Willie Mays Aikens of the Kansas City Royals did it in the 1980 World Series. Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies duplicated the feat in the 2009 Series.
during home opener the following season
Only four players have had three-homer games in World Series competition -- Babe Ruth (who did it twice), Reggie Jackson, Albert Pujols and Pablo Sandoval.
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Babe Ruth hit 15 home runs in 41 World Series games and 129 World Series at bats.
The Minnesota Twins won the World Series in 1987, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 3 (it was the first world series in which the home team won all 7 games). The Twins also won the World Series in 1991, defeating the Atlanta Braves 4 games to 3. (The home team also won all seven games in this series).
The Yankees played four games away (0-4) and three games at home (3-0) in the 2001 World Series.
Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies hit five homers in the 2009 World Series.
Ty Cobb played in a total of 17 games during the 1907, 1908, and the 1909 World Series. He did not hit any home Runs.
1. Jim Thome -- 589 home runs. Appeared in 1995 and 1997 World Series. 2. Vladimir Guerrero -- 436 home runs. Has never played in a World Series. 3. Jason Giambi -- 415 home runs. Appeared in the 2003 World Series. 4. Andruw Jones -- 407 home runs. Appeared in the 1996 and 1999 World Series.
In Major League Baseball, for the Division Series and the Championship Series, Home Field is decided according to a team's Regular Season record. The team with the better record is the team that gets the most home field games. For the World Series, the league that won the All Star Game is the one that wins the home field rights for the World Series. Games 1 and 2 of the World Series will be held at the home stadium with the home field advantage rights. Games 3, 4 and 5 will be held at the home stadium with the team that does not have the home field rights. Games 6 and 7 will be held at the stadium with the home stadium rights.
Dustin Pedroia, as the first batter in the 2007 World Series, hit a home run off of Jeff Francis of the Colorado Rockies. That has been done once before, in the 1969 World Series when Don Buford of the Baltimore Orioles led off the Series with a home run off of Tom Seaver of the New York Mets. There have been many players to hit a home run in the first game of the World Series, the first being Jimmy Sebring of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1903 World Series. But Pedroia and Buford are the only two players that hit home runs in the first at bat of a World Series.
Mickey Mantle holds the record for career World Series home runs with 18.