Every mistake, in order.

The Yankees' Fifth Inning

The Yankees led Game 5 of the World Series by five runs. Aaron Judge dropped a fly ball, Anthony Volpe bounced a throw, and Gerrit Cole did not cover first. The Dodgers scored five unearned runs and won the championship.

Los Angeles Dodgers · New York Yankees

The Ball in Betts's Glove

Mookie Betts caught Gleyber Torres's foul against the right-field wall. Two fans grabbed his glove and tried to take the ball. Torres was called out for interference, and the fans were barred from the next game.

Los Angeles Dodgers · New York Yankees

Hoberg Is Fired

Pat Hoberg, one of the league's most accurate ball-strike umpires, was fired for sharing legal betting accounts with a poker player who bet on baseball, and for deleting messages. Major League Baseball found no evidence he had bet on the game himself.

Cash Pulls Snell

Blake Snell led Game 6 of the World Series on 73 pitches when Kevin Cash took him out after a one-out single. Nick Anderson allowed the tying and go-ahead runs. The Dodgers won the championship.

Tampa Bay Rays · Los Angeles Dodgers

Phillips, Taylor, and the Relay

With two outs in the ninth of World Series Game 4, Brett Phillips singled, Chris Taylor bobbled the ball, and the relay home never got there. Randy Arozarena tripped on the way and still scored.

Los Angeles Dodgers · Tampa Bay Rays

Arozarena to Tampa

St. Louis traded Randy Arozarena and José Martínez for Matthew Liberatore and other pieces. That October Arozarena hit ten home runs in the postseason, a record, on the way to the World Series.

St. Louis Cardinals · Tampa Bay Rays

Turner in the Runner's Lane

In World Series Game 6, Trea Turner was called out for runner's-lane interference on a bunt, and a run came off the board. The rule's wording became the argument. Washington won the series anyway.

Washington Nationals · Houston Astros

Kershaw, Then Kelly

Dave Roberts brought Clayton Kershaw in to protect a two-run lead, and Anthony Rendon and Juan Soto homered back to back. Joe Kelly then pitched a second inning, and Howie Kendrick hit a grand slam.

Washington Nationals · Los Angeles Dodgers

Davis off Chapman

Joe Maddon brought Aroldis Chapman in to protect a three-run lead in the eighth inning of Game 7. Rajai Davis hit a two-run homer that tied it. The Cubs won in the tenth.

Chicago Cubs · Cleveland Indians

Miller for Swanson

Six months after drafting Dansby Swanson first overall, Arizona traded him, Ender Inciarte, and Aaron Blair to Atlanta for Shelby Miller. Miller went 3–12 with a 6.15 earned-run average the next year.

Arizona Diamondbacks · Atlanta Braves

Harvey Talks His Way Back

Terry Collins let Matt Harvey pitch the ninth of World Series Game 5 with a two-run lead. Harvey walked a man and gave up a double. Eric Hosmer then scored the tying run on a throw Lucas Duda did not get to the plate.

Kansas City Royals · New York Mets

The Infield Fly in Atlanta

With the Braves rallying in a winner-take-all game, Sam Holbrook called the infield fly rule on a ball that fell in short left field. The crowd threw trash for nineteen minutes.

Atlanta Braves · St. Louis Cardinals

The Ball over Cruz

With two outs in the ninth of World Series Game 6, David Freese's ball went over Nelson Cruz's head and tied the game. Texas led again in the tenth. St. Louis won in the eleventh.

Texas Rangers · St. Louis Cardinals

Grady Little Leaves Pedro In

Boston led Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS by three runs. Grady Little visited the mound, left a tiring Pedro Martinez in, and the Yankees tied the game.

Boston Red Sox · New York Yankees

The Bartman Game

Five outs from the World Series, a fan deflected a foul ball. The Cubs' shortstop then missed the double-play ball that would have ended the inning anyway.

Chicago Cubs · Florida Marlins

Byung-Hyun Kim, Two Nights

Byung-Hyun Kim gave up a game-tying homer in the ninth on consecutive nights of the 2001 World Series. Arizona won the series anyway.

