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Game-Ending Hits
Before 1920 when a team won the game by scoring in the bottom of the last
inning, the rules stated that they could not win by more than one run. A player
hitting a home run to end the game might have been given credit for a lesser hit
depending on the number of bases advanced by the runner who scored the winning
run. The hit was a homer if the batter's run was the game-winner. However, if a
runner already on base at the time of the game-ending hit scored the winning
run, the hit was not a home run according to the rule. Thus no one actually
“lost” a homer. The following is the list of known instances of these
game-winning hits.
Additions/changes to list:
08/24/2011: Wally Pipp on 6/24/1918
02/14/2010: Hugh Duffy's triple on 06/24/1894 corrected to a double on 06/20/1894
08/27/2009: added first game of DH indicator for 07/08/1918
12/19/2005: added Kirke on 05/06/1913
02/28/2005: single on 08/16/1890; change to team names for 06/17/1890
Date |
Batter |
Team |
Opponent |
Credited Hit |
06/17/1884 |
Roger Connor |
NY NL |
BSN |
single |
09/06/1884 |
Hardy Richardson |
BUF NL |
BSN |
triple |
04/21/1885 |
Fred Mann |
PIT AA |
LOU |
double |
07/30/1885 |
Tommy McCarthy |
BSN NL |
DET |
double |
08/20/1885 |
Paul Hines |
PRO NL |
BSN |
single |
07/10/1888 |
Bob Caruthers |
BRO AA |
STL |
double |
06/05/1890 |
Sam Thompson |
PHI NL |
BRO |
single |
06/17/1890 |
Mike Griffin |
PHP PL |
NYP |
double |
07/30/1890 |
Al McCauley |
PHI NL |
CHN |
triple |
08/16/1890 |
Bill Joyce |
BRP PL |
PHP |
single |
05/07/1891 |
King Kelly |
CIN AA |
BOS |
single |
09/13/1891 (1) |
George Wood |
PHI AA |
MIL |
double |
07/07/1892 |
Buck Ewing |
NY NL |
SLN |
single |
05/13/1893 |
Lou Bierbauer |
PIT NL |
LOU |
single |
08/09/1893 |
George Van Haltren |
PIT NL |
CHN |
double |
06/20/1894 |
Hugh Duffy |
BSN NL |
BAL |
double | |
08/27/1895 |
Bill Lange |
CHN NL |
WAS |
single |
09/02/1895 |
Mike Tieman |
NY NL |
CLE |
triple |
09/27/1895 |
Duke Farrell |
NY NL |
BAL |
triple |
07/27/1896 |
Charlie Irwin |
CIN NL |
CLE |
triple |
06/04/1897 |
Parke Wilson |
NY NL |
LOU |
double |
07/15/1899 |
Jimmy Collins |
BSN NL |
PIT |
single |
07/24/1899 |
Ginger Beaumont |
PIT NL |
PHI |
triple |
07/24/1900 |
Jimmy Collins |
BSN NL |
SLN |
single |
07/27/1900 |
Chick Stahl |
BSN NL |
PIT |
single |
05/17/1901 |
Bill Coughlin |
WAS AL |
PHA |
single |
09/01/1902 |
Ed Gremminger |
BSN NL |
CIN |
double |
06/26/1903 |
Pat Moran |
BSN NL |
CHN |
triple |
08/31/1903 (1) |
Barry McCormick |
WAS AL |
BOS |
triple |
09/10/1904 |
Roger Bresnahan |
NY NL |
PHI |
double |
05/05/1906 |
Sherry Magee |
PHI NL |
BRO |
triple |
06/02/1906 |
Tim Jordan |
BRO NL |
BOS |
double |
04/30/1908 |
Frank Bowerman |
BSN NL |
NY |
double |
05/25/1908 |
Joe Tinker |
CHN NL |
NY |
double |
09/28/1908 |
Cy Seymour |
NY NL |
PHI |
single |
04/23/1910 |
Doc Crandall |
NY NL |
BRO |
single |
08/24/1911 |
Tex Erwin |
BRO NL |
CHN |
triple |
05/06/1913 |
Jay Kirke |
BSN NL |
PIT |
double |
06/17/1914 |
Sherry Magee |
PHI NL |
SLN |
double |
04/19/1917 |
Ping Bodie |
PHA AL |
BOS |
triple |
04/19/1918 |
Irish Meusel |
PHI NL |
BSN |
triple |
06/24/1918 |
Wally Pipp |
NYA AL |
BOS |
double |
07/08/1918 (1) |
Babe Ruth |
BOS AL |
CLE |
triple |
07/18/1918 (2) |
Home Run Baker |
NYA AL |
DET |
single |
Hits by League
|
Hits by Type
Single |
15 |
Double |
16 |
Triple |
13 | |
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