1964 World Series Program Busch Stadium St. Louis Cardinals New York Yankees

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Offered for sale is a vintage 1964 World Series Program from Game 1 & 2 held at Busch Stadium (St. Louis, MO), which pitted the St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Yankees, and is a rare to find collector's item (see bio info below).  The items is in "GOOD" condition (see details above), measures 11" x 8.25", and is suitable for display in a permanent archive.  The asking price is .99 + FREE shipping / handling (.95 value; US Domestic only), and is the only example of it's kind offered for sale on eBay!  Overseas bidders please refer below to shipping directions.  Feel free to contact me with questions, and thanks for looking!
1964 World Series
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1964 World Series
Team (Wins)
Manager(s)
Season
St. Louis Cardinals
(4)
Johnny Keane
93–69, .574, GA: 1
New York Yankees
(3)
Yogi Berra
99–63, .611, GA: 1
Dates
October 7–15
MVP
Bob Gibson
(St. Louis)
Umpires
Frank Secory
(NL),
Bill McKinley
(AL),
Ken Burkhart
(NL),
Hank Soar
(AL),
Vinnie Smith
(NL),
Al Smith
(AL)
Hall of Famers
Cardinals:
Lou Brock
Bob Gibson
Yankees:
Yogi Berra
(mgr)
Whitey Ford
Mickey Mantle
Broadcast
Television
NBC
TV announcers
Harry Caray
and
Curt Gowdy
(in St. Louis)
Phil Rizzuto
and
Joe Garagiola
(in New York)
Radio
NBC
Radio announcers
Joe Garagiola
and
Phil Rizzuto
(in St. Louis)
Curt Gowdy
and
Harry Caray
(in New York)
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The
1964 World Series
pitted the
National League
champion
St. Louis Cardinals
against the
American League
champion
New York Yankees
, with the Cardinals prevailing in the best of seven games. St. Louis won their seventh world championship, while the Yankees, who had appeared in 14 of 16 World Series since 1949, did not play in the Series again until
1976
.
In an unusual twist, the Yankees fired
Yogi Berra
after the Series ended, replacing him with
Johnny Keane
, who had resigned from the Cardinals after the Series. His job had been threatened by Cardinals management, and it was unexpectedly saved by the Cardinals' dramatic pennant drive.
This was also the last World Series that matched the Yankees up against the Cardinals; in the previous four meetings, each team had won twice, with the Yankees winning in
1928
and
1943
, and the Cardinals in
1926
and
1942
. This was the first World Series to feature a team with the players' last names on the uniforms (St. Louis)
This pennant for the Yankees concluded their remarkable
run
of 15 World Series appearances over 18 years. In total, they won 29 American League championships in the 44-year span from 1921 through 1964.