1960 World Series | MAZEROSKI HOMERS IN NINTH to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to the championship vs New York Yankees

October 13, 1960 • Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, PA Bill Mazeroski slammed a ninth-inning walk off home run high over the left-field wall of historic Forbes field to lead Pittsburgh to its first World Series championship in thirty five years. Danny Murtaugh’s astounding Bucs brought down Casey Stengel’s mighty Yankees, 10-9, in a titanic struggle that gave the National League champions the series, four games to three. Minutes later a crowd of 36,683 touched off a celebration that swept through the city.