Gehrig
08-10-01, 01:12 PM
Pinch-hitters shined in the 1947 World Series...
Cookie Lavagetto got the most memorable pinch-hit of that fall classic. His double, with 2 outs in the 9th inning of game 4, broke up Bill Beven's no-hitter and gave the Dodgers a 3-2 victory.
But the Yankees had their pinch-hitting heroes too ! In game three, Yogi Berra, a rookie, hit the first pinch-hit home run in World Series history !! !!
The "Golden Boy" tag, however went to another Yankee rookie, Bobby Brown. He hit safely in his three official pinch-hitting appearences to set a major league record for one series. In game 7 he doubled home the tying run for the Yankees and scored what proved to be the winning run of the Series.
In four World Series, Brown batted 1.000, .500, .333, and .357 !! His lifetime avg. in World Series play was .439, the all-time high for players who performed in three or more post-season classics.
Looking back upon his career. Brown might concur that he never scored a more important run in his career than the tie breaking one in game seven of 1947. The player who drove him home with a single, had three of the Yankees four game winning hits in the series (Joe DiMaggio had the other one). That same player drove in the game winning run in the first game of the 1949 World Series also. So, in effect, in four of the five Yankee wins during that span, he delivered the run that decided the contest...
Who was he ?
Cookie Lavagetto got the most memorable pinch-hit of that fall classic. His double, with 2 outs in the 9th inning of game 4, broke up Bill Beven's no-hitter and gave the Dodgers a 3-2 victory.
But the Yankees had their pinch-hitting heroes too ! In game three, Yogi Berra, a rookie, hit the first pinch-hit home run in World Series history !! !!
The "Golden Boy" tag, however went to another Yankee rookie, Bobby Brown. He hit safely in his three official pinch-hitting appearences to set a major league record for one series. In game 7 he doubled home the tying run for the Yankees and scored what proved to be the winning run of the Series.
In four World Series, Brown batted 1.000, .500, .333, and .357 !! His lifetime avg. in World Series play was .439, the all-time high for players who performed in three or more post-season classics.
Looking back upon his career. Brown might concur that he never scored a more important run in his career than the tie breaking one in game seven of 1947. The player who drove him home with a single, had three of the Yankees four game winning hits in the series (Joe DiMaggio had the other one). That same player drove in the game winning run in the first game of the 1949 World Series also. So, in effect, in four of the five Yankee wins during that span, he delivered the run that decided the contest...
Who was he ?