The Very Latest in Walk-Offs
40 years ago this month, Harold Baines set a record that may never be broken
Jim Northrup hit a walk-off home run on the day of The Concert for Bangladesh, which seven years later was supplanted by Lance Parrish as the latest in a game that the Tigers got a walk-off homer: two outs in the 16th inning. Detroit’s team record in this department still standing from 1978 sparked some curiosity. What is each major league team’s latest-in-a-game walk-off home run?
Turns out, there are still two teams whose latest walk-off in a game came in the 1950s, three more from the 1960s, and the record for latest walk-off homer in a game probably never will be broken, because when are we seeing a 25-inning game again in the era of the ghost runner?
Arizona: Orlando Hudson off Aaron Sele (L.A. Dodgers), 8/25/06, 15th inning, two-run shot, one out
Atlanta: Joe Torre off Barry Latman (Houston), 8/11/67, 16th inning, solo shot, one out
Baltimore: Andy Etchebarren off Bob Priddy (Washington Senators), 6/4/67, 19th inning, two-run shot, none out
Boston: Shea Hillenbrand off Dave Borkowski (Detroit), 6/5/01, 18th inning, solo shot, none out
Chicago Cubs: Gene Baker off Ed Roebuck (Brooklyn Dodgers), 6/1/56, 15th inning, two-run shot, two out
Chicago White Sox: Harold Baines off Chuck Porter (Milwaukee), 5/8/84, 25th inning, solo shot, one out
Cincinnati: George Foster off Dave Campbell (Atlanta), 10/1/78, 14th inning, two-run shot, two out; Brad Gulden off Don Robinson (Pittsburgh), 5/30/84, 14th inning, three-run shot, two out
Cleveland: Willie Kirkland off Jim Coates (Washington Senators), 6/14/63, 19th inning, solo shot, none out
Colorado: Dante Bichette off Mike Remlinger (N.Y. Mets), 4/26/95, 14th inning, three-run shot, one out; Ryan Spilborghs off Merkin Valdez (San Francisco), 8/24/09, 14th inning, grand slam, one out
Detroit: Lance Parrish off Shane Rawley (Seattle), 5/16/78, 16th inning, two-run shot, two out
Houston: Marwin Gonzalez off Cody Anderson (Cleveland), 5/11/16, 16th inning, two-run shot, one out
Kansas City: Greg Pryor off Bert Roberge (Chicago White Sox), 8/26/84, 16th inning, solo shot, two out
Los Angeles Angels: Albert Pujols off Brandon Workman (Boston), 8/9/14, 19th inning, solo shot, none out
Los Angeles Dodgers: Steve Garvey off Chris Welsh (San Diego), 9/13/82, 16th inning, solo shot, two out
Miami: Ramon Castro off Paul Shuey (L.A. Dodgers), 8/12/03, 13th inning, solo shot, two out
Milwaukee: Dave May off Brent Strom (Cleveland), 5/15/73, 17th inning, solo shot, one out; Martin Maldonado off Vidal Nuño III, 5/31/15, 17th inning, solo shot, one out
Minnesota: Pedro Muñoz off Jason Grimsley (Cleveland), 8/31/93, 22nd inning, solo shot, none out
New York Mets: Lenny Randle off Will McEnaney (Montreal Expos), 7/9/77, 17th inning, two-run shot, two out; Dave Kingman off Bryn Smith (Montreal Expos), 6/10/83, 17th inning, two-run shot, two out
New York Yankees: Claudell Washington off Willie Hernandez (Detroit), 9/11/88, 18th inning, two-run shot, one out
Oakland: Brandon Moss off Barry Enright (L.A. Angels), 4/29/13, 19th inning, two-run shot, two out
Philadelphia: Del Ennis off Bob Chipman (Boston Braves), 9/6/52, 17th inning, solo shot, none out
Pittsburgh: Jeff King off Scott Sanderson (Chicago Cubs), 8/6/89, 18th inning, solo shot, none out
San Diego: Adrian Gonzalez off Edinson Volquez (Cincinnati), 5/25/08, 18th inning, three-run shot, two out
San Francisco: Buster Posey off Robert Stephenson (Cincinnati), 5/12/17, 17th inning, solo shot, one out
Seattle: Mike Cameron off Jeff Fassero (Boston), 8/1/00, 19th inning, solo shot, none out
St. Louis: Matt Adams off Bud Norris (L.A. Dodgers), 7/22/16, 16th inning, solo shot, one out
Tampa Bay: Kevin Stocker off Michael Jackson (Cleveland), 5/12/98, 14th inning, two-run shot, one out
Texas: Alfonso Soriano off Jamie Moyer (Seattle), 6/24/04, 18th inning, two-run shot, none out
Toronto: Anthony Alford off Ryan Eades (Baltimore), 9/23/19, 15th inning, solo shot, two out
Washington: Chris Heisey off Michael Tonkin (Minnesota), 4/24/16, 16th inning, solo shot, none out