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The 1964 World Series opened in St. Louis on October 7th with the Yankees Whitey Ford (#330) facing off against the Cardinals Ray Sadecki (#230).
It was the fifth time these two teams had faced each other in the World Series, with the Yankees winning in 1928 and 1943 and the Cardinals prevailing in 1926 and 1942. This also marked the end of an era for the Yankees, as the club had appeared in 14 of 16 fall classics since 1949 and they wouldn't appear again until 1976.
Former Yankee catcher Yogi Berra (#470) was in his first year as the team's manager, and he'd be unceremoniously fired following the series loss and replaced with (ironically enough) the Cardinals' manager, Johnny Keane (#131). Keane would only last with the Yankees until 20 games into the 1966 season.
Building the Set
December 26, 2019 from Cincinnati, OH - Card #35
My Mom did a little surrogate Christmas shopping for my Aunt Louise and Uncle Terry, both lifelong Yankees fans. They were kind enough to give Doug four more cards for our set the day after Christmas - all related to the Yankees, and the first Yankees cards we've added.
Mom's baseball card dealer of choice is Dean's Cards, located in Cincinnati. She came across Dean's through eBay purchases over the years. Their website is easy to use and their sales people have always been helpful and friendly to her. This card, along with the other five cards added on December 26th, were all purchased from Dean's Cards.
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With the Yankees holding a 4-2 lead heading to the bottom of the sixth, Ken Boyer (#100) reached on a single and Mike Shannon (#43) hit a game-tying two-run home run off Ford. Catcher Elston Howard (#450), home plate umpire Frank Secory and second base umpire Ken Burkhart are shown watching the path of the ball as Ford walks off the mound dejected. Those were Shannon's only two RBIs of the entire series and it was also Ford's final appearance in a World Series game. Ford had appeared in 22 World Series games, compiling a record of 10-8 and throwing 33 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings across three different World Series in 1960, 1961 and 1962.
Tim McCarver (#294) doubled following Shannon's home run, and Al Downing (#598) came in to relieve Ford. Downing gave up an RBI single to Carl Warwick (#357) followed by a triple to Curt Flood (#415) and the Cardinals had a 6-4 lead. They'd go on to win by a score of 9-5.
The colorized photo shows the Cardinals with blue helmets, but they were actually wearing red helmets during this game.
Baseball Reference
Prior Card: #131 Johnny Keane MG - New York Yankees
Next Card: #133 World Series Game 2
Mike Shannon is still around, on Cardinals radio broadcasts, though home games only now. I caught him a little bit in Spring Training games this year and hope to hear him again, eventually, when the season can get going.
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