Top World Series Moments

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Sep 25, 2008

Top World Series Moments

Reggie Jackson

Mr. October had already earned his nickname before the 1977 World Series, but he cemented it with his three home-run performance in three straight Game 6 at-bats.

Don Larsen

Larsen helped the Yankees to a 4-3 series win over the Dodgers when he pitched the only perfect game in postseason history in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.

Josh Beckett

Beckett won the 2003 Series MVP award despite losing his first start -- though he gave up just one run in seven innings -- when he pitched a complete shutout in Game 6 to give Florida its second World Series.

Jack Morris

Making three starts in just nine days and winning two, Jack Morris pitched a 10-inning Game 7 shutout that earned him the Series MVP and the Twins the 1991 World Series championship.

Joe Carter

Joe Carter became just the second person to end a World Series on a home run when he hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth of Game 6, leaping around the bases as the Blue Jays celebrated their second-straight World Series win in 1993.

Kirk Gibson

Not expected to play after severely injuring both legs in the NLCS, the NL MVP made good on his one at-bat in the 1988 World Series, hitting a pinch-hit, game-winning home run off of Dennis Eckersley.

Kirby Puckett

Puckett knocked a hanging curveball from Atlanta's Charlie Liebrandt for a walk-off home run in Game 6 in 1991, sending the Series to a final game where the Twins would take the series.

Carlton Fisk

Made all the more dramatic thanks to Carlton Fisk's desperate waving toward foul territory, his home run in the bottom of the 12th sent the 1975 Series to Game 7.