World Series Final Outs

World Series Final Outs

Each year, the primary focus in any professional sport is the race for a championship. Every sport has their pinnacle trophy, but none is as coveted as baseball's World Series. An event as important as any holiday on the calendar, it is as traditional as Thanksgiving, as patriotic as the Fourth of July and as anticipated as Christmas morning. Over the last century, the World Series has been woven into the fabric of America's culture evolving far beyond a mere baseball tournament and what often stands out the most — in both good and bad memories — are the final outs (and walkoff wins).

"The young, thrifty Marlins made the Yankees look old and overpaid. By the final game they had Andy Pettitte shouting angrily into his glove and Jeter muttering to himself. And when Beckett tagged Jorge Posada for the final out, the Marlins became the first visiting team to celebrate a World Series title at Yankee Stadium since the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981." - Sportswriter Steven Wine in Yahoo! Sports (October 25, 2003)

The Final Outs of the World Series Based on Research by Matt Wiltse / Updated by Baseball Almanac
Series / Link	Game	Got the Out	Was the Out	Type of Out
1903 World Series	8	Bill Dinneen	Honus Wagner	Struck out.
1905 World Series	5	Bill Dinneen	Lave Cross	Grounded out to shortstop.
1906 World Series	6	Jiggs Donahue	Frank Schulte	Grounded out to first base.
1907 World Series	5	Joe Tinker	Boss Schmidt	Popped out to shortstop.
1908 World Series	5	Johnny Kling	Boss Schmidt	Grounded out at home plate.
1909 World Series	8	Fred Clarke	Tom Jones	Popped out to left field.
1910 World Series	5	Jack Barry	Jimmy Archer	Tagged out on force play to short stop.
1911 World Series	6	Frank Baker	Art Wilson	Grounded out to third base.
1912 World Series	n/a	n/a	n/a	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1913 World Series	5	Eddie Murphy	Larry Doyle	Popped out to right field.
1914 World Series	4	Charlie Deal	Stuffy McInnis	Grounded out to third base.
1915 World Series	5	Everett Scott	Bill Killefer	Grounded out to shortstop.
1916 World Series	5	Everett Scott	Mike Mowrey	Grounded out to shortstop.
1917 World Series	6	Eddie Collins	Lew McCarty	Grounded out to second base.
1918 World Series	6	Dave Shean	Les Mann	Grounded out to second base.
1919 World Series	8	Morrie Rath	Joe Jackson	Grounded out to second base.
1920 World Series	7	Joe Sewell	Hy Myers	Forced out at second base.
1921 World Series	8	George Kelly	Aaron Ward	Trying to advance to third base.
1922 World Series	5	Ross Youngs	Aaron Ward	Popped out to right field.
1923 World Series	6	Aaron Ward	Jack Bentley	Grounded out to second base.
1924 World Series	n/a	n/a	n/a	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1925 World Series	7	Red Oldham	Goose Goslin	Struck out.
1926 World Series	7	Bob O'Farrell	Babe Ruth	Caught trying to steal second base.
1927 World Series	n/a	n/a	n/a	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1928 World Series	4	Babe Ruth	Frankie Frisch	Popped out to left field (in foul territory).
1929 World Series	n/a	n/a	n/a	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1930 World Series	6	Bing Miller	Jimmie Wilson	Popped out to right field.
1931 World Series	7	Pepper Martin	Max Bishop	Popped out to center field.
1932 World Series	4	Ben Chapman	Riggs Stephenson	Popped out to right field.
1933 World Series	5	Dolf Luque	Joe Kuhel	Struck out.
1934 World Series	7	Leo Durocher	Billy Rogell	Forced out at second base by shortstop.
1935 World Series	n/a	n/a	n/a	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1936 World Series	6	Lou Gehrig	Harry Danning	Grounded out to first base.
1937 World Series	5	Lou Gehrig	Jo-Jo Moore	Grounded out to first base.
1938 World Series	4	Red Ruffing	Billy Herman	Grounded out to pitcher.
1939 World Series	4	Frankie Crosetti	Wally Berger	Lined out to the shortstop.
1940 World Series	7	Lonny Frey	Earl Averill	Grounded out to second base.
1941 World Series	5	Joe DiMaggio	Jimmy Wasdell	Popped out to center field.
1942 World Series	5	Jimmy Brown	George Selkirk	Grounded out to second base.
1943 World Series	5	Joe Gordon	Debs Garms	Grounded out to second base.
1944 World Series	6	Ted Wilks	Mike Chartak	Struck out.
1945 World Series	7	Skeeter Webb	Roy Hughes	Forced out at second base by shortstop.
1946 World Series	7	Red Schoendienst	Pinky Higgins	Forced out at second by second baseman.
1947 World Series	7	Phil Rizzuto	Bruce Edwards	Grounded to shortstop (double play).
1948 World Series	6	Bob Kennedy	Tommy Holmes	Popped out to left field.
1949 World Series	5	Joe Page	Gil Hodges	Struck out.
1950 World Series	4	Allie Reynolds	Stan Lopata	Struck out.
1951 World Series	6	Hank Bauer	Sal Yvars	Lined out to right field.
1952 World Series	7	Gene Woodling	Pee Wee Reese	Popped out to left field.
1953 World Series	n/a	n/a	n/a	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1954 World Series	4	Hank Thompson	Dale Mitchell	Popped out to third base.
1955 World Series	7	Pee Wee Reese	Elston Howard	Grounded out to shortstop.
1956 World Series	7	Bill Skowron	Jackie Robinson	Struck out.
1957 World Series	7	Eddie Mathews	Jerry Coleman	Forced out at third base.
1958 World Series	7	Mickey Mantle	Red Schoendienst	Lined out to center field.
1959 World Series	6	Wally Moon	Luis Aparicio	Popped out to left field.
1960 World Series	n/a	n/a	n/a	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1961 World Series	5	Hector Lopez	Vada Pinson	Popped out to left field.
1962 World Series	7	Bobby Richardson	Willie McCovey	Lined out to second base.
1963 World Series	4	Maury Wills	Hector Lopez	Ground out to shortstop.
1964 World Series	7	Dal Maxvill	Bobby Richardson	Popped out to second base.
1965 World Series	7	Sandy Koufax	Bob Allison	Struck out.
1966 World Series	4	Paul Blair	Lou Johnson	Popped out to center field.
1967 World Series	7	Bob Gibson	George Scott	Struck out.
1968 World Series	7	Bill Freehan	Tim McCarver	Popped out behind home plate.
1969 World Series	5	Cleon Jones	Davey Johnson	Popped out to left field.
1970 World Series	5	Brooks Robinson	Pat Corrales	Grounded out to third base.
1971 World Series	7	Jackie Hernandez	Merv Rettenmund	Grounded out to shortstop.
1972 World Series	7	Joe Rudi	Pete Rose	Popped out to left field.
1973 World Series	7	Bert Campaneris	Wayne Garrett	Popped out to shortstop.
1974 World Series	5	Rollie Fingers	Von Joshua	Grounded out to the pitcher.
1975 World Series	7	Cesar Geronimo	Carl Yastrzemski	Popped out to center field.
1976 World Series	4	George Foster	Roy White	Popped out to left field.
1977 World Series	6	Mike Torrez	Lee Lacy	Popped out to the pitcher.
1978 World Series	6	Thurman Munson	Ron Cey	Popped out to the catcher (in foul territory).
1979 World Series	7	Omar Moreno	Pat Kelly	Popped out to center field.
1980 World Series	6	Tug McGraw	Willie Wilson	Struck out.
1981 World Series	6	Ken Landreaux	Bob Watson	Popped out to center field.
1982 World Series	7	Bruce Sutter	Gorman Thomas	Struck out.
1983 World Series	5	Cal Ripken, Jr.	Garry Maddox	Lined out to shortstop.
1984 World Series	5	Larry Herndon	Tony Gwynn	Popped out to right field.
1985 World Series	7	Darryl Motley	Andy Van Slyke	Popped out to right field.
1986 World Series	7	Jesse Orosco	Marty Barrett	Struck out.
1987 World Series	7	Gary Gaetti	Willie McGee	Grounded out to third base.
1988 World Series	5	Orel Hershiser	Tony Phillips	Struck out.
1989 World Series	4	Tony Phillips	Brett Butler	Grounded out to second base.
1990 World Series	4	Todd Benzinger	Carney Lansford	Popped out to first base.
1991 World Series	n/a	n/a	n/a	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1992 World Series	6	Mike Timlin	Otis Nixon	Grounded out back to pitcher.
1993 World Series	n/a	n/a	n/a	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1995 World Series	6	Marquis Grissom	Carlos Baerga	Popped out to center field.
1996 World Series	6	Charlie Hayes	Mark Lemke	Popped out to third base.
1997 World Series	n/a	n/a	n/a	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1998 World Series	4	Scott Brosius	Mark Sweeney	Grounded out to third base.
1999 World Series	4	Chad Curtis	Keith Lockhart	Popped out to left field.
2000 World Series	5	Bernie Williams	Mike Piazza	Popped out to center field.
2001 World Series	n/a	n/a	n/a	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
2002 World Series	7	Darin Erstad	Kenny Lofton	Popped out to center field.
2003 World Series	6	Josh Beckett	Jorge Posada	Tagged out running to first base.
2004 World Series	4	Keith Foulke	Edgar Renteria	Grounded out back to pitcher.
2005 World Series	4	Juan Uribe	Orlando Palmeiro	Grounded out to shortstop.
2006 World Series	5	Adam Wainwright	Brandon Inge	Struck out swinging.
2007 World Series	4	Jonathan Papelbon	Seth Smith	Struck out swinging.
2008 World Series	--	--	--	--
Series / Link	Game	Got the Out	Was the Out	Type of Out
Final Outs of the World Series

