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{{short description|In baseball, a home run in the final inning that ends the game}}
[[File:Iconic Moments in Pittsburgh History (4975612548).jpg|alt=|thumb|Statue commemorating when [[Bill Mazeroski]] hit a walk-off home run in Game 7 to clinch the [[1960 World Series]] title for the Pittsburgh Pirates over the New York Yankees]]
In [[baseball]], a '''walk-off home run''' is a [[home run]] that ends the game. For a home run to end the game, it must be hit in the bottom of the final [[inning]] and generate enough runs to exceed the opponent's score. Because the opponent will not have an opportunity to score any more runs, there is no need to finish the inning and the team on defense will "walk off" the field while the player who hit the home run is rounding the bases. The winning runs must still touch all three bases and be counted at home plate. A variant of the walk-off home run, the '''walk-off grand slam''', occurs when a [[Grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]] exceeds the opponent's score in the bottom of the final inning and ends the game.

==History and usage of the term==
Although the concept of a game-ending home run is as old as baseball, the adjective "walk-off" attained widespread use only in the late 1990s and early 2000s.{{Cn|date=May 2025}}

{{Cn span|text=The first known usage of the word in print|date=May 2025}} appeared in the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' on April 21, 1988, Section D, Page 1. ''Chronicle'' writer Lowell Cohn wrote an article headlined "What the Eck?" about [[Oakland Athletics|Oakland]] reliever [[Dennis Eckersley]]'s unusual way of speaking: "For a translation, I go in search of Eckersley. I also want to know why he calls short home runs 'street pieces,' and home runs that come in the last at-bat of a game 'walkoff pieces' ..." Although the term originally was coined with a negative connotation, in reference to the [[pitcher]] (who must "walk off" the field with his head hung in shame),<ref>Dan Shaughnessy. [http://archive.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/06/24/term_covers_all_the_bases "Term covers all the bases"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126085607/http://archive.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/06/24/term_covers_all_the_bases/ |date=2020-11-26 }}. "The Boston Globe." June 24, 2005. Retrieved June 30, 2016</ref> it has come to acquire a more celebratory connotation, for the batter who circles the bases with pride and with the adulation of the home crowd.

[[Jim Thome]] holds the MLB record for most career walk-off home runs with 13, the first being hit on June 15, 1994, and the last (which broke the previous record of 12) on June 23, 2012. Most notably, he hit his [[500 home run club|500th career home run]] for a walk-off home run.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/jim-thome-s-mlb-record-13-walk-off-homers-ranked-c287121288 |title=Let's rank all of Jim Thome's MLB-record 13 walk-off homers |website=[[MLB.com]] |date=28 July 2018 |access-date=2024-02-12 |archive-date=2022-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326174049/https://www.mlb.com/cut4/jim-thome-s-mlb-record-13-walk-off-homers-ranked-c287121288 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-T7SaZatDk |title=Jim Thome hit an MLB record 13 walk-off homers |website=[[YouTube]] |date=26 January 2018 |access-date=2024-02-12 |archive-date=2023-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504035447/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-T7SaZatDk |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Other types of "walk-off" wins===
Sportscasters have applied the term "walk-off hit" to any kind of hit that drives in the winning run to end the game. It is an expansion of the term to call a hit a walk-off when what ends the game is not the hit, but the defense's failure to make a play. The terms "walk-off [[hit by pitch]]", "walk-off walk" (a [[base on balls]] with the bases loaded), "walk-off [[wild pitch]]", "walk-off reach-on-[[Error (baseball)|error]]", "walk-off [[Stolen base|steal of home]]", "walk-off [[passed ball]]", and "walk-off [[balk]]" have been also applied, with the last dubbed a "balk-off".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82998017/birds-stop-texas-with-balk-off-win/ |title=Birds stop Texas with balk-off win |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[Intelligencer Journal]] |location=[[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]] |page=C-3 |date=April 29, 2000 |accessdate=August 7, 2021 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=August 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807214339/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82998017/birds-stop-texas-with-balk-off-win/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The day after [[Eric Bruntlett]] executed a game-ending [[unassisted triple play]] for the [[2009 Philadelphia Phillies season|Philadelphia Phillies]] against the [[2009 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] on August 23, 2009, the ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'' used the term "walk-off triple play" in a subheadline describing the moment, although it was not a true walk-off.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82997867/i-got-it-i-got-it-i-got-it-bruntlett/ |title=I Got it! I Got it! I Got it! Bruntlett's walkoff tripleplay stuns Mets |newspaper=[[Philadelphia Daily News]] |page=88 |date=August 24, 2009 |accessdate=August 7, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

===Walk-off grand slam===
[[File:9TH 1891 Walk Off Grand Slam.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Washington Nationals]] celebrate a walk-off grand slam hit by [[Justin Maxwell]] in [[2009 Washington Nationals season|2009]].]]
A [[Grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]] is a home run hit with all three bases occupied by baserunners ("bases loaded"), thereby scoring four runs—the most possible in one play. A walk-off home run with the bases loaded is therefore known as a walk-off grand slam. Since 1916 there have been more than 250 walk-off grand slams hit during Major League Baseball's regular season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stathead.com/tiny/Aj3gY |title=Team Batting Event Finder: All of MLB: 263 Home Runs in 1916-2020, Walk-off and With Runners on 123 |website=Stathead |access-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407004649/https://stathead.com/tiny/Aj3gY |url-status=live }}</ref> Since its institution in 1903, only two walk-off grand slams have been recorded in the postseason:

* In Game 2 of the [[2011 ALCS]], by [[Nelson Cruz]] of the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stathead.com/tiny/raleO |title=Postseason Batting Event Finder: All of MLB: 1 Home Run in 1903-2019 Postseason, Walk-off and With Runners on 123 |website=Stathead |access-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018033048/https://stathead.com/tiny/raleO |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In Game 1 of the [[2024 World Series]], by [[Freddie Freeman]] of the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-win-world-series-game-1-2024|title=Freddie Freeman wins Game 1 with 1st walk-off grand slam in World Series history|first=Anthony|last=Castrovince|website=[[MLB.com]]|date=October 25, 2024|accessdate=October 26, 2024}}</ref>

Additionally, in Game 5 of the [[1999 NLCS]], [[Robin Ventura]] of the [[New York Mets]] hit [[Grand Slam Single|a game-winning home run with the bases loaded]] against the [[Atlanta Braves]], but as only the Mets player on third base – [[Roger Cedeño]] – reached home before the Mets started their on-field celebration, the play was officially recorded as a [[Single (baseball)|single]].

