World Series Walk-Off Home Runs
The following are all instances of a player hitting a walk-off home run in a World Series game.
| Year | Game | Batter | Site | Pitcher | Final score | Series standing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Game 1, October 5 | Tommy Henrich, New York | Yankee Stadium | Don Newcombe, Brooklyn | 1-0 | 1-0 NY | Henrich's blast leading off the 9th was the first walk-off home run in Series history, and provided the game's only run. |
| 1954 | Game 1, September 29 | Dusty Rhodes, New York | Polo Grounds | Bob Lemon, Cleveland | 5-2 | 1-0 NY | Rhodes' three-run pinch-hit HR with 1 out in the 10th is not as well remembered as Willie Mays' spectacular over-the-shoulder catch earlier in the game. |
| 1957 | Game 4, October 6 | Eddie Mathews, Milwaukee | County Stadium | Bob Grim, New York | 7-5 | 2-2 | Mathews hits a two-run shot with 1 out in the 10th inning to tie the Series. |
| 1960 | Game 7, October 13 | Bill Mazeroski, Pittsburgh | Forbes Field | Ralph Terry, New York | 10-9 | 4-3 Pit | Mazeroski's HR to lead off the 9th ends the Series, giving the Pirates their first championship since 1925. The section of the outfield wall in Forbes Field where the ball crossed to become a home run has been preserved, after demolition of the rest of the field. |
| 1964 | Game 3, October 10 | Mickey Mantle, New York | Yankee Stadium | Barney Schultz, St. Louis | 2-1 | 2-1 NY | Mantle slugs the first pitch in the 9th for a Yankee victory. |
| 1975 | Game 6, October 21 | Carlton Fisk, Boston | Fenway Park | Pat Darcy, Cincinnati | 7-6 | 3-3 | Fisk's thrilling home run to lead off the 12th inning, high off the left field foul pole above the Green Monster, ties the Series in one of the best remembered moments in the sport's history. The homer arguably changed the very way televised sports are covered; because camera operators missed a cue from the producer, the camera lingered on Fisk trying to "wave his home run fair". This image of Fisk proved so dramatic that "reaction shots" became standard fare in sports broadcasting. |
| 1988 | Game 1, October 15 | Kirk Gibson, Los Angeles | Dodger Stadium | Dennis Eckersley, Oakland | 5-4 | 1-0 LA | Injured and hobbling Gibson, later named the league MVP, makes his only Series appearance with a pinch-hit, two-run, two-out shot for the underdog Dodgers, marking the first walk-off Series homer by a team which trailed at the time. Oakland's José Canseco had provided all his team's scoring with a 2nd-inning grand slam. |
| 1988 | Game 3, October 18 | Mark McGwire, Oakland | Oakland Coliseum | Jay Howell, Los Angeles | 2-1 | 2-1 LA | McGwire's home run with 1 out gives Oakland its only win in the Series. It is the first time that two walk-off home runs are hit in the same postseason series. |
| 1991 | Game 6, October 26 | Kirby Puckett, Minnesota | Metrodome | Charlie Leibrandt, Atlanta | 4-3 | 3-3 | Puckett, who had made a game-saving defensive play earlier in this game, leads off the 11th inning with a homer to tie the Series. In addition, Puckett falls a double short of hitting for the cycle, getting two singles, a triple and the HR. |
| 1993 | Game 6, October 23 | Joe Carter, Toronto | SkyDome | Mitch Williams, Philadelphia | 8-6 | 4-2 Tor | Carter hits a three-run homer with 1 out to give Toronto its second consecutive championship; unlike the Pirates in 1960, the Blue Jays were trailing at the time. |
| 1999 | Game 3, October 26 | Chad Curtis, New York | Yankee Stadium | Mike Remlinger, Atlanta | 6-5 | 3-0 NY | Curtis leads off the 10th inning with a home run to give the Yankees a commanding Series lead. |
| 2001 | Game 4, October 31 | Derek Jeter, New York | Yankee Stadium | Byung-Hyun Kim, Arizona | 4-3 | 2-2 | Jeter's homer with 2 out in the 10th ties the Series in the first-ever Series at-bat by any player in the month of November (just after midnight on November 1); the series had been delayed because of the September 11, 2001 attacks. |
| 2003 | Game 4, October 22 | Alex González, Florida | Pro Player Stadium | Jeff Weaver, New York | 4-3 | 2-2 | González hits a home run on a full count to lead off the 12th inning, tying the Series. |
| 2005 | Game 2, October 23 | Scott Podsednik, Chicago | U.S. Cellular Field | Brad Lidge, Houston | 7-6 | 2-0 Chi | After Paul Konerko hits a grand slam to give Chicago a 6-4 lead in the 7th, and Houston ties it in the 9th, Podsednik – who had not homered in 129 games in the regular season – hits one to right-center with 1 out to win it. |
| 2011 | Game 6, October 27 | David Freese, St. Louis | Busch Stadium | Mark Lowe, Texas | 10-9 | 3-3 | After being down two runs in the bottom of the 9th, Freese, down to the Cardinals' last strike, hits a two-run, game-tying triple. The next inning, Josh Hamilton hits a two-run homer, making it 9-7 for Texas. The Cardinals refuse to give up. The very next half inning, down to their final strike again, Lance Berkman gets a solid single into right center field, making it 9-9. Onward to the bottom of the 11th, the score still 9-9, David Freese hits a homer into the grass in center field on a 3-2 pitch, forcing a Game 7. The next day David Freese breaks the all-time post season RBI record, guaranteeing the Cardinals' 11th World Series win. |
| 2018 | Game 3, October 26 | Max Muncy, Los Angeles | Dodger Stadium | Nathan Eovaldi, Boston | 3-2 | 2-1 Bos | After missing a home run by a few feet in the 15th inning, Muncy hits a full count pitch over the left field wall off Eovaldi leading off the bottom of the 18th inning, giving the Dodgers the win and ending the longest World Series game in history in terms of innings (18) and time (7 hours, 20 mins), exactly 30 years after Kirk Gibson's walk-off homer in the opener of the 1988 World Series. |
| 2023 | Game 1, October 27 | Adolis García, Texas | Globe Life Field | Miguel Castro, Arizona | 6-5 | 1-0 Tex | After Corey Seager tied the game with a two-run homer in the 9th, García ends it in the 11th with a solo shot off Castro. Having driven in a run earlier in the game, he now has 22 RBIs this postseason, breaking David Freese's record set in 2011. |
| 2024 | Game 1, October 25 | Freddie Freeman, Los Angeles | Dodger Stadium | Nestor Cortes, New York | 6-3 | 1-0 LA | After the Yankees have scored one run in the top of the 10th, Freeman hits the first walk-off grand slam in series history off Cortes. |
| 2025 | Game 3, October 27 | Freddie Freeman, Los Angeles | Dodger Stadium | Brendon Little, Toronto | 6-5 | 2-1 LA | Freeman becomes the first player to have two walk-off homers in the World Series when he connects to lead off the bottom of the 18th inning in a game that ties Game 3 in 2018 for the longest World Series game ever in terms of innings. |


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