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Relive the most iconic moments in World Series history — from clutch home runs to unforgettable comebacks! ⚾
These are the Top 10 Greatest World Series Moments that changed the game forever. Witness the passion, pressure, and power that define baseball’s biggest stage.
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Historic walk-offs and record-breaking plays
The biggest upsets and dramatic finishes
Legends like Derek Jeter, Babe Ruth, and Kirk Gibson
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These are the Top 10 Greatest World Series Moments that changed the game forever. Witness the passion, pressure, and power that define baseball’s biggest stage.
🏆 Featuring:
Historic walk-offs and record-breaking plays
The biggest upsets and dramatic finishes
Legends like Derek Jeter, Babe Ruth, and Kirk Gibson
Subscribe for more MLB highlights, classic sports moments, and baseball legends every week!
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00:00Touch them all, Joe! You'll never hit a bigger home run in your life!
00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the World Series moments
00:08that have permanently etched themselves into fans' hearts, and the history books.
00:19Number 10, David Fries' Game 6 Miracle, 2011 World Series, Game 6.
00:25A 1-1. Strike two. And now the Rangers are one strike away.
00:30In one of the most chaotic and thrilling games in baseball history,
00:34the St. Louis Cardinals were down to their final strike. Twice.
00:38First, in the bottom of the ninth, with his team trailing the Texas Rangers 7-5,
00:43hometown hero David Fries hit a towering two-run triple just over the outstretched glove of Nelson Cruz to tie the game.
00:50After the Rangers retook the lead in the 10th, the Cardinals again found themselves down to their final strike.
00:56Into right, well hit. Back at the wall. It's off the wall. One run scores.
01:04Here comes Berkman. Fries has tied it. 7-7.
01:11This time, they tied it again.
01:13Then, in the bottom of the 11th, Fries stepped to the plate and etched his name in history,
01:18blasting a walk-off solo home run to center field, forcing a Game 7.
01:22The Rangers, even in their no-doubles defense, allows Fries to hit a double.
01:34Reset great power the other way. Hit too hard.
01:41Driving in two to tie.
01:44Number 9. Babe Ruth's called shot. 1932 World Series, Game 3.
01:49Ruth was standing in the batter's box, yelling back at them in between pitches.
01:55And the first pitch ball was a call strike.
01:57Well, I thought it was outside and didn't like it very much.
02:00More yelling. Back and forth. Strike two. More yelling.
02:04Well, I didn't like that when I did, so I let it go by.
02:07Well, I stepped out of the box, and by that time, they were over there going crazy.
02:12Did this shot actually happen, or is it just a bit of baseball mythology?
02:16We'll never know for sure, and frankly, it doesn't matter.
02:20The legend is what makes it.
02:21The story goes that Babe Ruth, being heckled by the Cubs dugout and the Wrigley Field crowd,
02:26pointed to the center field bleachers during his at-bat.
02:30Then, on the very next pitch, he launched a colossal home run to that exact spot.
02:34Well, I looked down at the center field, and I floored it.
02:37I said, I'm going to hit the next pitch ball right past the flagpole.
02:41Well, good lord, it must have been with me.
02:45Ruth made a gesture.
02:46Whether it was a declaration of the home run or a general gesture of defiance remains unresolved.
02:52This was a moment so big, it blurred the line between fact and folklore.
02:56A lot of people said he didn't, and it's going to be one of those things for the rest of our lives.
03:03Did he or did he not?
03:04I would say he did.
03:05I saw him point the bat out, I would say he'd call him.
03:08But it would not be at all typical of Ruth.
03:10He was not a showboat.
03:12He made his back talk for him, and I'm sure he didn't call the shot.
03:16Number 8.
03:17The Cubs break the curse.
03:192016 World Series, Game 7.
03:21Here's the 0-1.
03:23This is going to be a tough play.
03:25Brian, the Cubs win the World Series!
03:29Brian makes the play!
03:31It's over!
03:32And the Cubs have finally won it all!
03:35This was more than a moment.
03:37It was catharsis.
03:39After over a century of waiting, the Chicago Cubs were in Game 7.
03:42They had a lead, but in the 8th inning, Cleveland's Rajay Davis hit a stunning,
03:47game-tying home run that made every Cubs fan's heart stop.
03:51Then, a rain delay.
03:53The Cubs famously regrouped, came out, and scored two runs in the top of the 10th.
