It was Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the 1947 Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Yogi Berra hit the first pinch-hit home run in World Series history, off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca in Game 3 of the 1947 World Series.
Yogi Berra hit the first pinch-hit home run in World Series history, off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca in Game 3 of the 1947 World Series.
Yogi Berra hit the first pinch-hit home run in World Series history, off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca in Game 3 of the 1947 World Series.
That was George Shuba of the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 1 of the 1953 World Series.
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New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, who accomplished the feat against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 3 of the 1947 World Series.
Kirk Gibson. His three-run homer as a pinch hitter was his only appearance in the Series.
On October 13, 1915, Fred Luderus hit the first World Series home run for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Yogi Berra In Game 3 of the 1947 World Series, Berra hit this home run off of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca (Branca later would be the pitcher for Bobby Thomson's famous home run in 51)
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.
Johnny Mize for the Yankees in 1952. Hit three home runs in three straight games.
That was Game 1 of the 1988 World Series against Dennis Eckersley and the Oakland Athletics.