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 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)

Home Run In Final At-Bat In Chronological Order
Name^{(Career Home Runs)}	Date / Box Score	Team
Ed Scott⁽²⁾	08-03-1901	Cleveland
Chick Stahl⁽³⁶⁾	10-06-1906	Boston
Walt Kinney⁽²⁾	05-09-1923	Philadelphia
Clay Van Alstyne⁽¹⁾	05-07-1928	Washington
Mickey Cochrane⁽¹¹⁹⁾	05-25-1937	Detroit
Bert Haas⁽²²⁾	08-26-1951	Chicago
Joe Frazier⁽¹⁰⁾	09-30-1956	Baltimore
Ron Samford⁽⁵⁾	09-07-1959	Washington
Ted Williams⁽⁵²¹⁾	09-28-1960	Boston
Don Gile⁽³⁾	09-30-1962	Boston
Ed Hobaugh⁽¹⁾	09-02-1963	Washington
Tony Kubek⁽⁵⁷⁾	10-03-1965	New York
Ken McMullen⁽¹⁵⁶⁾	09-14-1977	Milwaukee
Kevin Pasley⁽¹⁾	10-01-1978	Seattle
Joe Rudi⁽¹⁷⁹⁾	10-03-1982	Oakland
Willie Aikens⁽¹¹⁰⁾	04-27-1985	Toronto
Rufino Linares⁽¹¹⁾	10-06-1985	California
Bobby Rose⁽⁵⁾	05-19-1992	California
Jeff Tackett⁽⁷⁾	08-02-1994	Baltimore
Dusty Allen⁽²⁾	10-01-2000	Detroit
Albert Belle⁽³⁸¹⁾	10-01-2000	Baltimore
Name^{(Career Home Runs)}	Date / Box Score	Team
Home Run In Final At-Bat^{(21 Instances)}

Home Run In Final At-Bat In Chronological Order
Name^{(Career Home Runs)}	Date / Box Score	Team
Buck West⁽³⁾	09-18-1890	Cleveland
Frank O'Connor⁽¹⁾	08-07-1893	Philadelphia
Hercules Burnett⁽²⁾	09-29-1895	Louisville
Del Gainer⁽¹⁴⁾	09-30-1922	St. Louis
Mahlon Higbee⁽¹⁾	10-01-1922	New York
Johnny Schulte⁽¹⁴⁾	09-20-1932	Boston
George Jumonville⁽¹⁾	05-20-1941	Philadelphia
Paul Gillespie⁽⁶⁾	09-29-1945	Chicago
Marv Blaylock⁽¹⁵⁾	09-28-1957	Philadelphia
John Miller⁽²⁾	09-23-1969	Los Angeles
Mike Cubbage⁽³⁴⁾	10-03-1981	New York
Eddie Miller⁽¹⁾	09-30-1984	San Diego
Tony Brewer⁽¹⁾	09-30-1984	Los Angeles
Tim Stoddard⁽¹⁾	06-18-1986	San Diego
Chris Jelic⁽¹⁾	10-03-1990	New York
Glenn Braggs⁽⁷⁰⁾	09-10-1992	Cincinnati
Chico Walker⁽¹⁷⁾	10-03-1993	New York
Gregg Olson⁽¹⁾	04-20-1998	Arizona
Matt Mieske⁽⁵⁶⁾	09-30-2000	Arizona
Todd Zeile⁽²⁵³⁾	10-03-2004	New York
Name^{(Career Home Runs)}	Date / Box Score	Team
Home Run In Final At-Bat^{(20 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 Hear Ted Williams' Final At-Bat / Home Run

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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