The Pittsburgh Pirates are the world champions of this pre-expansion greats tournament. Pittsburgh had to play in games 6 and 7 for the first time. Cleveland played in its fourth consecutive game 7. The totals were close – Pittsburgh scored…

The Pirates scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back, cruising to the game 7 victory and the world championship. The Indians, winners of seven straight elimination games and three previous game sevens, finally…

Cleveland got two home runs from Hal Trosky and improved to 7-0 in elimination contests, sending the World Series to a seventh game. Trosky got things started with a two-run shot in the top of the first inning. Pittsburgh got…

Locked in a pitchers’ duel and tied 1-1 after seven innings, the Indians finally broke through in the bottom of the eighth, as they collected three of their four hits for the entire contest and scored twice to even the…

A return to Cleveland Stadium turned out to be just what the Indians needed, as they hit four home runs and knocked out 11 runs on 12 hits. The Indians scored four runs on four hits in the first inning,…

Rip Sewell pitched a two-hit shutout to lead the Pirates to a 2-0 series lead. He gave up two walks and struck out three. All four Cleveland baserunners got into scoring position with less than two outs. Al Rosen and…

The Pirates jumped out to a 4-0 lead after two innings, only to fall behind 5-4 after the top of the ninth. But Pittsburgh staged an epic two-out rally and won Game 1 on a walk-off base hit by Ralph…