Three players have hit two walk-off grand slams in a season: [[Cy Williams]] in 1926, [[Jim Presley]] in 1986, and [[Steve Pearce (baseball)|Steve Pearce]] in 2017. Pearce's first was on July 27 (an 8–4 victory over the [[Oakland Athletics]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/steve-pearce-hits-walk-off-slam-for-blue-jays-c244772520|title=Pearce hits walk-off slam as Toronto sweeps A's|last1=Chisholm|first1=Gregor|last2=Lee|first2=Jane|work=MLB.com|date=July 27, 2017|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731031506/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/244772520/steve-pearce-hits-walk-off-slam-for-blue-jays/?game_pk=491625|url-status=live}}</ref> followed by his second on July 30 (an ultimate grand slam, for an 11–10 win over the [[Los Angeles Angels]]), becoming the first player in MLB history to hit multiple walk-off grand slams within the span of a single week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article/245332662/torontos-steve-pearce-is-hero-again-with-slam/?topicId=27118412|title=Deja Blue Jay: Pearce's historic slam|last1=Matheson|first1=Keegan|last2=Guardado|first2=Maria|work=MLB.com|date=July 30, 2017|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731032352/http://m.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article/245332662/torontos-steve-pearce-is-hero-again-with-slam/?topicId=27118412|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/article164465507.html|title=Pearce slams again, Jays score 7 in 9th, beat Angels 11-10|last=Harrison|first=Ian|work=ledger-enquirer.com|date=July 30, 2017|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731043631/http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/article164465507.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Ultimate grand slam====
A walk-off grand slam that erases a three-run deficit is also called an ultimate grand slam.<ref>Krabbenhoft, Herm. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LNBKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qukMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5856%2C1155716 "Dramatic finishes: Ultimate grand slams have decided 19 major league games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311142429/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LNBKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qukMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5856,1155716 |date=2016-03-11 }}. ''The Schenectady Gazette''. October 5, 1991. Retrieved 4 September 2015.</ref><ref>Amedio, Steve. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mHshAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H4oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5132%2C4053024 "Krabbenhoft helps rewrite baseball records"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312042640/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mHshAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H4oFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5132%2C4053024 |date=2016-03-12 }}. ''The Schenectady Gazette''. April 18, 2003. Retrieved 4 September 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Chuck |first1=Bill |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EX2iPhcpza0C&dq=%22Ultimate+grand+slam%22+baseball&pg=PA193 |title=Walkoffs, Last Licks and Final Outs: Baseball's Grand (and Not-so-grand) Finales |last2=Kaplan |first2=Jim |date=September 2007 |publisher=ACTA Publications |isbn=978-0-87946-342-7 |language=en}}</ref> There have been 32 such instances documented in major league history – all taking place during the regular season, 16 of those coming with two outs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ultimate Grand Slams |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/walk_off_grand_slams.shtml |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Baseball Almanac |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/all-time-ultimate-grand-slams-c290137154|title=All 32 ultimate grand slams on record|last=Kramer|first=Daniel|work=www.mlb.com|date=September 20, 2022|access-date=September 20, 2022|archive-date=September 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921040503/https://www.mlb.com/news/all-time-ultimate-grand-slams-c290137154|url-status=live}}</ref> Of the 32 home runs, only [[Roberto Clemente]]'s was hit [[inside-the-park home run|inside the park]], at spacious [[Forbes Field]] on July 25, 1956.{{efn| The source for this frequently cited [[Factoid#Usage|factoid]] is Madison McEntire's 2006 book, ''Big League Trivia; Facts, Figures, Oddities, and Coincidences from our National Pastime''. (Indeed, as late as July 23 of that year, two days prior to the home run's 50th anniversary, an eyewitness account written by Pittsburgh-based sportswriter [[John Steigerwald]] stated merely that it "''may'' have been done only once in the history of baseball."<ref name=RCUHRbyJS>Steigerwald, John. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/33551801/ "This Was Clemente's Grandest Slam"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011937/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/33551801/ |date=2016-03-05 }}. ''The Indiana Gazette''. July 23, 2006. Retrieved 4 September 2015. "On July 25, 1956, Roberto Clemente did something that may have been done only once in the history of baseball. And I was there to see it. "</ref> [Emphasis added.]) However, the claim, as it appears on page 53, and has since been repeated extensively, in print and online (i.e. "Clemente is the ''only'' player to end a game with an inside-the-park grand slam."), is actually qualified (along with most of the book's items) by McEntire in the book's introduction. "Unless stated otherwise, I used the year 1900 – the beginning of the modern baseball era – as the starting point for the items in this book."<ref>McEntire, Madison. ''Big League Trivia; Facts, Figures, Oddities, and Coincidences from our National Pastime''. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=qCnZVMfGuTsC&dq=%22Unless+stated+otherwise%2C+I+used+the+year+1900%22&pg=PP11 IX] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018030039/https://books.google.com/books?id=qCnZVMfGuTsC&dq=%22Unless+stated+otherwise,+I+used+the+year+1900%22&pg=PP11 |date=2023-10-18 }} and [https://books.google.com/books?id=qCnZVMfGuTsC&dq=%22Clemente+is+the+only+player%22&pg=PA53 53] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018030038/https://books.google.com/books?id=qCnZVMfGuTsC&dq=%22Clemente+is+the+only+player%22&pg=PA53 |date=2023-10-18 }}. {{ISBN|1-4259-1292-3}}. Retrieved 4 September 2015.</ref>}} [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] manager/third base coach [[Bobby Bragan]] instructed him to stop at third, but Clemente ran through the stop sign to score the winning run.<ref>Hernon, Jack. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4pVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=32oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6290%2C1323281 "Clemente's Inside-Park Slam Nips Cubs, 9-8; Bucs Bounce Back After Losing Lead"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312042814/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4pVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=32oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6290%2C1323281 |date=2016-03-12 }}. ''The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. July 26, 1956. Retrieved 6 April 2015.</ref> [[Del Crandall]]'s September 11, 1955,<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |title=September 11, 1955: Crandall's two-out walk-off grand slam wins it for Braves |website=Society for American Baseball Research |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/september-11-1955-crandalls-two-out-walk-off-grand-slam-wins-it-for-braves/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Alan Trammell]]'s June 21, 1988,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET198806210.shtml |title=New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers Box Score, June 21, 1988 |access-date=March 26, 2018 |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623004712/https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET198806210.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Chris Hoiles]]' May 17, 1996 grand slams occurred under the most dire situation possible: bases loaded, two outs, full count, bottom of the ninth inning, and down by three runs.

The most recent ultimate grand slam was hit by [[Giancarlo Stanton]] on September 20, 2022, in the [[New York Yankees]]' 9–8 victory over the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]].

=== Walk-off celebrations ===
Walk-off celebrations typically consist of an entire baseball team leaving the dugout to meet a player at home plate after the batter hits a walk-off home run, or at whichever base the hitter happens to reach if a traditional base hit results in a walk-off victory.

A walk-off celebration may involve hitters jumping on home plate before being encircled and caught by their teammates. During a walk-off celebration on May 29, 2010, [[Kendrys Morales]], then a member of the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]], broke his left leg from jumping on home plate while celebrating a walk-off grand slam off of the [[Seattle Mariners]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=5232642|title=Angels' Morales breaks leg celebrating slam|date=2010-05-30|website=ESPN.com|access-date=2017-03-16|archive-date=2017-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316114251/http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=5232642|url-status=live}}</ref> As a result of this injury, team manager [[Mike Scioscia]] instituted new guidelines for his team that ensured a much tamer response to all subsequent walk-off victories.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?id=5235375|title=Saxon: Angels party responsibly after walk-off|date=2010-05-31|website=ESPN.com|access-date=2017-03-16|archive-date=2017-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316113912/http://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?id=5235375|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Relevant rules==
The rules of baseball<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/mlb/atcjzj9j7wrgvsm8wnjq.pdf |title=Official Baseball Rules |publisher=Major League Baseball |year=2021 |isbn=978-1-62937-893-0 |edition=2021 |access-date=2023-10-18 |archive-date=2022-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927015045/https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/mlb/atcjzj9j7wrgvsm8wnjq.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> provide that:
* A batter is entitled to a home run only "when he shall have touched all bases legally." (Rule 5.05(a)(5); also 5.06(b)(4)(A))
* A batter is out, on [[Appeal play|appeal]], for failing to touch each base in order or for passing a preceding runner.  In some cases, all runs that score are negated.  (Rule 5.09(b)(9), 5.09(c)(2) and 5.09(d))
* On a game-winning hit, a batter is credited for the full number of bases only if "the batter runs out his hit." (Rule 9.06(f))
* A game-winning home run is allowed to complete before the game ends, even if it puts the home team ahead by more than one run. (Rule 7.01(g)(3), Exception; also 9.06(g))

The first point above was problematic in the [[1976 American League Championship Series]] between the [[New York Yankees]] and the [[Kansas City Royals]]. The Yankees and Royals entered the bottom of the ninth inning of the decisive fifth game with the score tied, 6–6; [[Mark Littell]] was the pitcher for [[1976 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City]], and [[Chris Chambliss]] was the first batter for [[1976 New York Yankees season|New York]].  Chambliss hit Littell's first pitch into the right field bleachers to win the game and the American League pennant for the Yankees. However, Yankees fans ran onto the field at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] to celebrate the victory, and prevented Chambliss from rounding the bases and touching home plate.  Recognizing the impossibility of Chambliss successfully negotiating the sea of people who had been on the field, umpires later escorted Chambliss back out to home plate and watched as he touched it with his foot, thereby making the Yankees victory "official". (A comment to Rule 5.08(b) permits the umpires to award the run if fans prevent the runner from touching home plate.)

The third point above led to [[Robin Ventura]]'s "[[Grand Slam Single]]" in Game 5 of the [[1999 National League Championship Series|1999 NLCS]]. In the bottom of the 15th inning, the [[1999 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] tied the score against the [[1999 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] at 3–3. Ventura came to bat with the bases loaded, and hit a game-winning grand slam to deep right. [[Roger Cedeño]] scored from third and [[John Olerud]] appeared to score from second, but [[Todd Pratt]],<ref>Pratt himself had hit a walk-off homer just eight days earlier, on October 9, in the [[1999 National League Division Series|1999 NLDS]]. See: {{section link| |Division series}}, below.</ref> on first base when Ventura hit the home run, went to second, then turned around and hugged Ventura as the rest of the team rushed onto the field. The official ruling was that because Ventura never advanced past first base, it was not a home run but a single, and thus only Cedeño's run counted, making the official final score 4–3.