Arizona Diamondbacks · New York Yankees

Carter off Williams

Mitch Williams came in to protect a one-run lead in Game 6. He walked Rickey Henderson, gave up a single to Paul Molitor, and Joe Carter hit the next well-struck pitch over the left-field fence.

Philadelphia Phillies · Toronto Blue Jays

Lonnie Smith Stops at Third

In a scoreless Game 7, Lonnie Smith was on first when Terry Pendleton doubled. A decoy at second base held Smith at third. He never scored.

Atlanta Braves · Minnesota Twins

The Ball Gets Through Buckner

The Red Sox were one out from a title when a ground ball went through Bill Buckner's legs. By then the lead was already gone.

Boston Red Sox · New York Mets

Gossage Pitches to Gibson

In the eighth inning of the 1984 World Series, Dick Williams wanted Goose Gossage to walk Kirk Gibson. Gossage talked him out of it. Gibson hit a three-run homer.

Detroit Tigers · San Diego Padres

Durham Lets It Through

One out from a pennant-clinching chance slipping away, Tim Flannery's grounder went through Leon Durham's legs. San Diego scored four and won the National League.

Chicago Cubs · San Diego Padres

Herb Washington Is Picked Off

Charlie Finley signed a world-class sprinter who had never played baseball and used him only as a pinch runner. In the World Series, Mike Marshall picked him off.

Oakland Athletics · Los Angeles Dodgers

Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi

The Mets traded Nolan Ryan and three others to the Angels for Jim Fregosi. Ryan left with seven no-hitters. Fregosi was gone in a season and a half.

New York Mets · California Angels

Three Errors in One Inning

In the fifth inning of World Series Game 2, Willie Davis lost two fly balls in the sun and threw one away. Three errors, three unearned runs, and Jim Palmer's shutout.

Los Angeles Dodgers · Baltimore Orioles

Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas

Cincinnati's Bill DeWitt called Frank Robinson an old thirty and traded him to Baltimore. The next year Robinson won the Triple Crown.

Cincinnati Reds · Baltimore Orioles

Brock for Broglio

The Cubs traded Lou Brock to the Cardinals for Ernie Broglio in a six-player deal. Brock finished with 3,023 hits. Broglio won seven games in Chicago.

Chicago Cubs · St. Louis Cardinals

Owen's Dropped Third Strike

The Dodgers were one strike from tying the World Series. Mickey Owen missed the third strike, and the Yankees scored four runs.

Brooklyn Dodgers · New York Yankees

Medwick and the Fruit Barrage

After a hard slide in Game 7, Detroit fans threw fruit, bottles, and vegetables at Joe Medwick until the commissioner took him out of the game.

St. Louis Cardinals · Detroit Tigers

Hack Wilson Loses the Ball in the Sun

The Cubs led Game 4 of the 1929 World Series by eight runs. In the seventh, Hack Wilson lost a fly ball in the sun, and the Athletics scored ten.

Chicago Cubs · Philadelphia Athletics

Ruth Is Out at Second

The 1926 World Series ended with Babe Ruth thrown out at second. He said he was stealing on his own. Other accounts say a hit-and-run was on.

New York Yankees · St. Louis Cardinals

Peckinpaugh's Eight Errors

The American League's Most Valuable Player committed eight errors in the 1925 World Series, two of them in a rainy seventh game the Senators led.

Washington Senators · Pittsburgh Pirates

The Sale of Babe Ruth

The Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees for $100,000, paid in installments. The Broadway story that explains the sale is a myth.

Boston Red Sox · New York Yankees

Zimmerman Chases Collins Home

In the sixth game of the 1917 World Series, nobody covered home plate, so Heinie Zimmerman ran Eddie Collins across it himself.

New York Giants · Chicago White Sox

Snodgrass's Muff

With the Giants one win from a title, Fred Snodgrass dropped a routine fly to open the tenth. He then made a fine catch that the nickname forgot.

New York Giants · Boston Red Sox