From the 1903 World Series through the 2005 World Series, twelve hall of famer baseball players have made the final out in a World Series and twenty-two hall of fame ballplayers have gotten the final out.

In the Final Outs of the World Series chart above we wrote "See Fast Facts at bottom of page" several times. This is because ten World Series have ended with the winning team's last at bat. Here is that classic data set:

Series / Link	Got A Sac Fly	Scored The Run	Gave Up The Sac Fly
1912 World Series	Larry Gardner	Steve Yerkes	Christy Mathewson

Series / Link	Got The Hit^(Type)	Scored The Run	Gave Up The Hit
1924 World Series	Earl McNeely^(2B)	Muddy Ruel	Jack Bentley
1927 World Series	n/a ^{(Wild Pitch)}	Earle Combs	Johnny Miljus
1935 World Series	Goose Goslin^(1B)	Mickey Cochrane	Larry French
1953 World Series	Billy Martin^(1B)	Hank Bauer	Clem Labine
1960 World Series	Bill Mazeroski^(HR)	Bill Mazeroski	Ralph Terry
1991 World Series	Gene Larkin^(1B)	Dan Gladden	Alejandro Pena
1993 World Series	Joe Carter^(HR)	Paul Molitor	Mitch Williams
1997 World Series	Edgar Renteria^(1B)	Craig Counsell	Charles Nagy
2001 World Series	Luis Gonzalez^(1B)	Jay Bell	Mariano Rivera

Did you know that Lave Cross was the only member of the 1899 Cleveland Spiders (single season record for games lost) to play in a World Series, and he also was the first final out in the first World Series an American League team lost.

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