Great Baseball Moments- 1947 World Series- Game 4. October 3, 1947. Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Bill Bevens of the New York Yankees is one out away from pitching the first no -hitter in World Series history. Bevens has been far from perfect on this day. He has walked ten hitters- but hasn’t given up a hit. The Yankees lead the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-1. Bevens has walked two hitters in the 9th. The Dodgers send up a pinch-hitter for Eddy Stanky in Cookie Lavagetto. The count of Lavagetto is no balls and 1 strike. With one swing of the bat- Lavagetto not only ended Bevens dreams of a no-hitter but ended the game in Brooklyn’s favor. Lavagetto hit a ball off of the wall in right field- the two runners Al Gionfreddo and Eddie Miksis both score. The Dodgers win 3-2. The Yankees will come back though and win the World Series in seven games.
Cookie Lavagetto may have been a World Series hero for the Dodgers- but this would end up being the final hit of his major league career. He would be released by the Dodgers in the off-season.
Below- the great Red Barber on the call-
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I got chills just listening to Red Barber’s call of that play. What a great game!
the play by play guys from that era were the best
Brooklyn would usually take them to 7 games usually but just couldn’t win until 55.
I can’t imagine how frustrating it was for Dodger fans– and how great it was to finally beat them in ’55.
It had to be because they had a great team also.