The fourth point above was not a rule prior to 1920; instead, the game ended at the moment the winning run scored.  This rule affected the scoring of 40 hits, from 1884 to 1918, that would now be scored as game-winning home runs.<ref>1996 ''Macmillan Baseball Encyclopedia'', Appendix B (Decisions of the Special Baseball Records Committee)</ref> [[Babe Ruth]] would have been credited with 715 career home runs had the modern rule been in effect in 1918; in a 10-inning game Ruth's fence-clearing, walk-off RBI hit was scored a triple because the game was deemed over when the lead baserunner reached home.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fenwayfanatics.com/player/babe-ruth/ |title=Babe Ruth – fenwayfanatics.com |date=January 2012 |access-date=2016-02-03 |archive-date=2019-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119021840/http://www.fenwayfanatics.com/player/babe-ruth/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==List of walk-off home runs in the postseason and All-Star Game==

In the charts below, home runs that ended a postseason series are denoted by the series standing in '''bold'''.  Home runs in which the winning team was trailing at the time are denoted by the final score in '''bold'''. Grand slams are denoted by the situation in '''bold'''.

===World Series===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Game
! Batter
! Site
! Pitcher
! Situation
! Final score
! Series standing
! Notes
|-
| [[1949 World Series|1949]]
| Game 1, October 5
| [[Tommy Henrich]], [[1949 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
| [[Don Newcombe]], [[1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–0, 9th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 NYY
| Henrich's blast leading off the ninth was the first game-winning home run in Series history, and provided the game's only run.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[1954 World Series|1954]]
| Game 1, September 29
| [[Dusty Rhodes (outfielder)|Dusty Rhodes]], [[1954 New York Giants (MLB) season|N.Y. Giants]]
| [[Polo Grounds]]
| [[Bob Lemon]], [[1954 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2, 10th<br />1 out<br />2 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–2
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 NYG
| Rhodes' three-run pinch-hit homer with one out in the tenth is not as well remembered as [[Willie Mays]]' spectacular over-the-shoulder [[The Catch (baseball)|catch]] earlier in the game.
|-
| [[1957 World Series|1957]]
| Game 4, October 6
| [[Eddie Mathews]], [[1957 Milwaukee Braves season|Milwaukee]]
| [[Milwaukee County Stadium|County Stadium]]
| [[Bob Grim (baseball)|Bob Grim]], [[1957 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–5, 10th<br />1 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–5
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2
| Mathews hits a two-run shot with one out in the tenth inning to tie the Series.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[1960 World Series|1960]]
| Game 7, October 13
| [[Bill Mazeroski]], [[1960 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pittsburgh]]
| [[Forbes Field]]
| [[Ralph Terry]], [[1960 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 9–9, 9th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 10–9
| style="text-align:center;"| '''4–3 PIT'''
| Leading off the ninth, [[Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series home run|Mazeroski homers to end the Series]], giving the Pirates their first championship since [[1925 World Series|1925]]. It is the only Game 7 game-winning home run in World Series history. After Forbes Field was demolished, the section of the left-field wall where the home run left the park was moved to the Pirates' new home of [[Three Rivers Stadium]], and still later was moved to their current home, [[PNC Park]]. A line of bricks marks that section of the wall, next to a preserved wall section, and a plaque indicating the spot where Mazeroski's homer left the park is embedded in the current sidewalk.
|-
| [[1964 World Series|1964]]
| Game 3, October 10
| [[Mickey Mantle]], [[1964 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| [[Yankee Stadium]]
| [[Barney Schultz]], [[1964 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1, 9th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 NYY
| Mantle hits a home run on the first pitch of the ninth for a Yankee victory.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[1975 World Series|1975]]
| Game 6, October 21
| [[Carlton Fisk]], [[1975 Boston Red Sox season|Boston]]
| [[Fenway Park]]
| [[Pat Darcy]], [[1975 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–6, 12th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–6
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–3
| [[Carlton Fisk's 1975 World Series home run|Fisk's 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 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 World Series|1988]]
| Game 1, October 15
| [[Kirk Gibson]], [[1988 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles]]
| [[Dodger Stadium]]
| [[Dennis Eckersley]], [[1988 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–4, 9th<br />2 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| '''5–4'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 LAD
| The injured and hobbling Gibson, later named the NL [[MLB Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]], makes his only Series appearance with a [[Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run|pinch-hit, two-run, two-out home run]] for the underdog Dodgers, marking the first game-winning Series home run by a team that trailed at the time. Oakland's [[José Canseco]] had provided all his team's scoring with a second-inning [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]]. [[Jack Buck]], who called the game for [[Major League Baseball on CBS Radio|CBS Radio]], exclaimed "I don't believe what I just saw!" as Gibson circled the bases.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[1988 World Series|1988]]
| Game 3, October 18
| [[Mark McGwire]], [[1988 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland]]
| [[Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum]]
| [[Jay Howell]], [[1988 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1, 9th<br />1 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 LAD
| McGwire's home run with one out gives Oakland its only win in the Series. It is the first time that two game-winning home runs are hit in the same post-season series.
|-
| [[1991 World Series|1991]]
| Game 6, October 26
| [[Kirby Puckett]], [[1991 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota]]
| [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]]
| [[Charlie Leibrandt]], [[1991 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–3, 11th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–3
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–3
| Puckett, who had made a game-saving defensive play earlier in this game, [[Kirby Puckett's 1991 World Series home run|leads off the 11th inning with a homer]] to tie the Series, as [[Jack Buck]] told the nation on [[Major League Baseball on CBS|CBS]], "We'll see you... tomorrow night!" In addition, Puckett falls a double short of [[hitting for the cycle]], getting two singles, a triple, and the homer.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[1993 World Series|1993]]
| Game 6, October 23
| [[Joe Carter]], [[1993 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto]]
| [[SkyDome]]
| [[Mitch Williams (baseball)|Mitch Williams]], [[1993 Philadelphia Phillies season|Philadelphia]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–6, 9th<br />1 out<br />2 on
| style="text-align:center;"| '''8–6'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''4–2 TOR'''
| [[Joe Carter's 1993 World Series home run|Carter hit a three-run homer]] with one out to give Toronto its second consecutive championship. Radio sportscaster [[Tom Cheek]]'s call of "Touch 'em all Joe, you'll never hit a bigger home run in your life!" would go down as one of the most iconic moments in Toronto sports history. This is the most recent time that the World Series title was decided on a walk-off home run. 
|- 
| [[1999 World Series|1999]]
| Game 3, October 26
| [[Chad Curtis]], [[1999 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
| [[Mike Remlinger]], [[1999 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–5, 10th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–5
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–0 NYY
| Curtis leads off the tenth inning with his second home run of the evening to give the Yankees a commanding Series lead.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2001 World Series|2001]]
| Game 4, October 31
| [[Derek Jeter]], [[2001 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
| [[Byung-hyun Kim]], [[2001 Arizona Diamondbacks season|Arizona]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–3, 10th<br />2 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–3
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2
| Jeter's homer with two out in the tenth 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]]. It also gave him the nickname of "Mr. November".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/2001/worldseries/news/2001/10/31/game_four_ap/ |title=CNNSI.com |access-date=2007-08-31 |archive-date=2008-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517191332/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/2001/worldseries/news/2001/10/31/game_four_ap/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=jeterde01 |title=Baseball Almanac |access-date=2007-08-31 |archive-date=2007-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826220430/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=jeterde01 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[2003 World Series|2003]]
| Game 4, October 22
| [[Álex González (shortstop, born 1977)|Álex González]], [[2003 Florida Marlins season|Florida]]
| [[Pro Player Stadium]]
| [[Jeff Weaver]], [[2003 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–3, 12th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–3
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2
| González, who had five hits in 53 at-bats in the postseason and one hit in 13 at-bats in the World Series, hits a home run on a full count to lead off the 12th inning, tying the Series and shifting momentum to Florida for the remainder of the Series.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2005 World Series|2005]]
| Game 2, October 23
| [[Scott Podsednik]], [[2005 Chicago White Sox season|Chi. White Sox]]
| [[U.S. Cellular Field]]
| [[Brad Lidge]], [[2005 Houston Astros season|Houston]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–6, 9th<br />1 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–6
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 CHW
| After [[Paul Konerko]] hits a [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]] to give Chicago a 6–4 lead in the seventh, and Houston ties it in the ninth, Podsednik, who had not homered in 129 games in the regular season, hits one to right-center with one out to win it.
|-
| [[2011 World Series|2011]]
| Game 6, October 27
| [[David Freese]], [[2011 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis]]
| [[Busch Stadium]]
| [[Mark Lowe]], [[2011 Texas Rangers season|Texas]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 9–9, 11th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 10–9
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–3
| After Texas had taken the lead in the ninth and tenth innings by two runs each, the Cardinals rallied twice to keep the score tied in the bottom of the tenth. [[Jake Westbrook]] pitched a scoreless 11th inning to set up [[David Freese's 2011 World Series home run|David Freese's solo walk-off home run]] to tie the series and force Game 7, which the Cardinals won. [[Fox Major League Baseball|Fox]] play-by-play commentator [[Joe Buck]] echoed his late father Jack's call of Kirby Puckett's home run from the 1991 World Series, saying, "...we will see you tomorrow night!"  Puckett's and Freese's home runs occurred under similar circumstances: 1) both happened during Game 6 of the World Series, and 2) both men were the first batter of the eleventh inning. The home runs were hit twenty years and a day apart from each other.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
|[[2018 World Series|2018]]
|Game 3, October 26<!-- Games are listed by the day they start, even if the HR happened after midnight (cf. Fisk's HR in 1975 Game 6 was also hit after midnight) -->
| [[Max Muncy]], [[2018 Los Angeles Dodgers season|L.A. Dodgers]]
| [[Dodger Stadium]]
| [[Nathan Eovaldi]], [[2018 Boston Red Sox season|Boston]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2, 18th<br>0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–2
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 BOS
| After missing a home run by a few feet in the 15th inning, Muncy hit 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 the [[Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run|Kirk Gibson walk-off homered at the opener]] in the [[1988 World Series]] against the [[Oakland Athletics]] when [[Dennis Eckersley]] pitched the full count in the bottom of the ninth inning. 
|-
| [[2023 World Series|2023]]
| Game 1, October 27
| [[Adolis García]], [[2023 Texas Rangers season|Texas]]
| [[Globe Life Field]]
| [[Miguel Castro]], [[2023 Arizona Diamondbacks season|Arizona]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 5-5, 11th<br />1 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–5
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 TEX
| After Texas tied at the bottom of the ninth with a two run home run by [[Corey Seager]], the game went into extra innings. At the bottom of the eleventh with one out, [[Adolis García]] hit a home run, breaking the single postseason [[runs batted in]] record which was previously held by [[David Freese]] of the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]. This coincidentally happened twelve years to the day after Freese's own walk-off home run against Texas to end Game 6 of the [[2011 World Series]]. García became the first [[American League]]r to hit the walk-off home run in the World Series game since [[Scott Podsednik]] of the [[Chicago White Sox]] in game two of the [[2005 World Series]] and the second Latin American player to do so since the [[Florida Marlins|Florida Marlin]] shortstop, [[Álex González (shortstop, born 1977)|Álex González]] who homered off [[Jeff Weaver]] of the [[New York Yankees]] in the fourth game of the [[2003 World Series]].
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2024 World Series|2024]]
| Game 1, October 25
| [[Freddie Freeman]], [[2024 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles]]
| [[Dodger Stadium]]
| [[Nestor Cortés Jr.]], [[2024 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''2–3, 10th<br />2 out<br />3 on'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''6–3'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 LAD
| Trailing 3–2 and down to the final out with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th, the Dodgers' [[Freddie Freeman]] hit the first walk-off grand slam in Series history to win the opening game.
|}

