List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their final major league at bat
This is a list of the Major League Baseball (MLB) players who have hit a home run in their final major league at bat. The feat was first accomplished in 1890 by Buck West, and most recently by Stephen Vogt in 2022.
Paul Gillespie and John Miller are the only players in MLB history to hit home runs in their first and last major-league at bats. Bobby Kielty and David Ross both hit their final home runs in a World Series game—Kielty hit his for the Boston Red Sox in the series-clinching Game 4 of the 2007 World Series, while Ross's occurred in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series and was an important contribution to ending the 108 year title drought of the Chicago Cubs. Mickey Cochrane and Ted Williams are the only players on this list who are inductees of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Players
Many players in the below list hit a home run the final time they batted in the last game of their professional career—that is, at the professional level, the player never batted again or played in another game—one notable example being Ted Williams.[2] However, circumstances may vary—for example, Mickey Cochrane homered in his final at bat (hence his inclusion in the below list) but was hit by a pitch in his final plate appearance.[3] Because pitchers bat less often than position players, especially since the introduction of the designated hitter, some pitchers in the below list played in many major-league games after their final at bat; for example, Tim Stoddard, who homered in his final at bat in June 1986, pitched in the major leagues through July 1989.[4] In other cases, a player in the below list had a very brief major-league career, but continued playing professionally at the minor-league level—one example is Chris Jelic, who played in only four major-league games, all late in the 1990 season, then continued playing professionally through 1993.[5]
Note: Baseball Almanac, the primary source for this section, lists and numbers players who have accomplished the feat during regular-season games, and provides separate commentary on players who have done so in postseason games.[6]
† | Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame |
# | Denotes player was a pitcher |
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Regular season
No. | Player | Career total[a] | Date | Team |
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1 | Buck West | 3 | September 18, 1890 | Cleveland Spiders |
2 | Frank O'Connor # | 1 | August 7, 1893 | Philadelphia Phillies |
3 | Hercules Burnett | 2 | September 29, 1895 | Louisville Colonels |
4 | Ed Scott # | 2 | August 3, 1901 | Cleveland Naps |
5 | Chick Stahl | 36 | October 6, 1906 | Boston Americans |
6 | Del Gainer | 14 | September 30, 1922 | St. Louis Cardinals |
7 | Mahlon Higbee | 1 | October 1, 1922 | New York Giants |
8 | Walt Kinney # | 2 | May 9, 1923 | Philadelphia Athletics |
9 | Johnny Schulte | 14 | September 20, 1932 | Boston Braves |
10 | Mickey Cochrane† | 119 | May 25, 1937 | Detroit Tigers |
11 | George Jumonville | 1 | May 20, 1941 | Philadelphia Phillies |
12 | Paul Gillespie | 6 | September 29, 1945 | Chicago Cubs |
13 | Bert Haas | 22 | August 26, 1951 | Chicago White Sox |
14 | Joe Frazier | 10 | September 30, 1956 | Baltimore Orioles |
15 | Marv Blaylock | 15 | September 28, 1957 | Philadelphia Phillies |
16 | Ron Samford | 5 | September 7, 1959 | Washington Senators |
17 | Ted Williams† | 521 | September 28, 1960 | Boston Red Sox |
18 | Don Gile | 3 | September 30, 1962 | Boston Red Sox |
19 | Ed Hobaugh # | 1 | September 2, 1963 | Washington Senators |
20 | Tony Kubek | 57 | October 3, 1965 | New York Yankees |
21 | John Miller | 2 | September 23, 1969 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
22 | Ken McMullen | 156 | September 14, 1977 | Milwaukee Brewers |
23 | Kevin Pasley | 1 | October 1, 1978 | Seattle Mariners |
24 | Mike Cubbage | 34 | October 3, 1981 | New York Mets |
25 | Joe Rudi | 179 | October 3, 1982 | Oakland Athletics |
26 | Tony Brewer | 1 | September 30, 1984 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
27 | Eddie Miller | 1 | September 30, 1984 | San Diego Padres |
28 | Willie Aikens | 110 | April 27, 1985 | Toronto Blue Jays |
29 | Rufino Linares | 11 | October 6, 1985 | California Angels |
30 | Tim Stoddard # | 1 | June 18, 1986 | San Diego Padres |
31 | Chris Jelic | 1 | October 3, 1990 | New York Mets |
32 | Bobby Rose | 5 | May 19, 1992 | California Angels |
33 | Glenn Braggs | 70 | September 10, 1992 | Cincinnati Reds |
34 | Chico Walker | 17 | October 3, 1993 | New York Mets |
35 | Jeff Tackett | 7 | August 2, 1994 | Baltimore Orioles |
36 | Gregg Olson # | 1 | April 20, 1998 | Arizona Diamondbacks |
37 | Tony Phillips | 160 | August 15, 1999 | Oakland Athletics |
