense throughout that series had more to do with their losing than one close call that might have gone against them.

[@basilsmith104]

Go cards go.

[@moboutmen]

How there is no footage of the Mick's upper decker in game 3 still gets me.

[@josecarranza7555]

18:25

[@moboutmen]

@@josecarranza7555 Yes, you're right. I meant not a non chopped version, instead of one that really only shows contact. And by the outfielders actions, you would think that was from a homer that just made it in to the stands in someone's previous at bat, versus a towering upper deck blast.

[@frederickrapp5396]

What are you talking about? There’s footage of 32 year old Mick’s monumental blow off of 38 year old journeyman knuckleballer Barney Schultz in game 3 of the 1964 World Series. I’ve seen it many times. What are you talking about?

[@moboutmen]

Exactly

[@moboutmen]

@@frederickrapp5396 I'm talking about a non chopped up version. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[@eascec8374]

Starts at 1:37

[@williamdunphy352]

Narrated by Harry Caray.

[@johnburkhardt7271]

remember Gibson being automatic

[@johnnypastrana6727]

He started and lost game #2...but yes, he was usually automatic.

[@josemeda4592]

How fast was Bob Gibson's fastball? 4 strikeouts in a row to start the game.

[@kenlucas7025]

@Jim Cox Truth is, his slider was more lethal than his fastball.

[@jayclarke5466]

Koufax was tougher

[@josemeda4592]

35:34 Gibson wasn't only a fast ball pitcher.

[@chrisverby3047]

This was a confusing series for Mantle. He batted .333 with 3 HR and drove in 8. On the other hand, he fielded poorly and was burned on a hidden ball play.

[@chrissinatra1217]

Bad call at first but man what a play at 3rd to make that play as close as it was

[@whyicare]

The narrator was Harry Caray.

[@MrYankeefoll]

Gibson pitches 10 innings in game 5 and comes back two days later with 9 inning complete game, wonder what his pitch count was!

[@dzanier]

+Richard Foley I doubt they even counted them back then, and certainly not at this point in the season. A reasonable estimate would be about 120-130.

[@robertkresko6338]

Not only that, but Gibson entered the Series itself on short rest. He had pitched 9 innings in game 160 of the regular season and a 4 inning relief stint in game 162. Gibson was the best pitcher in this series. No disrespect to Whitey Ford but Gibson was better.

[@josephhale9198]

The BEST!!

[@jayclarke5466]

@@robertkresko6338No disrespect…lol…Ford was injured and didn’t play after gm 1…Gibson was best by default…Stottlemyre was almost as good as Gibson,,,an August call up…w a healthy Whitey Ford vs Ray Sedecki…Yanks win Series in 6😊

[@jamesgalloway6180]

Gibson best right hander in my day.

[@michaeljoyner6470]

Even with the bad calls the Yankees were in this series till the end !

[@DavidGee51]

At 38:39 Ken Boyer gives his brother Clete a little nudge as he passes him after hitting a home run and then at 39:18 Clete hits one and they smile at each other.

[@Scoclamor]

The brothers knew how to hit. Wow though...A home run off Bob Gibson? Then Linz hit one? Linz only had like 11 in his regular season career. How is it he hit Gibby and Sandy so well?

[@robertkresko6338]

Sports History Channel Gibson entered the series on short rest having started game 160 of the regular season in St. Louis and he also made a four inning relief appearance in game 162 two days later. In addition to this, he pitched game seven on two days rest. He bent in the late innings of that game but he didn't break. A complete game on two days rest for a fastball pitcher is truly amazing.

[@BluesImprov]

@@Scoclamor Oh C'mon!!!!!!! In Game 7 Gibson was pitching a complete game on just TWO DAYS REST!!!!!! TWO DAYS!!! By the 9th inning he was running out of gas for God's sake!! During the regular season with Gibson on normal rest Linz would be lucky to get a foul tip!! Compare that to today's supposedly better conditioned pitchers who can't get past the 6th inning on 4 days rest! Gibson's Game 7 performance was special.

[@mikeforte7585]

@@BluesImprov great comment Gibson pitched game 7 on fumes...it took everything he had and in the end he found a way because he was one on the game's best and had the heart of a champion

[@ashleyp3662]

cardnals baseball the best

[@Ibhenriksen]

Look who the narrator is: **Holy cow! mind blown**

[@nickpacino1904]

(Game 2) Out of 9 starts in 3 WS this was the only time Gibson didnt complete his start. On a separate note, it's too bad the Yankees tore down Yankee Stadium. What a fu@&*

[@josecarranza7555]

The stadium was falling apart and deteriorating. No point it spending millions to maintain it.

[@CallMeOpia]

this is beautiful history

[@toddzickel2548]

Thanks for the video! Loved it. The grass fields were pathetic, especially at Busch. Yanks made too many errors. I didn't know Mantle played RF and Maris in CF during the series. hmmm.

[@torrjpct9492]

I think Mantle couldn't run as well by this time, and Maris was a better fielder than most people think of him as.

[@davidr5961]

@@torrjpct9492 Maris was an underrated outfielder; made a great play in the '62 series in game 7 that saved it against the Giants

[@burlingtonbill1]

@@davidr5961: Underrated in most EVERYTHING. Tim McCarver said later that he thought Roger was the best overall ballplayer he'd ever seen. (And Timmy went to NY, to broadcast Yankee games after his playing career was over, so he saw plenty of great ones.) Most people don't know that when the Yankees got Maris for the 1960 season from K.C., they ASKED him to concentrate on hitting HR's - that's what they "were paying him to do." He otherwise would have hit for much higher batting averages. Always a great fielder and intelligent base runner. And he suffered for years from a nagging, undiagnosed injury that wasn't addressed until he got to St. Louis for the 1967 season.