===Playoff tiebreakers===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! Year
! Game
! Batter
! Site
! Pitcher
! Situation
! Final score
! Series standing
! Notes
|-
| [[1951 National League tie-breaker series|1951 NL tiebreaker]]
| {{nowrap|Game 3, October 3}}
| [[Bobby Thomson]], [[1951 New York Giants (MLB) season|N.Y. Giants]]
| [[Polo Grounds]]
| [[Ralph Branca]], [[1951 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–4, 9th<br />1 out<br />2 on
| style="text-align:center;"| '''5–4'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''2–1 NYG'''
| The Giants trailed 4–1 entering the ninth. [[Alvin Dark]] and [[Don Mueller]] started the inning with singles. After an out, [[Whitey Lockman]] doubled to score Dark and send Mueller to third.  Dodgers starting pitcher [[Don Newcombe]] was then replaced by Branca.  With a count of no balls and one strike, Thomson homered down the left field line to send the Giants to the [[1951 World Series|World Series]].  The home run came to be known as the "[[Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)|Shot Heard 'Round the World]]".<ref name=shotref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NY1/NY1195110030.shtml |title=October 3, 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers at New York Giants Box Score and Play by Play |work=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=22 August 2011 |archive-date=25 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925192221/http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NY1/NY1195110030.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

===Other postseason series===

====Wild Card Game/Series====
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! Year
! width=115px|Date
! Batter
! Site
! Pitcher
! Situation
! Final score
! Series standing
! Notes
|-
| [[2016 American League Wild Card Game|2016 ALWC]]
| October 4
| [[Edwin Encarnación]], [[2016 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto]]
| [[Rogers Centre]]
| [[Ubaldo Jiménez]], [[2016 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2, 11th<br />1 out<br />2 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–2
| style="text-align:center;"|'''1–0 TOR'''
| With two runners on base, Edwin Encarnación drives the first pitch  in his at-bat to left field to advance the Blue Jays to the ALDS.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2021 National League Wild Card Game|2021 NLWC]]
| October 7
| [[Chris Taylor (baseball)|Chris Taylor]], [[2021 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]]
| [[Dodger Stadium]]
| [[Alex Reyes]], [[2021 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1, 9th<br />2 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–1
| style="text-align:center;"|'''1–0 LAD'''
| With a runner on base, Taylor hit a two-run home run to advance the Dodgers to the NLDS.
|-
| [[2022 American League Wild Card Series|2022 ALWCS]]
| October 8
| [[Oscar González (baseball)|Oscar González]], [[2022 Cleveland Guardians season|Cleveland Guardians]]
| [[Progressive Field]]
| [[Corey Kluber]], [[2022 Tampa Bay Rays season|Tampa Bay Rays]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–0, 15th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0
| style="text-align:center;"|'''2–0 CLE'''
| González hit a 1–0 pitch into the left field bleachers to complete a 2–0 series sweep over the Rays.
|}