03:58The final moment, Chris Bryant fielding a grounder and smiling as he threw to first for the final out,
04:03unleashed a century's worth of pent-up joy and relief.
04:07It's 7-10!
04:12Number 7.
04:14Reggie Jackson becomes Mr. October.
04:161977 World Series, Game 6.
04:19Reggie Jackson.
04:21Long time right field here.
04:24Goodbye!
04:27A big, big World Series for Reggie Jackson, despite all the palaver about his discontent with Billy Morton
04:36as he comes up with his third home run of the series.
04:39You can't have a list of great moments without this one.
04:42In the clinching game of the 1977 World Series, Reggie Jackson did something legendary.
04:47He hit three home runs on three consecutive swings off three different pitchers.
04:53It was the ultimate display of power and ego on baseball's biggest stage.
04:57Reggie Jackson now well on his way to becoming the most valuable player in the 1977 World Series
05:06if the Yankees go on to win.
05:10Reggie Jackson has seen two pitches in the strike zone tonight, two, and he's hit them both in the seat.
05:17With each towering shot, Yankee Stadium got louder and the legend of Mr. October was born.
05:22It was a performance so dominant, so unbelievable, that it felt like he was calling his shots.
05:28It remains the single best offensive performance in a World Series game.
05:33There's a sense of release in that man now.
05:36Oh, Bellman has written in his face.
05:38Well, we just told you, only one other man has done it.
05:46Babe Ruth did it twice.
05:47Number six, Willie Mays' catch.
05:501954 World Series, game one.
05:52There's a long drive, way back in front of the field, way back, back, it is.
05:58What?
06:00What he made.
06:02Just brought this crowd to his feet with a catch, which must have been an optical illusion to a lot of people.
06:09This is, without a doubt, the greatest defensive play in World Series history.
06:14With the game on the line in the eighth inning, Cleveland's Vic Wirtz crushed a ball to the deepest part of the polo grounds, over 420 feet away.
06:23I didn't think nobody could hit a ball over my head.
06:25That's the way I felt when I played center field.
06:27And when Vic hit the ball, in my mind, I was always going to catch the ball.
06:32Willie Mays turned his back to the plate and sprinted full speed toward the wall.
06:37He made an impossible, over-the-shoulder catch, saving at least two runs.
06:41But he wasn't done.
06:42He then spun and fired the ball back to the infield, preventing the runner from tagging up.
06:48It was a play of superhuman athleticism that shattered Cleveland's morale.
06:52I think I was more proud of the throw than it was the catch, because only one guy advanced, which was Labrador, went from second to third.
07:01And Al stayed on first.
07:02And to me, that was a great defeat in itself right there.
07:05It wasn't really that hard, but I think a lot of people saw it in the World Series.
07:09They picked that catch like the catch of a century.
07:14Number five.
07:15Joe Carter's walk-off home run.
07:171993 World Series.
07:19Game six.
07:20Carter's was one of only two World Series-ending home runs, and the only one to happen when the hitter's team was losing.
07:39The Toronto Blue Jays were down 6-5 in the bottom of the ninth of game six.
07:43The Phillies' closer, Mitch Williams, put two runners on, bringing Joe Carter to the plate.
07:49On a 2-2 count, Carter launched a three-run bomb over the left field wall, instantly winning the championship for the Jays.
07:56His joyous, leaping trot around the bases is unforgettable.
08:00While Mazeroski's was the Game 7 finale, Carter's was the come-from-behind shocker.
08:05Joe has had his moments.
08:09Two balls and two strikes on him.
08:11Here's the pitch on the way.
08:13A swing and a belt.
08:14Left field.
08:15Way back.
08:16Blue Jays win it.
08:18The Blue Jays are World Series champions.
08:21Number four.
08:22Don Larson's perfect game.
08:241956 World Series.
08:26Game five.
08:29Got it.
08:30The greatest game ever been.
08:32Great ball history by Don Larson.
08:35A no-hitter, a perfect game in a World Series.
08:38It's one thing to pitch a great game.
08:40It's another to pitch a perfect game.
08:4227 batters up, 27 batters down, no hits, no walks, no errors.
08:48To do it in the World Series is almost unthinkable.
08:51Don Larson, a good but not legendary pitcher for the Yankees, did just that against their bitter rivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers.
08:58Never in the history of the game has it ever happened in a World Series.
09:02Only the second time in baseball history, a World Series, where a perfect game has been pitched.
09:1064,517 have seen it.
09:14Millions more on television.