[@TRRyan]

@@burlingtonbill1 Are you sure McCarver said Maris was the best overall player he'd ever seen? Not Mays or Aaron or Clemente? Hard to believe.

[@rogerwilliams5366]

@@TRRyan Or Mantle? I agree with you

[@TheCream14]

Ah, back when the world was a little less insane. Redbirds!!

[@christopher-xi2ey]

Why can't I find footage of Gordie Richardson anymore

[@michaelbelfer1069]

Phil Linz was so safe on that shot to Ken Boyer it kind of makes you wonder if that up was getting kicked money and I never ever say that shit or believe in it. Was he a National league umpire?

[@jefferymueller2849]

So Mantle was playing right field and Maris was in center?

[@LordofDublin4]

Yes.

[@jayclarke5466]

Mick was hobbled…and couldn’t cover mammoth CF

[@Mark-sj3xb]

This is Harry Caray back when he was a great announcer, before he became a drunk alcoholic cartoon character "beloved" by all of America.

[@shelbycole2546]

Q video how cool

[@willdrucker4291]

@19:09...you might be wondering why fans were on the field after The Mick’s game winning walk off homer....back then. fans could exit the stadium across the outfield, near the infamous monuments, and through exit doors under the center field bleachers....when the stadium was renovated in ‘74-75, that was all removed....don’t think we’ll see the likes of that ever again....

[@jayclarke5466]

We used to go out thru RF bullpen

[@mikeforte7585]

Tom Tresh loses Curt Floods fly ball in the sun in game 1 for a triple...how ironic Curt Flood loses Jim Northrups fly ball in the white shirts in Game 7 of the 68 series unfortunately for the Cardinals it cost them the series...

[@burlingtonbill1]

'68 STILL hurts. I mean, you start things with a 17-strikeout masterful performance from a 1.12 ERA Gibby and you squander that edge away. That Series was all about the goofball McLain, at least in the press! (And don't even SAY "Don F-ing Denkinger ! )

[@jayclarke5466]

Cards were better team in 68 , just like NYY were better team in ‘64…losing ford was the killer

[@mikejoyner7546]

Great World Series! Yankees missed Tony Kubeck at Shortstop!

[@frederickrapp5396]

Good point. With a healthy Tony Kubek working with Bobby Richardson on turning Double Plays, and a healthy Whitey Ford pitching games 1,4, and 7, I think Yankees would win the 1964 Series. Can I prove it? No. But can I think it? Emphatically YES!

[@mikeforte7585]

@@frederickrapp5396 it's hard to argue with those points..

[@jayclarke5466]

Linz hit great, it was Richardson’s unlikely BAD defense that cost the Yanks their 21st WC

[@tedsilversyeager840]

Two days rest, incredible.....plus, Gibson finished the extra inning game, by throwing the 10'th......can you imagine today, anything like that happening??? The game is unwatchable nowadays.....like girls softball, with all the rule changes, clocks, replays, substitution rules, etc.....

[@jerrybrownell3633]

St. Louis starting pitcher Ray Sadecki later traded to San Francisco in 1966 for The Baby Bull- Orlando Cepeda.

[@1985OldSkool]

Orlando Cepeda - National League MVP in 1967

[@michaelleroy9281]

Great trade for the Cardinals he would be the 1967 NL MVP and World Series Champion

[@brianarbenz1329]

at 23:45 Harry Caray starts to reach "holy cow" mode, but that'll have to wait a few years.

[@josemeda4592]

18:53 That looks like Billy Martin running to home plate right behind Mickey Mantle, by the way he's running.

[@lloydfishman3532]

Frank Crosetti I think

[@mikeforte7585]

Billy Martin wasn't part of the 64 Yankees

[@jayclarke5466]

Billy was banished in ‘57…long gone

[@ashleyp3662]

Go Redbirds

[@thomasponzio8345]

roger craig original met and ray sadecki future met in 1973 team

[@martinrain312]

and reliever Ron Taylor was on the '69 Mets.

[@michaelshields415]

1964 was the last World Series for the great dynasty of the fifties and early sixties. Bob Gibson was brilliant for the Cardinals. The Yankees would not reach the Worls Series again until 1976!

[@joeswartz7232]

Michael Shields

[@joeswartz7232]

Michael Shields

[@joeswartz7232]

Michael Shields

[@robertkresko6338]

Yankees entered into that bleak era of CBS ownership.

[@karencarter4072]

@@robertkresko6338 And deliberately dismantled the great Yankee team. The supposed reason was to re-distribute all their talent. That may be supposedly good business etc, but to avid Yankee fans like me, I thought it was a low blow. It just didn't seem to be a WS without the Bronx Bombers.

[@michaellazzeri2069]

For better & worse-----------and, for the worst of all reasons, Mom took out of a stable home & schools in Denver, & for one year, we had to live in-=---------honest---------East St Louis, Illinois ! I don't know how we did it------or why------and I had begged her not to take us , but she did, because my step-Father, in the USMCX, & in Okinawa for a year, wanted us there, instead of Denver---where i was born & raised. Well, anyway, we listened to Cardinals games , with Harry Carey, & Joe Garagiola. And, as good as Carey was ------neither he, or ANY announcer for MLB ever even came close to The Great Vin Scully. Vin, was simply, THE best, of all-time. ----------MJL, 77 y/o