====Division Series====
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! Year
! width=115px|Game
! Batter
! Site
! Pitcher
! Situation
! Final score
! Series Standing
! Notes
|-
| [[1981 National League Division Series|1981 NLDS]]
| Game 1, October 6
| [[Alan Ashby]], [[1981 Houston Astros season|Houston]]
| [[Astrodome]]
| [[Dave Stewart (baseball)|Dave Stewart]], [[1981 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1, 9th<br />2 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 HOU
| With two out in the ninth, Ashby wins it with a two-run shot after [[Nolan Ryan]] pitches a two-hitter.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[1981 National League Division Series|1981 NLDS]]
| Game 4, October 10
| [[George Vukovich]], [[1981 Philadelphia Phillies season|Philadelphia]]
| [[Veterans Stadium]]
| [[Jeff Reardon]], [[1981 Montreal Expos season|Montreal]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–5, 10th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–5
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2
| Vukovich pinch-hits a 2–0 pitch to right field leading off the tenth inning, tying the series.
|-
| [[1995 American League Division Series|1995 ALDS]]
| Game 1, October 3
| [[Tony Peña]], [[1995 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland]]
| [[Jacobs Field]]
| [[Zane Smith (baseball)|Zane Smith]], [[1995 Boston Red Sox season|Boston]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–4, 13th<br />2 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–4
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 CLE
| In a five-hour game delayed twice by rain, Peña hits a two-out shot in the 13th inning at 2:08 AM to win; it is Boston's 11th consecutive postseason loss, and Cleveland's first post-season win since the [[1948 World Series]]. At the time the longest game in post-season history, it held the record for only one day.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[1995 American League Division Series|1995 ALDS]]
| Game 2, October 4
| [[Jim Leyritz]], [[1995 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
| [[Tim Belcher]], [[1995 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–5, 15th<br />1 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–5
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 NYY
| With one out in the 15th inning, Leyritz hits a two-run homer to right. At five hours 13 minutes, it breaks the record set one day earlier for the longest post-season game.
|-
| [[1999 National League Division Series|1999 NLDS]]
| Game 4, October 9
| [[Todd Pratt]], [[1999 New York Mets season|N.Y. Mets]]
| [[Shea Stadium]]
| [[Matt Mantei]], [[1999 Arizona Diamondbacks season|Arizona]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–3, 10th<br />1 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–3
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3–1 NYM'''
| Pratt, substituting for an injured [[Mike Piazza]], hits a home run to center field with one out in the tenth to win the series; [[Steve Finley]] nearly makes a leaping catch, but the ball just clears his glove and this became the first walk-off home run to decide the entire series in the divisional play since [[1995 Major League Baseball postseason|its inception in the post-strike 1995 season]].
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2000 National League Division Series|2000 NLDS]]
| Game 3, October 7
| [[Benny Agbayani]], [[2000 New York Mets season|N.Y. Mets]]
| [[Shea Stadium]]
| [[Aaron Fultz]], [[2000 San Francisco Giants season|San Francisco]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2, 13th<br />1 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–2
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 NYM
| With one out in the 13th, Agbayani homers to left-center to end a five-hour 22 minute contest. [[Barry Bonds]] popped up with two men on in the top of the inning, ending a Giants threat.
|-
| [[2003 American League Division Series|2003 ALDS]]
| Game 3, October 4
| [[Trot Nixon]], [[2003 Boston Red Sox season|Boston]]
| [[Fenway Park]]
| [[Rich Harden]], [[2003 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1, 11th<br />1 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 OAK
| With one out in the 11th, pinch-hitter Nixon slams a 1–1 pitch to center field for a game-winning two-run homer.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2004 National League Division Series|2004 NLDS]]
| Game 2, October 7
| [[Rafael Furcal]], [[2004 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta]]
| [[Turner Field]]
| [[Dan Miceli]], [[2004 Houston Astros season|Houston]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2, 11th<br />2 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–2
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1
| With two out in the 11th, Furcal hits a two-run home run to right field on a 1–2 pitch to even the series.
|-
| [[2004 American League Division Series|2004 ALDS]]
| Game 3, October 8
| [[David Ortiz]], [[2004 Boston Red Sox season|Boston]]
| [[Fenway Park]]
| [[Jarrod Washburn]], [[2004 Anaheim Angels season|Anaheim]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–6, 10th<br />2 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 8–6
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3–0 BOS'''
| Washburn enters the game with two out in the tenth and Ortiz smashes his first pitch to left field for a two-run homer to win the series for the Red Sox. [[Vladimir Guerrero]] had tied the game for the Angels with a grand slam in the seventh. This home run sent the Red Sox to the ALCS for the rematch with the [[New York Yankees]].
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2005 National League Division Series|2005 NLDS]]
| Game 4, October 9
|[[Chris Burke (baseball)|Chris Burke]], [[2005 Houston Astros season|Houston]]
| [[Minute Maid Park]]
| [[Joey Devine]], [[2005 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–6, 18th<br />1 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–6
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3–1 HOU'''
| Burke homers to left field on a 2–0 pitch with one out in the 18th inning, sending the Astros to the NLCS for the second year in a row. At five hours, 50 minutes long, it was the longest game by both innings and time in postseason history before Game 2 of the [[2014 National League Division Series]] when the Nationals and Giants finished in 18 innings and 6 hours, 23 mins.
|-
| [[2007 American League Division Series|2007 ALDS]]
| Game 2, October 5
| [[Manny Ramírez]], [[2007 Boston Red Sox season|Boston]]
| [[Fenway Park]]
| [[Francisco Rodríguez (Venezuelan pitcher)|Francisco Rodríguez]], [[2007 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|L.A. Angels]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–3, 9th<br />2 out<br />2 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–3
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 BOS
| With two out in the bottom of the ninth inning and two men on base, Ramírez slams a 1–0 pitch over the [[Green Monster]], over the seats behind it, and onto Lansdowne Street behind Fenway Park.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2009 American League Division Series|2009 ALDS]]
| Game 2, October 9
| [[Mark Teixeira]], [[2009 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| [[Yankee Stadium]]
| [[José Mijares]], [[2009 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–3, 11th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–3
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 NYY
| With nobody out and nobody on in the bottom of the 11th, Teixeira lined a 2–1 pitch down the left field line that bounced off the top of the wall and landed in the first row of seats to give the Yankees a 4–3 win and a 2–0 series lead.
|-
| [[2012 American League Division Series|2012 ALDS]]
| Game 3, October 10
| [[Raúl Ibañez]], [[2012 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| [[Yankee Stadium]]
| [[Brian Matusz]], [[2012 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2, 12th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–2
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 NYY
| In the bottom of the ninth inning with one out and nobody on, Ibañez hit a solo home run to tie the game at 2–2. Then in the 12th, he hit another home run into the second deck to win the game and give the Yankees a 2–1 series lead.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2012 National League Division Series|2012 NLDS]]
| Game 4, October 11
| [[Jayson Werth]], [[2012 Washington Nationals season|Washington]]
| [[Nationals Park]]
| [[Lance Lynn]], [[2012 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1, 9th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2 
| Werth drilled the 13th pitch of the at-bat into the left field bullpen to win the game for the Nationals and force a Game 5.
|-
| [[2013 American League Division Series|2013 ALDS]]
| Game 3, October 7
| [[José Lobatón]], [[2013 Tampa Bay Rays season|Tampa Bay]]
| [[Tropicana Field]]
| [[Koji Uehara]], [[2013 Boston Red Sox season|Boston]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–4, 9th<br />2 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–4
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 BOS
| With two outs and nobody on in the ninth inning, Lobatón hit a game-winning home run into the right-center field fish tank to keep the Rays' postseason hopes alive.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2021 American League Division Series|2021 ALDS]]
| Game 3, October 10
| [[Christian Vazquez]], [[2021 Boston Red Sox season|Boston]]
| [[Fenway Park]]
| [[Luis Patiño (baseball)|Luis Patiño]], [[2021 Tampa Bay Rays season|Tampa Bay]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–4, 13th<br />1 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–4
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 BOS
| Vazquez, who had not hit a home run since September 1, became the 8th catcher in postseason history to hit a walk-off home run when he hammered the first pitch into the left field Green Monster seats, handing Boston a dramatic 6–4 victory and a 2–1 series lead.
|-
| [[2022 American League Division Series|2022 ALDS]]
| Game 1, October 11
| [[Yordan Alvarez]], [[2022 Houston Astros season|Houston]]
| [[Minute Maid Park]]
| [[Robbie Ray]], [[2022 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–7, 9th<br>2 out<br>2 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 8–7
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 HOU
| Alvarez hit a 3-run home run with 2 outs to give the Astros a 1–0 lead in the series. This was the first postseason walk-off in MLB history in which the winning team was down by multiple runs prior to the walk-off.
|}