09:16Don Larson pitches a perfect game, retiring 27 Dodgers in a row.
09:22The pressure in every single inning, in every single at-bat, was immense.
09:27The final out, and the iconic image of catcher Yogi Berra leaping into Larson's arms, is one of the most famous photographs in sport history, immortalizing a mythic baseball moment on film.
09:37But you ran out, and he jumped in your arms.
09:40I mean, here you are, how tall are you, 5'6"?
09:425'7 and a half.
09:435'7 and a half.
09:45Larson's a pretty big, he's a big guy.
09:47And he just, you were grabbing.
09:49Grabbing, right.
09:50Yeah.
09:50The sheer joy of having a perfect game in a World Series.
09:55There's been a no-hitter in a World Series.
09:57Wow.
09:58That goes.
09:59Amazing.
09:59Number 3, Carlton Fisk waving fair.
10:021975 World Series, Game 6.
10:05And Fisk will lead it off, has a single and has walked twice.
10:08And the wind blowing out.
10:10There it goes, a long drive.
10:12If it stays fair, home run.
10:16We will have a seventh game in this 1975 World Series.
10:21A lot of body English for Carlton Fisk.
10:23Watch it.
10:24Ah, pure baseball art in motion.
10:27Depending who you ask, Game 6 of the 75 Series is sometimes referred to as the greatest game ever played.
10:33In the 12th inning of a nail-biter, Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk let off.
10:38He smashed a high drive down the left field line.
10:41The ball was heading for the foul pole and nobody knew if it would stay fair.
10:45That's when Fisk started jumping and waving his arms, as if he was physically trying to will the ball to stay in.
10:51How many steps does he take?
10:53One.
10:53He waits to see it.
10:55Get over.
10:56Get over.
10:57He knew it.
10:58There it is.
10:59It clanged off the pole for a home run, and the camera catching Fisk's frantic dance created an image that is replayed to this day.
11:06It was pure, unadulterated drama.
11:09The Red Sox win, and the series is tied, three games apiece.
11:14Carlton Fisk hit a 1-0 pitch.
11:17They're jamming out on the field.
11:19His teammates are waiting for him.
11:21The ball hit the foul pole, and the Red Sox have sent the World Series into Game 7 with a dramatic 7-6 victory.
11:29Number 2.
11:30Bill Mazeroski's walk-off homer.
11:321960 World Series, Game 7.
11:34There's a drive at the deep left field.
11:37He took a count now.
11:38That ball is going...
11:40Going down!
11:41And it's World Series on the level.
11:44Mazeroski.
11:46It's an over-left field fence for a home run, and the Pirates win it 10-9 and win the World Series.
11:51This is the only moment in baseball history to end Game 7 of the World Series with a walk-off home run.
11:57Think about that.
11:58It's never happened before or since.
12:01The Pirates were massive underdogs to the powerhouse Yankees, and after a wild back-and-forth game, Mazeroski let off the bottom of the ninth.
12:09He connected on the second pitch, sending the ball over the left field wall at Forbes Field.
12:13The scene of him rounding the bases, hat-in-hand, as the entire city of Pittsburgh pours onto the field is just pure, unscripted joy.
12:21It's the ultimate David vs. Goliath ending.
12:24The Pittsburgh Pirates are the champions of the world, as Bill Mazeroski, leading off in the last of the ninth, hits his second homer of this World Series.
12:36And in a final game that was dominated by homers, Hal Smith's three-run explosion in the eighth, Mazeroski in the ninth.
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12:59Number 1. Kirk Gibson's Miraculous Homer.
13:031988 World Series, Game 1.
13:05All year long, they looked to him to light the fire, and all year long, he answered the demands, until he was physically unable to start tonight, with two bad legs, the bad left hamstring, and the swollen right knee.
13:23If you ask fans to name one moment, it's almost always this.
13:27Kirk Gibson, so injured he could barely walk, came up as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the ninth against the most dominant closer in the game, Dennis Eckersley.
13:36With two outs, he fought to a full count, and then, on a backdoor slider, hit an impossible one-handed walk-off home run.
13:43High fly ball into right field, she is gone!
13:49The image of him hobbling around the bases, pumping his fist as the stadium explodes, is the definition of unbelievable.
13:56It was a moment of Hollywood drama that set the tone for one of the greatest upsets in not only the history of baseball, but sports as a whole.
14:03In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.
14:10Which World Series moment impacted you the most? Are there any we missed? Be sure to let us know in the comments below.
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