This Week in Pittsburgh History: Bill Mazeroski Changes Pirates History
The Pirates’ second baseman became a legend in 1960 when his walk-off homer led the Pirates to conquer the Yankees in the seven-game World Series.
BILL MAZEROSKI’S UNIFORM AND BAT | PHOTO BY CASEY KELLY
This week in 1960, Bill Mazeroski blasted a fastball beyond the Forbes Field left-center wall and Pirates baseball was never the same.
On Oct. 13, 1960, the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Yankees in game 7 of the World Series, the Bucs first showing since 1927. It’s the only seven-game World Series to end with a walk-off homer.
The game-winning run, which broke a 9-9 tie, became so famous that Oct. 13 has come to be known as “Mazeroski Day” in Pittsburgh. Each year members of the Game 7 Gang gather at the Forbes Field wall in Oakland to listen to a broadcast of the game — the event that began with one man in 1985 now draws hundreds.