====League Championship Series====
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! Year
! width=115px|Game
! Batter
! Site
! Pitcher
! Situation
! Final score
! Series standing
! Notes
|-
| [[1973 National League Championship Series|1973 NLCS]]
| {{nowrap|Game 1, October 6}}
| [[Johnny Bench]], [[1973 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati]]
| [[Riverfront Stadium]]
| [[Tom Seaver]], [[1973 New York Mets season|N.Y. Mets]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1, 9th<br />1 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 CIN
| Seaver set an NLCS record with 13 strikeouts and drove in the Mets' only run, but made two costly mistakes in [[Pete Rose]]'s game-tying homer in the eighth and Bench's winning shot with one out in the ninth.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[1973 American League Championship Series|1973 ALCS]]
| Game 3, October 9
| [[Bert Campaneris]], [[1973 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland]]
| [[Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum]]
| [[Mike Cuellar]], [[1973 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1, 11th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 OAK
| Campaneris hit the second pitch of the 11th inning over the left field wall; it was only the fourth hit allowed by Cuellar.
|-
| [[1976 American League Championship Series|1976 ALCS]]
| Game 5, October 14
|[[Chris Chambliss]], [[1976 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
| [[Mark Littell]], [[1976 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–6, 9th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–6
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3–2 NYY'''
| After [[George Brett]] tied the game with a three-run shot in the eighth, Chambliss brought the Yankees their first pennant in [[1964 New York Yankees season|12 years]] with a homer to right on the first pitch of the ninth inning. A flood of fans then stormed the field in a virtual riot; Chambliss was surrounded as he rounded first base, and had to reach out to touch second, which had been torn out by a fan. He never reached third, but teammates later had him return to step in the general area of home plate. Damages were estimated at US$100,000 and the disastrous walk-off dinger to decide the league pennant became the first in the LCS history.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[1979 American League Championship Series|1979 ALCS]]
| Game 1, October 3
| [[John Lowenstein]], [[1979 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore]]
| [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]]
| [[John Montague (baseball)|John Montague]], [[1979 California Angels season|California]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–3, 10th<br />2 out<br />2 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–3
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 BAL
| With two out in the tenth, Lowenstein pinch-hits a two-strike pitch to left for a three-run homer.
|-
| [[1984 National League Championship Series|1984 NLCS]]
| Game 4, October 6
| [[Steve Garvey]], [[1984 San Diego Padres season|San Diego]]
| [[Jack Murphy Stadium]]
| [[Lee Smith (baseball)|Lee Smith]], [[1984 Chicago Cubs season|Chi. Cubs]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–5, 9th<br />1 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–5
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2
| With one out in the ninth, Garvey hits a fastball to right-center for a two-run homer, his fourth hit of the day with five RBI; he has a record 20 career RBI in the league playoffs.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[1985 National League Championship Series|1985 NLCS]]
| Game 5, October 14
| [[Ozzie Smith]], [[1985 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis]]
| [[Busch Memorial Stadium]]
| [[Tom Niedenfuer]], [[1985 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2, 9th<br />1 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–2
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–2 STL
| Smith shocks the crowd with a one-out homer down the right field line on a 1–2 pitch. He has had 13 career homers in eight seasons, but this is his first ever when batting from the left side. The call, by [[KMOX]] and longtime Cardinals announcer [[Jack Buck]], implores the fans to "Go crazy, folks! Go crazy!"
|-
| [[1986 National League Championship Series|1986 NLCS]]
| Game 3, October 11
| [[Lenny Dykstra]], [[1986 New York Mets season|N.Y. Mets]]
| [[Shea Stadium]]
| [[Dave Smith (NL pitcher)|Dave Smith]], [[1986 Houston Astros season|Houston]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–5, 9th<br />1 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| '''6–5'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 NYM
| With one out in the ninth, Dykstra hits an 0–1 pitch for a two-run homer to right field. It is the first time in post-season history that a game winning homer is hit by a team which is trailing.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[1996 American League Championship Series|1996 ALCS]]
| Game 1, October 9
| [[Bernie Williams]], [[1996 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
| [[Randy Myers]], [[1996 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–4, 9th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–4
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 NYY
| In one of the most controversial postseason games in history, Williams leads off the 11th with a game-winning homer. The Yankees had tied the game at 4–4 in the eighth inning when [[Jeffrey Maier|a 12-year-old fan]] reached over the right field wall and pulled a fly ball hit by [[Derek Jeter]] into the stands; umpire [[Rich Garcia]] ruled it a home run, but conceded his mistake after seeing a replay.
|-
| [[1999 American League Championship Series|1999 ALCS]]
| Game 1, October 13
| [[Bernie Williams]], [[1999 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
| [[Rod Beck]], [[1999 Boston Red Sox season|Boston]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–3, 10th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–3
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 NYY
| After Beck enters the game to begin the tenth, Williams homers to center on his second pitch, becoming the first player to hit two game-winning home runs in postseason play.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[1999 National League Championship Series|1999 NLCS]]
| Game 5, October 17
| [[Robin Ventura]], [[1999 New York Mets season|N.Y. Mets]]
| [[Shea Stadium]]
| [[Kevin McGlinchy]], [[1999 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3–3, 15th<br />1 out<br />3 on'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–3
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–2 ATL
| The Mets tie the score at 3–3 with a bases-loaded walk with one out in the 15th, bringing up Ventura, who with 13 career [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slams]] is tied for the lead among active players with [[Harold Baines]] and [[Mark McGwire]]. He [[Grand Slam Single|comes through]] with the first game winning grand slam—and the first grand slam in extra innings—in post-season history, clearing the center-right field wall and forcing Game 6, but is officially credited with only a one-run single after being mobbed by teammates upon passing first base.
|-
| [[2001 American League Championship Series|2001 ALCS]]
| Game 4, October 21
| [[Alfonso Soriano]], [[2001 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
| [[Kazuhiro Sasaki]], [[2001 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1, 9th<br />1 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–1 NYY
| With one out in the ninth, Soriano hits a two-run shot to center field to bring the Yankees within a victory of their fourth straight pennant.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2003 American League Championship Series|2003 ALCS]]
| Game 7, October 16
| [[Aaron Boone]], [[2003 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
| [[Tim Wakefield]], [[2003 Boston Red Sox season|Boston]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–5, 11th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–5
| style="text-align:center;"| '''4–3 NYY'''
| After a [[Grady Little|managerial]] decision (subject to much second-guessing both immediately and later) to leave starter [[Pedro Martínez]] in the game allows the Yankees to tie it, Boone homers to left on the first pitch of the 11th inning to give the Yankees their sixth pennant in eight years and the second time in the [[New York Yankees|Yankee]] franchise history since [[1976 American League Championship Series|Chris Chambliss' series-ending walkoff dinger in the 1976 ALCS]].
|-
| [[2004 American League Championship Series|2004 ALCS]]
| Game 4, October 17
| [[David Ortiz]], [[2004 Boston Red Sox season|Boston]]
| [[Fenway Park]]
| [[Paul Quantrill]], [[2004 New York Yankees season|N.Y. Yankees]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–4, 12th<br />0 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–4
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–1 NYY
| With none out in the 12th, Ortiz hits a two-run shot to right on a 2–1 pitch to keep Boston's hopes alive in the series; coming only ten days after his game winning shot against the Angels, he is the first player to hit two game winning homers in the same postseason. It is the Red Sox's first win in their historic ALCS comeback against the Yankees. Later that day (the game ended after midnight), Ortiz will hit a game-winning single in the 14th inning of Game 5, leading him to be named series MVP.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2004 National League Championship Series|2004 NLCS]]
| Game 5, October 18
| [[Jeff Kent]], [[2004 Houston Astros season|Houston]]
| [[Minute Maid Park]]
| [[Jason Isringhausen]], [[2004 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–0, 9th<br />1 out<br />2 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–0
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–2 HOU
| With one out in the ninth, Kent hits a three-run homer to left field on the first pitch for the game's only scoring, bringing the Astros within a victory of their first pennant.
|-
| [[2004 National League Championship Series|2004 NLCS]]
| Game 6, October 20
| [[Jim Edmonds]], [[2004 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis]]
| [[Busch Memorial Stadium]]
| [[Dan Miceli]], [[2004 Houston Astros season|Houston]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–4, 12th<br />1 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–4
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–3
| In the very next game of the Astros-Cardinals series, Edmonds hits a two-run homer to right field on an 0–1 pitch with one out in the 12th, tying the series. Miceli becomes the first pitcher to surrender two game winning homers in the same post-season.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2006 American League Championship Series|2006 ALCS]]
| Game 4, October 14
| [[Magglio Ordóñez]], [[2006 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit]]
| [[Comerica Park]]
| [[Huston Street]], [[2006 Oakland Athletics season|Oakland]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–3, 9th<br />2 out<br />2 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–3
| style="text-align:center;"| '''4–0 DET'''
| With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, after back-to-back two-out singles by [[Craig Monroe]] and [[Plácido Polanco]], Ordóñez crushes a 1–0 fastball high over the left-field bullpen to complete a Tigers sweep, giving them their first pennant in [[1984 Detroit Tigers season|22 years since the Tigers won the World Series crown]].
|-
| [[2011 American League Championship Series|2011 ALCS]]
| Game 2, October 10
| [[Nelson Cruz]], [[2011 Texas Rangers season|Texas]]
| [[Globe Life Park in Arlington]]
| [[Ryan Perry]], [[2011 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3–3, 11th<br />0 out<br />3 on'''
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–3
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 TEX
| With no outs in the bottom of the 11th, after back-to-back-to-back singles by [[Michael Young (baseball)|Michael Young]], [[Adrián Beltré]], and [[Mike Napoli]], Cruz hit a slider over the left-field wall, putting the Rangers two wins away from back-to-back World Series appearances with MLB's first-ever official postseason walk-off grand slam.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2014 National League Championship Series|2014 NLCS]]
| Game 2, October 12
| [[Kolten Wong]], [[2014 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis]]
| [[Busch Stadium]]
| [[Sergio Romo]], [[2014 San Francisco Giants season|San Francisco]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–4, 9th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–4
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1
| With no outs in the bottom of the ninth and a 1–0 count, Wong hit a lead-off home run over the right-field wall, clinching the Cardinals' NLCS-tying game against the San Francisco Giants.
|-
| [[2014 National League Championship Series|2014 NLCS]]
| Game 5, October 16
| [[Travis Ishikawa]], [[2014 San Francisco Giants season|San Francisco]]
| [[AT&T Park]]
| [[Michael Wacha]], [[2014 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–3, 9th<br />1 out<br />2 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–3
| style="text-align:center;"| '''4–1 SF'''
| With one out in the bottom of the ninth, with runners on first and second due to a single by [[Pablo Sandoval]] ([[Joaquín Árias (baseball)|Joaquin Arias]] pinch running) and a walk by [[Brandon Belt]], and a 2–0 count, Ishikawa hit a home run over the right-field wall, clinching the Giants' 4–1 NLCS victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. It is the first time in NLCS history that a walk-off home run ended the series and the first time for the Giants franchise since [[Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)|Bobby Thomson hit the series-ending walk-off dinger in 1951]].
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2017 National League Championship Series|2017 NLCS]]
| Game 2, October 15
| [[Justin Turner]], [[2017 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles]]
| [[Dodger Stadium]]
| [[John Lackey]], [[Chicago Cubs]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1, 9th<br />2 out<br />2 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 LAD
| With runners on first and second with two outs after walks by [[Yasiel Puig]] and [[Chris Taylor (baseball)|Chris Taylor]], Turner crushed a 1–0 fastball over the center-field fence to give the Dodgers a 2–0 series lead, exactly 29 years after [[Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run]].
|- 
| [[2019 American League Championship Series|2019 ALCS]]
| Game 2, October 13
| [[Carlos Correa]], [[2019 Houston Astros season|Houston]]
| [[Minute Maid Park]]
| [[J. A. Happ]], [[New York Yankees]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2, 11th<br />0 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–2
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1
| On the first pitch he saw in the inning, Correa crushed a fly ball to right field to even the series, which was the [[2017 American League Championship Series#Game 2|second time]] in three years that Correa delivered the game-winning hit to even a series at one a piece.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2019 American League Championship Series|2019 ALCS]]
| Game 6, October 19
| [[Jose Altuve]], [[2019 Houston Astros season|Houston]]
| [[Minute Maid Park]]
| [[Aroldis Chapman]], [[New York Yankees]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–4, 9th<br />2 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–4
| style="text-align:center;"| '''4–2 HOU'''
| With a runner on first with two outs after a walk by [[George Springer]], Altuve crushed a 2–1 fastball over the left-field fence to give the Astros a 4–2 series victory.  This was also the second time in [[New York Yankees]] franchise history which they lost a postseason series on a walk off home run, their first was the home run hit by [[Bill Mazeroski]] of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] in Game 7 of the [[1960 World Series]] and it was the second time to hit the series-clinching dinger in the [[Houston Astros|Houston Astro]] franchise history since [[2005 National League Division Series#Atlanta vs. Houston|Chris Burke's series-ending walk-off home run at the fourth game]] of the 2005 NLDS against [[Atlanta Braves]] after the 18-inning marathon before [[2013 Houston Astros season|moving to the American League in 2013]].
|- 
| [[2020 American League Championship Series|2020 ALCS]]
| Game 5, October 15
| [[Carlos Correa]], [[2020 Houston Astros season|Houston]]
| [[Petco Park]]
| [[Nick Anderson (baseball)|Nick Anderson]], [[Tampa Bay Rays]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–3, 9th<br />1 out<br />0 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–3
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–2 TB
| On the third pitch he sees, Correa lined a deep shot to center field to force Game 6 for the Astros, who became the fourth team to force a Game 6 after trailing 3–0.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2024 American League Championship Series|2024 ALCS]]
| Game 3, October 17
| [[David Fry (baseball)|David Fry]], [[2024 Cleveland Guardians season|Cleveland]]
| [[Progressive Field]]
| [[Clay Holmes]], [[New York Yankees]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–5, 10th<br />2 out<br />1 on
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–5
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 NYY
| With a runner [[Bo Naylor]] on third with two outs down to the final strike, Fry hit a two-run home run to left center field to cut the Guardians' series deficit to 1–2.
|}

