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There's Gibson fist-pumping as he labors to make it around the bases as well as enduring calls from Jack Buck and Vin Scully. The title of greatest is subjective, but this is definitely in the top tier. In the seventh game of a heated series, the Yankees rallied for three runs off MLB ERA leader Pedro Martinez in the eighth inning, tying the score at four. Mariano Rivera then threw three scoreless frames to move this instant classic to the bottom of the 11th.
Chambliss barely made it to third base and decided against going for home. He instead ran, spun, dodged and bowled over fans on his way to the clubhouse. It's one of the most revered, yet controversial, records in all of sports. Here are the top 25 home-run hitters of all time. The other walk-off home run to win a World Series closed one of the best Game 7s ever. The Pirates jumped out to 4-0 lead in the second inning, but the Yankees battled back to take a 5-4 lead in the sixth and extend it to 7-4 in the top of the eighth.
No. 2: Joe Carter: 1993 World Series, Game 6
Odd though it may seem to pick a home run hit by a player from the losing team, I think the staying power of Davis' home run even though the Cubs won the World Series validates the choice even more. It took a historic World Series victory and imbued it with even greater drama and meaning. It wasn't Bill Mazeroski or Joe Carter. It was still something I'll never forget. Gene Rye of Waco in the Texas League hits third home run in one inning, 1930. The Braves trailed the Yankees 2-1 following a 12-3 shellacking in Game 3, and they had their ace Warren Spahn on the hill with a chance to even the series.
This isn't a list of David Ortiz's best postseason homers, but it could be. Perhaps the greatest playoff performer in the game's history, Ortiz has created more than enough October memories to have his own list. As far as postseason dingers go, you could choose his walk-off clincher in the 2004 ALDS or his series-extending blast during that year's ALCS.
Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees
In the twilight of his storied career, Mickey Mantle was still one of the best, and his home run in the 1964 series is one of legend. With Mike Piazza on the shelf, the Mets were forced to start veteran Todd Pratt at catcher in what marked a significant offensive downgrade, but one that worked out in the end. Brad Lidge came on and pitched a perfect top of the ninth for the Astros, while Jason Isringhausen came out for his second inning of work in the bottom of the inning.
Finally, in the 18th inning and after nearly six hours of baseball, Burke stepped into the batter's box. He had all of two postseason at-bats to his credit at that point and hit only five homers during the regular season. But again, sometimes the bright lights of the postseason shine brilliantly upon the player you least suspect. Burke nailed a line drive just firm enough to get it into the left-field Crawford Boxes, setting up Houston's date with St. Louis. Mays won the Rookie of the Year in ’51 before sitting out some time while performing military service.
No. 31: Bert Campaneris: 1973 ALCS, Game 3
Listed are all Major League Baseball players with 223 or more home runs hit during official regular-season games (i.e., excluding playoffs or exhibition games). Players in bold face are active as of the 2022 Major League Baseball season , with the number in parenthesis designating the number of home runs they have hit during the 2022 season. The last change in the cutoff for the top 300 occurred on September 11, 2022, when Eugenio Suarez hit his 223rd career home run, displacing Jason Bay and Don Mattingly.

Longtime Phillies infielder Mike Schmidt hit a career-best 48 out of the park in 1980 en route to the first of three MVP awards he’d eventually take home. One of the most famous home run hitters of all time, Mickey Mantle hit 30 or more home runs eight years in a row from 1955 to 1962, drilling 52 in 1956 alone. Jimmie Foxx won MVP three times during his career, with the first coming at the end of the 1932 season on the heels of a 58-homer barrage. Willie McCovey hit 469 of his 521 career home runs for San Francisco, where modern-day sluggers can now splash their long-range bombs into McCovey Cove. Dave Kingman hit home runs for seven different ballclubs in the 1970s and ’80s, led by a 48 HR output for the Cubs in 1979.
Kirby Puckett, Minnesota Twins
He responded, hitting the first pitch he saw for a game-winning home run to deep right field. In the bottom of the inning, the Orioles managed a leadoff single, but then, John Montague managed to get a pair of quick outs in what was his third inning of work. After Al Bumbry was intentionally walked, the Orioles sent John Lowenstein to the plate as a pinch-hitter, and he connected with an 0-2 offering for a game-winning blast.

It came in the eighth inning, with Trout's Los Angeles Angels trailing Sale's Chicago White Sox by four runs. It came on the type of low-in-the-zone off-speed pitch that Trout has always crushed at an astounding rate. And it came after Trout had fallen behind in the count 0-2, an inherent skill that was chief among the reasons Trout was considered an elite hitter at such a young age. It also turned out to be the high point of the Hammer's career. Within two weeks after that game, we'd moved to Chicago, close enough to Wrigley Field to hear Harry Caray sing during the seventh-inning stretch. But we didn't find that out for months.
After a walk to Albert Pujols to open the bottom of the twelfth, Miceli got Scott Rolen to pop up. That would be the only out he got a chance to get, however, as the next batter was Jim Edmonds, and he smashed one to right-center field for the second walk-off in as many days for the series. Julio Lugo led off the ninth with a single for the Red Sox and was moved to second on a Dustin Pedroia ground out. From there, the Angels brought in closer Francisco Rodriguez, and he got Kevin Youkilis to strike out swinging. Then, with two outs, the Angels opted to intentionally walk David Ortiz to get to Manny Ramirez. Manny Ramirez in turn opted to hit a three-run, walk-off home run.
A team leader who, after falling behind in the count, socked a home run off one of the best pitchers in baseball to save victory from the jaws of defeat. There's an incredible reaction from the Dodgers' dugout and crowd. There's the shot of a car's brake lights being activated as the ball flies into the stands, leaving at least one early-departing fan in the parking lot with an incalculable amount of regret.