Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac

Home Run in Last At-Bat

Baseball is Life, so goes the old saying. A baseball life is spent working through pain. Its spent sliding and hitting and stealing and traveling over six months of the year. Most of the players consider this a privilege. It is the greatest time of their lives. What better way to say thank you and good-bye than with a home run in your final at bat?

Ted Williams' final good-bye is memorable. It is the stuff of legends.

Forty-four other men have done likewise. They have ended the best years of their lives in the most wonderful way possible. They retire in style, leaving at the top of their game, never to be remembered as losing their edge. Baseball Almanac presents these final hurrahs from some of the games greatest.

"I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit." - Ted Williams (who hit a home run in his last major league at-bat on September 28, 1960) in The Sporting News (Volume 183, 1977, Page 24)

Home Run In Final American League At-Bat In Chronological Order
A.L. #	M.L. #	Name^{(Career Home Runs)}	Date / Box Score	Inning	Men On	Team
1.	4.	Ed Scott⁽²⁾	08-03-1901	10th	0	Cleveland
2.	5.	Chick Stahl⁽³⁶⁾	10-06-1906	8th	1	Boston
3.	8.	Walt Kinney⁽²⁾	05-09-1923	6th	0	Philadelphia
4.	9.	Clay Van Alstyne⁽¹⁾	05-07-1928	9th	0	Washington
5.	11.	Mickey Cochrane⁽¹¹⁹⁾	05-25-1937	3rd	0	Detroit
6.	14.	Bert Haas⁽²²⁾	08-26-1951	7th	1	Chicago
7.	15.	Joe Frazier⁽¹⁰⁾	09-30-1956	9th	0	Baltimore
8.	17.	Ron Samford⁽⁵⁾	09-07-1959	10th	2	Washington
9.	18.	Ted Williams⁽⁵²¹⁾	09-28-1960	8th	0	Boston
10.	19.	Don Gile⁽³⁾	09-30-1962	9th	1	Boston
11.	20.	Ed Hobaugh⁽¹⁾	09-02-1963	4th	0	Washington
12.	21.	Tony Kubek⁽⁵⁷⁾	10-03-1965	9th	1	New York
13.	23.	Ken McMullen⁽¹⁵⁶⁾	09-14-1977	8th	1	Milwaukee
14.	24.	Kevin Pasley⁽¹⁾	10-01-1978	7th	1	Seattle
15.	26.	Joe Rudi⁽¹⁷⁹⁾	10-03-1982	4th	1	Oakland
16.	29.	Willie Aikens⁽¹¹⁰⁾	04-27-1985	9th	1	Toronto
17.	30.	Rufino Linares⁽¹¹⁾	10-06-1985	8th	2	California
18.	33.	Bobby Rose⁽⁵⁾	05-19-1992	8th	1	California
19.	36.	Jeff Tackett⁽⁷⁾	08-02-1994	7th	0	Baltimore
20.	39.	Albert Belle⁽³⁸¹⁾	10-01-2000	8th	0	Baltimore
21.	40.	Dusty Allen⁽²⁾	10-01-2000	9th	0	Detroit
22.	41.	Juan Diaz⁽¹⁾	06-23-2002	6th	1	Boston
23.	44.	Curtis Thigpen⁽¹⁾	09-26-2008	7th	0	Toronto
A.L. #	M.L. #	Name^{(Career Home Runs)}	Date / Box Score	Inning	Men On	Team
Home Run In Final American League At-Bat^{(23 Instances)}

Home Run In Final National League At-Bat In Chronological Order
N.L. #	M.L. #	Name^{(Career Home Runs)}	Date / Box Score	Inning	Men On	Team
1.	1.	Buck West⁽³⁾	09-18-1890	8th	2	Cleveland
2.	2.	Frank O'Connor⁽¹⁾	08-07-1893	2nd	2	Philadelphia
3.	3.	Hercules Burnett⁽²⁾	09-29-1895	7th	0	Louisville
4.	6.	Del Gainer⁽¹⁴⁾	09-30-1922	1st	2	St. Louis
5.	7.	Mahlon Higbee⁽¹⁾	10-01-1922	6th	1	New York
6.	10.	Johnny Schulte⁽¹⁴⁾	09-20-1932	9th	0	Boston
7.	12.	George Jumonville⁽¹⁾	05-20-1941	6th	0	Philadelphia
8.	13.	Paul Gillespie⁽⁶⁾	09-29-1945	4th	1	Chicago
9.	16.	Marv Blaylock⁽¹⁵⁾	09-28-1957	5th	0	Philadelphia
10.	22.	John Miller⁽²⁾	09-23-1969	8th	0	Los Angeles
11.	25.	Mike Cubbage⁽³⁴⁾	10-03-1981	8th	0	New York
12.	27.	Tony Brewer⁽¹⁾	09-30-1984	7th	0	Los Angeles
13.	28.	Eddie Miller⁽¹⁾	09-30-1984	9th	0	San Diego
14.	31.	Tim Stoddard⁽¹⁾	06-18-1986	3rd	0	San Diego
15.	32.	Chris Jelic⁽¹⁾	10-03-1990	8th	0	New York
16.	34.	Glenn Braggs⁽⁷⁰⁾	09-10-1992	2nd	0	Cincinnati
17.	35.	Chico Walker⁽¹⁷⁾	10-03-1993	9th	0	New York
18.	37.	Gregg Olson⁽¹⁾	04-20-1998	7th	1	Arizona
19.	38.	Matt Mieske⁽⁵⁶⁾	09-30-2000	9th	0	Arizona
20.	42.	Ray Lankford⁽²³⁸⁾	10-03-2004	6th	1	St. Louis
21.	43.	Todd Zeile⁽²⁵³⁾	10-03-2004	6th	2	New York
N.L. #	M.L. #	Name^{(Career Home Runs)}	Date / Box Score	Inning	Men On	Team
Home Run In Final National League At-Bat^{(21 Instances)}

Trivia Fans: Use this chart to determine players from teams who were first or most recent, players with the most in the league when they joined the "club", players who had a home run in both their first at bat and their last at bat, plus other similar questions.

Click the Radio to Play/Pause Ted Williams' Final At-Bat - Home Run #521

Mickey Cochrane came to the plate after his May 25,1937 home run, but he was drilled by the pitcher—a sign of the way things used to be in the past.

Did you know that the historic home run hit by Ted Williams in his final at bat is often shown whenever a special about his life appears on television? Listen to the authentic recording on this page then watch closely during the next televised event.

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