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The 1975 World Series was between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds. In many eyes, it was the greatest World Series ever played. Cincinnati won the series 4-3.

The sixth game of the Series was a 12-inning classic at Boston's Fenway Park. While there are many memorable moments from that game, among them a pinch-hit three-run homer by the Sox' Bernie Carbo that tied the game and a game-saving defensive play in extra innings by the Sox' Dwight Evans, it is most remembered for the walkoff home run hit in the bottom of the 12th by Carlton Fisk. The camera shot of Fisk "waving" his home run fair is one of the most-replayed moments in baseball history. Fisk's home run gave the Sox a 7-6 win to send the series to a deciding seventh game which the Reds narrowly won.

The series also included Red Sox starter Luis Tiant's extended mediations while communing with someone in center field during his windups while pitching, a controversial play involving Fisk and the Reds' Ed Armbrister in Game 3, and many other memorable events.

Managers: Darrell Johnson (Boston), Sparky Anderson (Cincinnati)

Umpires: Art Frantz (AL), Dick Stello (NL), George Maloney (AL), Satch Davidson (NL), Larry Barnett (AL), Nick Colosi (NL)

Series MVP: Pete Rose (Cincinnati)

Television: NBC (Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek, Joe Garagiola, Ned Martin, Dick Stockton and Marty Brennaman announcing). In 2006 Major League Baseball, in conjunction with A&E Home Video, released a "collector's edition" DVD box set containing the complete broadcasts of all seven games.

Results

Game 1, October 11

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Game 2, October 12

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Game 3, October 14

Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Game 4, October 15

Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Game 5, October 16

Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Game 6, October 21

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Game 7, October 22

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Statistics Summary

Series Batting Stats

Cincinnati Reds
SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB | AB H HR BA OPS SB +
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-+---+ Ed Armbrister 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .667 .000 0 | 65 12 0 .185 .454 3 Johnny Bench 7 29 5 6 2 0 1 4 2 4 .207 .258 .379 0 | 530 150 28 .283 .878 11 Jack Billingham 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 65 7 0 .108 .313 0 Pedro Borbon 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 24 7 0 .292 .625 0 Clay Carroll 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 19 0 0 .000 .000 0 #Darrel Chaney 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 | 160 35 2 .219 .574 3 Dave Concepcion 7 28 3 5 1 0 1 4 0 1 .179 .200 .321 3 | 507 139 5 .274 .679 33 *Terry Crowley 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 0 | 71 19 1 .268 .728 0 *Pat Darcy 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 | 47 4 0 .085 .191 0 *Dan Driessen 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 210 59 7 .281 .814 10 Rawly Eastwick 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 15 1 0 .067 .133 0 George Foster 7 29 1 8 1 0 0 2 1 1 .276 .300 .310 1 | 463 139 23 .300 .875 2 *Cesar Geronimo 7 25 3 7 0 1 2 3 3 5 .280 .357 .600 0 | 501 129 6 .257 .690 13 *Ken Griffey 7 26 4 7 3 1 0 4 4 2 .269 .367 .462 2 | 463 141 4 .305 .793 16 Don Gullett 3 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 0 | 62 14 0 .226 .520 0 *Will McEnaney 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 | 14 0 0 .000 .000 0 *Joe Morgan 7 27 4 7 1 0 0 3 5 1 .259 .364 .296 2 | 498 163 17 .327 .974 67 Gary Nolan 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 68 12 0 .176 .474 0 #Fred Norman 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 60 7 0 .117 .292 0 Tony Perez 7 28 4 5 0 0 3 7 3 9 .179 .258 .500 1 | 511 144 20 .282 .816 1 Merv Rettenmund 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 | 188 45 2 .239 .669 5 #Pete Rose 7 27 3 10 1 1 0 2 5 1 .370 .485 .481 0 | 662 210 7 .317 .838 0 +
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-+---+
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-+---+ Total 7 244 29 59 9 3 7 29 25 30 .242 .315 .389 9 |5203 1430 124 .275 .753 168

* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Boston Red Sox
SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB | AB H HR BA OPS SB +
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+
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-+---+ Juan Beniquez 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .125 .222 .125 0 | 254 74 2 .291 .760 7 Rick Burleson 7 24 1 7 1 0 0 2 4 2 .292 .393 .333 0 | 580 146 6 .252 .634 8 Jim Burton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 *Bernie Carbo 4 7 3 3 1 0 2 4 1 1 .429 .500 1.42 0 | 319 82 15 .257 .892 2 Reggie Cleveland 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 | 0 0 0 0 *Cecil Cooper 5 19 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 .053 .050 .105 0 | 305 95 14 .311 .899 1 *Denny Doyle 7 30 3 8 1 1 0 0 2 1 .267 .312 .367 0 |+325 97 4 .298 .742 5 Dick Drago 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 Dwight Evans 7 24 3 7 1 1 1 5 3 4 .292 .393 .542 0 | 412 113 13 .274 .809 3 Carlton Fisk 7 25 5 6 0 0 2 4 7 7 .240 .406 .480 0 | 263 87 10 .331 .923 4 Doug Griffin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 287 69 1 .240 .560 2 *Bill Lee 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 0 | 0 0 0 0 *Fred Lynn 7 25 3 7 1 0 1 5 3 5 .280 .345 .440 0 | 528 175 21 .331 .967 10 *Rick Miller 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 108 21 0 .194 .557 3 Bob Montgomery 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 195 44 2 .226 .559 1 #Roger Moret 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 Rico Petrocelli 7 26 3 8 1 0 0 4 3 6 .308 .379 .346 0 | 402 96 7 .239 .644 0 Dick Pole 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 Diego Segui 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 Luis Tiant 3 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 .250 .400 .250 0 | 1 0 0 .000 .000 0 Jim Willoughby 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 Rick Wise 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 | 0 0 0 0 *Carl Yastrzemski 7 29 7 9 0 0 0 4 4 1 .310 .382 .310 0 | 543 146 14 .269 .776 8 +
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-+---+ Total 7 239 30 60 7 2 6 30 30 40 .251 .333 .372 0 |4522 1245 134 .275 .761 66

* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

Cincinnati Reds
SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON Player G ERA W-L SV CG IP H ER BB SO | W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +
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-+---+--+ *Don Gullett 3 4.34 1-1 0 0 18.2 19 9 10 15 | 15-4 160 2.42 1.15 98 Jack Billingham 3 1.00 0-0 0 0 9.0 8 1 5 7 | 15-10 208 4.11 1.43 79 Rawly Eastwick 5 2.25 2-0 1 0 8.0 6 2 3 4 | 5-3 90 2.60 1.13 61 22 *Will McEnaney 5 2.70 0-0 1 0 6.2 3 2 2 5 | 5-2 91 2.47 1.26 48 15 Gary Nolan 2 6.00 0-0 0 0 6.0 6 4 1 2 | 15-9 211 3.16 1.10 74 Clay Carroll 5 3.18 1-0 0 0 5.2 4 2 2 3 | 7-5 96 2.62 1.30 44 7 Pat Darcy 2 4.50 0-1 0 0 4.0 3 2 2 1 | 11-5 131 3.58 1.48 46 1 *Fred Norman 2 9.00 0-1 0 0 4.0 8 4 3 2 | 12-4 188 3.73 1.31 119 Pedro Borbon 3 6.00 0-0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 | 9-5 125 2.95 1.33 29 5 +
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-+---+--+ Total 3.88 4-3 2 0 65.0 60 28 30 40 | 94-47 1300 3.37 1.310 598 50

* - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Boston Red Sox
SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON Player G ERA W-L SV CG IP H ER BB SO | W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +
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-+---+--+ Luis Tiant 3 3.60 2-0 0 2 25.0 25 10 8 12 | 18-14 260 4.02 1.28 142 *Bill Lee 2 3.14 0-0 0 0 14.1 12 5 3 7 | 17-9 260 3.95 1.32 78 Reggie Cleveland 3 6.75 0-1 0 0 6.2 7 5 3 5 | 13-9 171 4.43 1.32 78 Jim Willoughby 3 0.00 0-1 0 0 6.1 3 0 0 2 | 5-2 48 3.54 1.28 29 8 Rick Wise 2 8.44 1-0 0 0 5.1 6 5 2 2 | 19-12 255 3.95 1.31 141 Dick Drago 2 2.25 0-1 0 0 4.0 3 1 1 1 | 2-2 73 3.84 1.38 43 15 *Roger Moret 3 0.00 0-0 0 0 1.2 2 0 3 1 | 14-3 145 3.60 1.43 80 1 Diego Segui 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 | 2-5 71 4.82 1.61 45 6 *Jim Burton 2 9.00 0-1 0 0 1.0 1 1 3 0 | 1-2 53 2.89 1.45 39 1 Dick Pole 1 inf 0-0 0 0 0.0 0 1 2 0 | 4-6 90 4.42 1.49 42 +
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-+---+--+ Total 3.86 3-4 0 2 65.1 59 28 25 30 | 95-64 1426 3.98 1.360 717 31

* - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Quote of the Series

"There it goes! A long drive if it stays fair...HOME RUN!"--Dick Stockton, calling Carlton Fisk's home run.

"Wow what a game Fisky, we are playing the best World Series Game ever, is too bad somebody has to lose" - Cincinnati Reds lead off hitter Pete Rose talking to Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk during one of the late innings of Game 6.

"Carbo hits it into dead center into the bleacheeeeers, WE'RE TIED UP!!"--Joe Garagiola, calling Bernie Carbo's dramatic game-tying 3-run home run in the bottom of the 8th inning.

Trivia about the Series

  • The image of Carlton Fisk waving his Game 6, 12th inning home run fair was caught on tape because the cameraman stationed inside Fenway Park's Green Monster noticed an enormous rat coming toward him and did not move his camera after the hit.

  • Game 7 was watched by an estimated 71 million TV viewers.

External links

Further reading

  • Adelman, Tom. (2003). The Long Ball: The Summer of '75 -- Spaceman, Catfish, Charlie Hustle, and the Greatest World Series Ever Played. Boston, MA: Little, Brown. ISBN 0316068993

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