===All-Star Game===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! Year
! Batter
! Date and site
! Pitcher
! Final score
! Notes
|-
| [[1941 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1941]]
| [[Ted Williams]], [[American League|AL]] ([[1941 Boston Red Sox season|Boston]])
| July 8, [[Briggs Stadium]]
| [[Claude Passeau]], [[National League (baseball)|NL]] ([[1941 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago]])
| style="text-align:center;"| '''7–5'''
| With two men on and the AL one out away from defeat, Williams hits a 1–1 pitch off the right field press box for the junior circuit's sixth win in nine contests. He later says, "I just shut my eyes and swung." It is the first All-Star game to be decided in the final inning.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[1955 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1955]]
| [[Stan Musial]], NL ([[1955 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis]])
| July 12, [[Milwaukee County Stadium]]
| [[Frank Sullivan (baseball)|Frank Sullivan]], AL ([[1955 Boston Red Sox season|Boston]])
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–5
| After being down 5–0 in the seventh inning, Musial's home run to right field on the first pitch of the 12th inning completes the NL's comeback; it is their fifth win in six years.
|-
| [[1964 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1964]]
| [[Johnny Callison]], NL ([[1964 Philadelphia Phillies season|Philadelphia]])
| July 7, [[Shea Stadium]]
| [[Dick Radatz]], AL ([[1964 Boston Red Sox season|Boston]])
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–4
| With two on and two out in the ninth, Callison wins the game with a homer to right field. [[Willie Mays]] had tied the score earlier in the inning with a walk, stolen base, and run on [[Orlando Cepeda]]'s single. It is the NL's sixth win in the last seven decided games.
|}

