The Biggest Baseball Comeback in History

On October 16, 1978, the New York Yankees found themselves in a 3-0 hole in the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers

Facing elimination, the Yankees staged the biggest baseball comeback in history, winning the next four games to take the title.

The Biggest Baseball Comeback in History is a blog dedicated to reliving that amazing comeback and celebrating the Yankees dynasty of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The Boston Red Sox

In 2004, the Boston Red Sox were down 0-3 to the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series The Red Sox had never come back from a 0-3 deficit to win a series in baseball history But that’s exactly what they did. The Red Sox won four straight games to take the series, becoming the first team ever to do so.

It was an incredible comeback, and one that will go down in history. The Red Sox went on to win the World Series that year, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in four games. It was their first World Series championship in 86 years.

The New York Yankees

On July 8, 1978, the New York Yankees re Playing the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park The Yankees were down 14-0 after just four innings, and it looked like they were going to suffer one of the most humiliating losses in baseball history But something amazing happened: the Yankees staged the biggest comeback in baseball history scoring 19 runs in the last six innings to win the game by a score of 15-14.

The Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division The Cubs are known for having one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history as they did not win a World Series title until 2016.

The Los Angeles Dodgers

On September 28, 2013, the Los Angeles Dodgers came back from a 9-run deficit to beat the Atlanta Braves 13-12. This was the biggest comeback in baseball history

The game started out slowly, with both teams scoreless through three innings. In the fourth inning, the Braves scored three runs. The Dodgers answered with two runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth.

In the fifth inning, the Braves exploded for six runs to take a 9-2 lead. The Dodgers started to chip away at the lead in the bottom of the fifth, scoring two runs.

The sixth inning was scoreless for both teams. In the seventh inning the Braves added another run to take a 10-4 lead. The Dodgers responded with three runs in the bottom of the seventh to make it a 10-7 game.

In the eighth inning, Atlanta scored two more runs to take a 12-7 lead. The Dodgers kept fighting and scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game at 12-12.

In the ninth inning Atlanta had a chance to win it with runners on first and second and one out, but they couldn’t get it done. Then, in the bottom of the ninth, pinch hitter Andre Ethier hit a walk-off RBI single to give Los Angeles an unbelievable 13-12 victory.

The San Francisco Giants

In 2014, the San Francisco Giants had one of the worst seasons in franchise history. They finished the season with a record of 68-93, 31 games behind the first place Los Angeles Dodgers They were also 13 games out of a Wild Card spot. The season was so bad that manager Bruce Bochy was even considering retirement.

But then something amazing happened. The Giants went on an incredible run, winning their final six games to finish the season with a record of 94-68. They ended up winning the Wild Card game and went on to win the World Series becoming one of the most unlikely champions in history.

The Giants’ turnaround was due to several factors, including improved pitching and hitting, and some key acquisitions at the trade deadline But whatever the reasons, it was an incredible story and a great year for baseball fans in San Francisco

The Cleveland Indians

In 2001, the Cleveland Indians shocked the world by winning an unprecedented 21 straight games. It was a momentous achievement, and one that has been cemented in baseball lore ever since. But what many people don’t know is that the Indians’ streak actually started much earlier than that.

In fact, it started on June 2nd, when the team was down 10-1 to the Chicago White Sox At that point, most fans had already written off the game, and even some of the players had started to give up. But then something miraculous happened: The Indians started to hit, and they didn’t stop until they had won the game 11-10.

It was an incredible comeback, but it was only the beginning. Over the next three weeks, the Indians would go on to win an astonishing 21 games in a row, cementing their place in history as one of baseball’s greatest teams ever.

The Houston Astros

In 1964, the Houston Astros had the Worst Record in baseball, but by 1986 they were World Series contenders. This turnaround is considered the biggest in Baseball History
The Astros were enfranchised in 1962 as the Houston Colt .45s, named after a handgun. They posted 111 losses in their first season and finished last in their division for three straight years. In 1965, they changed their name to the Houston Astros and began playing in the Astrodome, the world’s first indoor domed sports stadium. The team’s fortunes did not improve immediately, but by the early 1970s, they had developed one of the strongest farm systems in baseball and were beginning to compete for a playoff spot.

In 1980, the Astros made their first trip to the postseason behind the play of future Hall of Famers Nolan Ryan and Joe Morgan They would return to the playoffs in 1981 and again in 1986, when they won their first National League pennant. The Astros would go on to lose to the New York Mets in that year’s World Series

Since then, the Astros have been one of baseball’s most successful teams, winning five more division titles and another pennant. They finally won their first World Series championship in 2017.

The Washington Nationals

After trailing the Houston Astros by 19 runs in the eighth inning, the Washington Nationals came back to win 25-22, setting a new record for the biggest comeback in MLB history.

The Baltimore Orioles

On July 18, 1989, the Baltimore Orioles were in last place in their division, with a record of 40 wins and 52 losses. They were thirteen and a half games behind the first-place Toronto Blue Jays and they seemed to have no chance of making the playoffs But then something amazing happened: the Orioles started winning. They won thirty-four of their next forty-seven games, and by the end of the season, they had pulled ahead of the Blue Jays to win their division by two games. They went on to beat the Oakland Athletics in the World Series giving them one of the most unlikely championships in baseball history

The Pittsburgh Pirates

In baseball, a team that is down by a lot of runs late in the game is said to be “behind by a country mile.” That’s exactly how the Pittsburgh Pirates found themselves on July 12, 1925. They were playing the Philadelphia Phillies at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh and were losing 9-0 heading into the bottom of the eighth inning. Amazingly, the Pirates rallied to score 10 runs in the next two innings to win the game 10-9. It was the biggest comeback in Major League Baseball history up to that point.