38 | Matt Mieske | 56 | September 30, 2000 | Arizona Diamondbacks |
39 | Albert Belle | 381 | October 1, 2000 | Baltimore Orioles |
40 | Dusty Allen | 2 | October 1, 2000 | Detroit Tigers |
41 | Juan Díaz | 1 | June 23, 2002 | Boston Red Sox |
42 | Ray Lankford | 238 | October 3, 2004 | St. Louis Cardinals |
43 | Todd Zeile | 253 | October 3, 2004 | New York Mets |
44 | Curtis Thigpen | 1 | September 26, 2008 | Toronto Blue Jays |
45 | Gustavo Chacín # | 1 | May 31, 2010 | Houston Astros |
46 | Jim Edmonds | 393 | September 21, 2010 | Cincinnati Reds |
47 | Denis Phipps | 1 | September 23, 2012 | Cincinnati Reds |
48 | Adam Kennedy | 80 | September 7, 2012 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
49 | Juan Rivera | 132 | October 3, 2012 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
50 | Ramón Hernández | 169 | June 12, 2013 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
51 | Chad Tracy | 86 | September 28, 2013 | Washington Nationals |
52 | Francisco Peguero | 1 | September 29, 2013 | San Francisco Giants |
53 | Nyjer Morgan | 12 | May 11, 2014 | Cleveland Indians |
54 | Brad Snyder | 2 | June 22, 2014 | Texas Rangers |
55 | Nick Evans | 10 | July 27, 2014 | Arizona Diamondbacks |
56 | Ramón Santiago | 30 | September 27, 2014 | Cincinnati Reds |
57 | Corey Hart | 162 | June 21, 2015 | Pittsburgh Pirates |
58 | Dan Uggla | 235 | October 3, 2015 | Washington Nationals |
59 | Darrell Ceciliani | 2 | May 18, 2017 | Toronto Blue Jays |
60 | Adonis García | 29 | October 1, 2017 | Miami Marlins |
61 | Bruce Maxwell | 5 | June 2, 2018 | Oakland Athletics |
62 | Tyson Ross # | 2 | September 13, 2018 | St. Louis Cardinals |
63 | Ian Kinsler[b] | 257 | August 12, 2019 | San Diego Padres |
64 | Ian Desmond | 181 | September 28, 2019 | Colorado Rockies |
65 | Welington Castillo | 98 | September 29, 2019 | Chicago White Sox |
66 | Ronny Rodríguez | 19 | September 29, 2019 | Detroit Tigers |
67 | Khris Davis | 221 | October 3, 2021 | Oakland Athletics |
68 | Jason Castro | 97 | June 29, 2022 | Houston Astros |
69 | Stephen Vogt | 82 | October 5, 2022 | Oakland Athletics |
Source:[6]
Postseason
No. | Player | Career total[a] | Date | Team | Series / Game | Ref. |
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1 | Chuck Carr | 13 | October 3, 1997 | Houston Astros | 1997 NLDS / Game 3 | [9] |
2 | Troy O'Leary | 127 | October 15, 2003 | Chicago Cubs | 2003 NLCS / Game 7 | [10] |
3 | Tom Wilson | 15 | October 5, 2004 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2004 NLDS / Game 1 | [11] |
4 | Bobby Kielty | 53 | October 28, 2007 | Boston Red Sox | 2007 World Series / Game 4 | [12] |
5 | David Ross | 106 | November 2, 2016 | Chicago Cubs | 2016 World Series / Game 7 | [13] |
6 | Russell Martin | 191 | October 6, 2019 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2019 NLDS / Game 3 | [14] |
Source:[6]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b "Career total" figures refer to regular-season home runs only; home runs hit in all-star contests or postseason games are excluded.
- ^ Kinsler played in 1888 regular-season games, predominantly as a second baseman—he made one appearance as a pitcher, which was the final game of his career, in which he hit a home run in his final at bat.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Ted Williams Retires After 521st Home Run". Coeur d'Alene Press. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. UP. September 29, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved April 6, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Updike, John (October 22, 1960). "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 13, 2024 – via newyorker.com.
- ^ "New York Yankees 4, Detroit Tigers 3". Retrosheet. May 25, 1937. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ^ "Tim Stoddard". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ^ "Chris Jelic Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Home Run in Last At-Bat". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ "Ian Kinsler". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "Tampa Bay Rays 10, San Diego Padres 4". Retrosheet. August 12, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "The 1997 HOU N Division Series Batting Log for Chuck Carr". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "The 2003 CHI N League Championship Series Batting Log for Troy O'Leary". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "The 2004 LA N Division Series Batting Log for Tom Wilson". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "The 2007 BOS A World Series Batting Log for Bobby Kielty". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "The 2016 CHI N World Series Batting Log for David Ross". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
- ^ "The 2019 LA N Division Series Batting Log for Russell Martin". Retrosheet. Retrieved April 7, 2024.