==Other notable walk-offs==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! Year
! Batter
! Event
! Date and Site
! Pitcher
! Situation
! Final score
! Notes
|-
| {{Baseball year|1955}}
| Rich Cominski, [[Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville, Pennsylvania]]
| [[Little League World Series]]
| August 26, [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania]]
| Tommy Trotman, [[Merchantville, New Jersey]]
| 3–3, 7th<br />Leadoff
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–3
| Cominski leads off the seventh inning of the title game with a home run after the teams are tied following six regulation innings. Both batter and pitcher are regular catchers playing out of position—Cominski in right field due to an injured thumb, and Trotman due to the starter reaching the series limit for pitchers' innings. [[Cy Young]] threw out the first pitch of the tournament, two months before his death at age 88.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Sheen |title=Morrisville Little League Champion on Home Run |work=The Sporting News |page=15 |date=1955-09-07 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| {{Baseball year|1996}}
| [[Warren Morris]], [[Louisiana State University|LSU]]
| [[College World Series]]
| June 8, [[Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium|Rosenblatt Stadium]]
| [[Robbie Morrison (baseball)|Robbie Morrison]], [[University of Miami|Miami]]
| 7–8, 9th<br />1 on, 2 out
| style="text-align:center;"| '''9–8'''
| Morris hits a two-out, two-run game-winning home run on the last pitch in the championship game, giving the [[1996 LSU Tigers baseball team|LSU Tigers]] their 3rd CWS title—it was also Morris' first and only home run of the season—and the only walk-off championship-winning home run in College World Series history.  In addition, it is the only two-out, ninth inning, walk-off home run in a championship of any collegiate or professional level.<ref name="Kurkjian">{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1008265/index.htm|title=LSU steals the College World Series from Miami with a ninth-inning homer, Bagwell busts out, Rockie roads|last=Kurkjian|first=Tim|date=17 June 1996|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|access-date=7 June 2010|archive-date=24 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224084405/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1008265/index.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The home run also won Morris the 1997 [[Showstopper of the Year ESPY Award]].
|-
| {{Baseball year|2001}}
| [[Hirotoshi Kitagawa]], [[Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes]]
| [[2001 Nippon Professional Baseball season|NPB regular season]]
| September 26, [[Osaka, Japan]]
| Masanobu Okubo, [[Orix BlueWave]]
| 2–5, 9th<br />3 on, 0 out
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–5
| Kitagawa hits a pinch-hit grand slam that erased a 3-run deficit and won the [[Pacific League]] pennant for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes.
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| [[2005 Little League World Series|2005]]
| Michael Memea, [[Ewa Beach]], [[Hawaii]]
| [[Little League World Series]]
| August 28, [[Howard J. Lamade Stadium|Lamade Stadium]]
| Christopher Garia, [[Willemstad]], [[Curaçao]]
| 6–6, 7th<br />Leadoff
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–6
| Memea hits a game winning solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning of the championship game, giving Hawaii the title over the defending champions from Curaçao. Hawaii had only been put into position for the dramatic extra-inning win with a furious three-run rally in the bottom of the sixth.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/llws/2005-08-28-final-consolation_x.htm |title=Memea's extra-inning HR lifts Hawaii to Little League title |agency=Associated Press |work=[[USA Today]] |date=2005-08-28 |access-date=2007-08-28 |archive-date=2007-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808074623/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/llws/2005-08-28-final-consolation_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- 
| [[2007 Little League World Series|2007]]
| Deion Rosalia, [[Willemstad]], [[Curaçao]]
| [[Little League World Series]]
| August 23, [[Little League Volunteer Stadium|Volunteer Stadium]]
| Reinaldo Amaro, [[Maracaibo]], [[Venezuela]]
| 1–2, 7th<br />2 on, 2 out
| style="text-align:center;"| '''4–2'''
| In a semifinal of the International bracket, the Curaçao and Venezuela teams were tied 1–1 at the end of the regulation six innings. Venezuela's Bryan Charry led off the top of the seventh with a solo homer, staking them to a 2–1 lead. Curaçao had no one on with two out in their half of the seventh, but a single and walk set the table for Rosalia, who was down to his last strike before hitting his game-ending shot.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/llws07/news/story?id=2988549 |title=Rosalia blasts HR, sends Curaçao to LLWS international final |agency=Associated Press |work=ESPN.com |date=2007-08-23 |access-date=2008-10-26 |archive-date=2012-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104184934/http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/llws07/news/story?id=2988549 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
| 2007
| Ryo Kanekubo, Tokyo, Japan
| [[Little League World Series]]
| August 25, [[Howard J. Lamade Stadium|Lamade Stadium]]
| Rudson Pietersz, [[Willemstad]], [[Curaçao]]
| 3–4, 6th<br />3 on, 1 out
| style="text-align:center;"| '''7–4'''
| Two days later, in the championship game of the international bracket, Curaçao becomes the victim of a game-winning shot. They take a 4–3 lead into the bottom of the sixth, but the Japan team responds by loading the bases for Kanekubo's shot, sending them to the title game the next day.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/llws07/news/story?id=2991044 |title=Kanekubo's grand slam sends Japan to LLWS final |agency=Associated Press |work=ESPN.com |date=2007-08-25 |access-date=2007-08-28 |archive-date=2007-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224102029/http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/llws07/news/story?id=2991044 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- 
| 2007
| Dalton Carriker, [[Warner Robins, Georgia]]
| Little League World Series
| August 26, [[Howard J. Lamade Stadium|Lamade Stadium]]
| Junsho Kiuchi, Tokyo, Japan
| 2–2, 8th<br />Leadoff
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–2
| This time, the Japan team becomes a game-winning victim as Carriker hits a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, giving the state of Georgia its second straight title and the U.S. a third straight title.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/llws07/news/story?id=2992252 |title=Georgia crowned LLWS champs behind Carriker's 8th-inning jack |agency=Associated Press |work=ESPN.com |date=2007-08-26 |access-date=2007-08-28 |archive-date=2010-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006153233/http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/llws07/news/story?id=2992252 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
|{{Baseball year|2016}}
| [[Haruki Nishikawa]], [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]]
| [[2016 Japan Series|Japan Series]]
| October 27, [[Sapporo Dome]]
| Shota Nakazaki, [[Hiroshima Toyo Carp]]
|1–1, 9th<br />3 on, 1 out
| align=center | 5–1
|In Game 5 of the 2016 Japan Series, Nishikawa hits the first walk-off grand slam since 1992 when, on a 1–0 count in the bottom of the ninth, he connects on a Nakazaki pitch to right field.  The win was the third consecutive win by the Fighters, which would go on to win Game 6 and the series after losing the first two games.<REF>
{{cite news | url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/10/27/baseball/japanese-baseball/late-game-heroics-propel-fighters-brink-japan-series-title/ | title=Late-game heroics propel Fighters to brink of Japan Series title | last=Coskrey | first=Jason | publisher=The Japan Times | date=2016-10-27 | access-date=2016-11-04 | archive-date=2016-10-31 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031210057/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/10/27/baseball/japanese-baseball/late-game-heroics-propel-fighters-brink-japan-series-title/ | url-status=live }}
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| {{Baseball year|2019}}
| Bryce Blaum, [[2019 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team|Texas A&M Aggies]]
| Morgantown Regional, [[2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Division I tournament]]
| June 2, [[Monongalia County Ballpark]]
| Sam Kessler, [[West Virginia Mountaineers baseball|West Virginia Mountaineers]]
| 7–10, 9th<br />3 on, 2 out
| align=center | '''11–10'''
| In an elimination game, the top regional seed West Virginia (which was designated the away team for this game despite playing at home) took leads of 6–0 in the middle of the fifth inning and 9–1 in the middle of the seventh, only to see A&M put up 6 runs in the bottom of the seventh. West Virginia took a 3-run lead into the bottom of the ninth, but loaded the bases for Blaum, who eliminated the Mountaineers with a grand slam on a 3–2 count with two outs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/texas-a-ms-bryce-blaum-crushes-walk-off-grand-slam-vs-west-virginia-in-ncaa-college-baseball-tournament/ |title=Texas A&M's Bryce Blaum crushes walk-off grand slam vs. West Virginia in NCAA college baseball tournament |first=Matt |last=Snyder |website=CBSSports.com |date=2019-06-02 |access-date=2021-03-17 |archive-date=2020-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024161005/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/texas-a-ms-bryce-blaum-crushes-walk-off-grand-slam-vs-west-virginia-in-ncaa-college-baseball-tournament/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|{{Baseball year|2022}}
|[[Cal Raleigh]], [[Seattle Mariners]]
|[[2022 Major League Baseball season|2022 MLB Regular season]]
|September 30, [[T-Mobile Park]]
|[[Domingo Acevedo]], [[Oakland Athletics]]
|1–1, 9th<br />0 on, 2 out
| align=center | 2–1
|Cal Raleigh hits a pinch hit, solo walk-off home run to help the Mariners clinch their first postseason berth since 2001, ending their 21 year drought.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Mariners' 21-year playoff wait ends on Raleigh's walk-off HR |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2022/10/01/raleighs-walk-off-homer-ends-mariners-long-playoff-drought/50791815/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |location=[[Seattle]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005031721/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2022/10/01/raleighs-walk-off-homer-ends-mariners-long-playoff-drought/50791815/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-01 |title=Cal Raleigh's walkoff highlights how important he's become to Mariners |url=https://sports.mynorthwest.com/1672621/cal-raleighs-walkoff-highlights-how-important-hes-become-to-mariners/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=Seattle Sports |language=en |archive-date=2022-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129200620/https://sports.mynorthwest.com/1672621/cal-raleighs-walkoff-highlights-how-important-hes-become-to-mariners/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| [[2023 Little League World Series|2023]]
| Louis Lappe, [[El Segundo, California]]
| Little League World Series
| August 27, [[Howard J. Lamade Stadium|Lamade Stadium]]
| Jay-Dlynn Wiel, [[Willemstad, Curaçao]]
| 5–5, 6th<br />Leadoff
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–5
| After Nasir El-Ossais of Curaçao tied the game 5-5 in the top of the 5th inning with a grand slam, Louis Lappe of El Segundo California sent a 1-0 pitch over the left field wall to clinch the Little League World Series title for the team from California.
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| {{Baseball year|2024}}
| [[Shohei Ohtani]], [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]
| [[2024 Major League Baseball season|2024 MLB Regular season]]
| August 23, [[Dodger Stadium]]
| [[Colin Poche]], [[Tampa Bay Rays]]
| 3–3, 9th<br />3 on, 2 out
| align=center | 7–3
| Ohtani stole his 40th base of the season in the 4th inning of the game, then proceeded to hit a walk-off grand slam to become the fastest player in MLB history to reach [[40-40 club|40 home runs and 40 stolen bases]] in a single season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ohtani enters 40-40 club with walk-off grand slam |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40971046/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-enters-40-40-club-walk-grand-slam |website=ESPN.com |language=en |date=24 August 2024}}</ref>
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==In fiction==
Although the term itself would not be used until over 100 years later, "[[Casey at the Bat]]", an 1888 poem by [[Ernest Thayer]], features a potential walk-off home run. Although pessimistic at first, the home team's fans become more optimistic when their star, Casey, unexpectedly gets a chance to hit a walk-off three run home run. In the end they go home disappointed, however, when Casey strikes out rather than hitting the home run the fans expect.<ref name="casey-thayer">{{cite web|title='Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888' by Ernest Lawrence Thayer|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/books/ernest-lawrence-thayer-casey-at-the-bat/|last=McNair|first=Charles|date=10 September 2013|publisher=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|accessdate=20 October 2022|archive-date=20 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020213509/https://www.pastemagazine.com/books/ernest-lawrence-thayer-casey-at-the-bat/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Baseball}}
* [[Walk-off touchdown]]
* [[Game-winning RBI]]
* [[Homer in the Gloamin']]
* [[List of Major League Baseball home run records#Most career walk-off home runs|Career record for walk-off home runs]]
*[[End of an innings#Achieving the target|Chasing a target]], the cricket equivalent
* [[Sudden death (sports)]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/shareit/S3J3 Baseball-Reference.com Play Index] – game-winning home runs which ended a postseason series
* [http://www.yankeenumbers.com/WalkOffHomeRuns.asp YankeeNumbers.com] – A list of all walk-off home runs in New York Yankee history...regular and post-season.

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