Recalling the 1962 World Series

The New York Yankees won an exciting seven game World Series from the San Francisco Giants in 1962.

Ralph Terry, who had yielded Bill Mazeroski’s series winning homer two years earlier, was the hero in 1962. He pitched a (1-0) shutout in game seven.

The Giants had runners on second and third with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning when Willie McCovey lined out to Yankees’ second baseman Bobby Richardson to end the World Series.

At that point in time, the Yankees had won an incredible 20 World Series in 40 seasons. They did not win another title for 15 seasons.