1963 World Series
The 1963 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1963 season. The 60th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the American League (AL) champion and two-time defending World Series champion New York Yankees against the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers; the Dodgers swept the Series in four games to secure their second championship title in five years, and their third in franchise history. Dodgers starting pitchers Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, and Johnny Podres, and ace reliever Ron Perranoski combined to give up only four runs in four games. The dominance of the Dodgers pitchers was so complete that at no point in any of the four games did the Yankees have the lead. New York was held to a .171 team batting average, the lowest ever for the Yankees in the postseason. Koufax was named the World Series Most Valuable Player.
| 1963 World Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 2–6 | |||||||||
| Venue | Yankee Stadium (New York) Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles) | |||||||||
| MVP | Sandy Koufax (Los Angeles) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Joe Paparella (AL), Tom Gorman (NL), Larry Napp (AL), Shag Crawford (NL), Johnny Rice (AL: outfield only), Tony Venzon (NL: outfield only) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Dodgers: Walt Alston (manager) Leo Durocher (coach) Don Drysdale Sandy Koufax Yankees: Yogi Berra Whitey Ford Mickey Mantle | |||||||||
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| Television | NBC | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Mel Allen and Vin Scully | |||||||||
| Radio | NBC | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Ernie Harwell and Joe Garagiola | |||||||||
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This was the first time that the Yankees were swept in a World Series in four straight (the 1922 World Series had one tie).
Of the Los Angeles Dodgers' five World Series championships since the opening of Dodger Stadium, this was the only one won at Dodger Stadium. Also, of the seven championships from the Dodgers franchise, it remains the only one won at home. Their 2020 title was won as the "home team" albeit as part of the neutral site World Series in Arlington, Texas.
This series was also the first meeting between teams from New York City and Los Angeles for a major professional sports championship. Seven more such meetings have followed with three more times each in the World Series and the NBA Finals, and the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals.