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WORLD SERIES FINAL OUTS

How Every World Series in Major League History Ended | Baseball Almanac

Each year, the primary focus in any professional sport is the race for a championship. Every sport has their pinnacle trophy, but none is as coveted as baseball's World Series. An event as important as any holiday on the calendar, it is as traditional as Thanksgiving, as patriotic as the Fourth of July and as anticipated as Christmas morning.

Over the last century, the World Series has been woven into the fabric of America's culture evolving far beyond a mere baseball tournament and what often stands out the most — in both good and bad memories — are the final outs (and walk-off wins). Research by Baseball Almanac.

"The young, thrifty Marlins made the Yankees look old and overpaid. By the final game they had Andy Pettitte shouting angrily into his glove and Jeter muttering to himself. And when Beckett tagged Jorge Posada for the final out, the Marlins became the first visiting team to celebrate a World Series title at Yankee Stadium since the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981." - Wine, Steven. Sportswriter. Yahoo! Sports. 25 October 2003.

The Final Outs of Every World Series World Series Final Outs \| How Every Fall Classic Ended \| Research by Baseball Almanac
Series	GM	Got the Out	Was the Out	Type of Out
1903	8	Lou Criger	Honus Wagner	Struck out (by Bill Dinneen) swinging.
1904	x	None	None	No Series Played in 1904
1905	5	Bill Dahlen	Lave Cross	Grounded out to shortstop.
1906	6	Jiggs Donahue	Frank Schulte	Grounded out to first base.
1907	5	Joe Tinker	Boss Schmidt	Popped out to shortstop.
1908	5	Johnny Kling	Boss Schmidt	Grounded out at home plate.
1909	7	Fred Clarke	Tom Jones	Flied out to left field.
1910	5	Jack Barry	Jimmy Archer	Tagged out on force play to short stop.
1911	6	Frank Baker	Art Wilson	Grounded out to third base.
1912	8	--	--	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1913	5	Eddie Murphy	Larry Doyle	Flied out to right field.
1914	4	Charlie Deal	Stuffy McInnis	Grounded out to third base.
1915	5	Everett Scott	Bill Killefer	Grounded out to shortstop.
1916	5	Everett Scott	Mike Mowrey	Grounded out to shortstop.
1917	6	Eddie Collins	Lew McCarty	Grounded out to second base.
1918	6	Dave Shean	Les Mann	Grounded out to second base.
1919	8	Morrie Rath	Joe Jackson	Grounded out to second base.
1920	7	Joe Sewell	Hy Myers	Forced out at second base.
1921	8	George Kelly	Aaron Ward	Trying to advance to third base.
1922	5	Ross Youngs	Aaron Ward	Flied out to right field.
1923	6	Aaron Ward	Jack Bentley	Grounded out to second base.
1924	7	--	--	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1925	7	Johnny Gooch	Goose Goslin	Struck out (by Red Oldham) looking.
1926	7	Bob O'Farrell	Babe Ruth	Caught trying to steal second base.
1927	4	--	--	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1928	4	Babe Ruth	Frankie Frisch	Flied out to left field (in foul territory).
1929	5	--	--	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1930	6	Bing Miller	Jimmie Wilson	Flied out to right field.
1931	7	Pepper Martin	Max Bishop	Flied out to center field.
1932	4	Ben Chapman	Riggs Stephenson	Flied out to right field.
1933	5	Gus Mancuso	Joe Kuhel	Struck out (by Dolf Luque) swinging.
1934	7	Leo Durocher	Billy Rogell	Forced out at second base by shortstop.
1935	6	--	--	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1936	6	Lou Gehrig	Harry Danning	Grounded out to first base.
1937	5	Lou Gehrig	Jo-Jo Moore	Grounded out to first base.
1938	4	Red Ruffing	Billy Herman	Grounded out to pitcher.
1939	4	Frankie Crosetti	Wally Berger	Lined out to the shortstop.
1940	7	Lonny Frey	Earl Averill	Grounded out to second base.
1941	5	Joe DiMaggio	Jimmy Wasdell	Flied out to center field.
1942	5	Jimmy Brown	George Selkirk	Grounded out to second base.
1943	5	Joe Gordon	Debs Garms	Grounded out to second base.
1944	6	Walker Cooper	Mike Chartak	Struck out (by Ted Wilks) swinging.
1945	7	Skeeter Webb	Roy Hughes	Forced out at second base by shortstop.
1946	7	Red Schoendienst	Pinky Higgins	Forced out at second by second baseman.
1947	7	Phil Rizzuto	Bruce Edwards	Grounded to shortstop (double play).
1948	6	Bob Kennedy	Tommy Holmes	Flied out to left field.
1949	5	Yogi Berra	Gil Hodges	Struck out (by Joe Page) swinging.
1950	4	Yogi Berra	Stan Lopata	Struck out (by Allie Reynolds) swinging.
1951	6	Hank Bauer	Sal Yvars	Lined out to right field.
1952	7	Gene Woodling	Pee Wee Reese	Flied out to left field.
1953	6	--	--	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1954	4	Hank Thompson	Dale Mitchell	Popped out to third base (in foul territory).
1955	7	Pee Wee Reese	Elston Howard	Grounded out to shortstop.
1956	7	Bill Skowron	Jackie Robinson	Struck out by Kucks / Berra throw to first.
1957	7	Eddie Mathews	Jerry Coleman	Forced out at third base.
1958	7	Mickey Mantle	Red Schoendienst	Lined out to center field.
1959	6	Wally Moon	Luis Aparicio	Flied out to left field.
1960	7	--	--	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1961	5	Hector Lopez	Vada Pinson	Flied out to left field.
1962	7	Bobby Richardson	Willie McCovey	Lined out to second base.
1963	4	Maury Wills	Hector Lopez	Grounded out to shortstop.
1964	7	Dal Maxvill	Bobby Richardson	Popped out to second base.
1965	7	Johnny Roseboro	Bob Allison	Struck out (by Sandy Koufax) swinging.
1966	4	Paul Blair	Lou Johnson	Flied out to center field.
1967	7	Tim McCarver	George Scott	Struck out (by Bob Gibson) swinging.
1968	7	Bill Freehan	Tim McCarver	Popped out to catcher (in foul territory).
1969	5	Cleon Jones	Davey Johnson	Flied out to left field.
1970	5	Brooks Robinson	Pat Corrales	Grounded out to third base.
1971	7	Jackie Hernandez	Merv Rettenmund	Grounded out to shortstop.
1972	7	Joe Rudi	Pete Rose	Flied out to left field.
1973	7	Bert Campaneris	Wayne Garrett	Popped out to shortstop.
1974	5	Rollie Fingers	Von Joshua	Grounded out to the pitcher.
1975	7	Cesar Geronimo	Carl Yastrzemski	Flied out to center field.
1976	4	George Foster	Roy White	Flied out to left field.
1977	6	Mike Torrez	Lee Lacy	Bunt-popped out to the pitcher.
1978	6	Thurman Munson	Ron Cey	Popped out to catcher (in foul territory).
1979	7	Omar Moreno	Pat Kelly	Flied out to center field.
1980	6	Bob Boone	Willie Wilson	Struck out (by Tug McGraw) swinging.
1981	6	Ken Landreaux	Bob Watson	Flied out to center field.
1982	7	Darrell Porter	Gorman Thomas	Struck out (by Bruce Sutter) swinging.
1983	5	Cal Ripken, Jr.	Garry Maddox	Lined out to shortstop.
1984	5	Larry Herndon	Tony Gwynn	Flied out to left field.
1985	7	Darryl Motley	Andy Van Slyke	Flied out to right field.
1986	7	Gary Carter	Marty Barrett	Struck out (by Jesse Orosco) swinging.
1987	7	Gary Gaetti	Willie McGee	Grounded out to third base.
1988	5	Rick Dempsey	Tony Phillips	Struck out (by Orel Hershiser) swinging.
1989	4	Tony Phillips	Brett Butler	Grounded out to second base.
1990	4	Todd Benzinger	Carney Lansford	Popped out to first base (in foul territory).
1991	7	--	--	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1992	6	Mike Timlin	Otis Nixon	Bunted back to pitcher.
1993	6	--	--	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1994	x	None	None	No Series Played in 1994
1995	6	Marquis Grissom	Carlos Baerga	Flied out to center field.
1996	6	Charlie Hayes	Mark Lemke	Popped out to third base (in foul territory).
1997	7	--	--	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
1998	4	Scott Brosius	Mark Sweeney	Grounded out to third base.
1999	4	Chad Curtis	Keith Lockhart	Flied out to left field.
2000	5	Bernie Williams	Mike Piazza	Flied out to center field.
2001	7	--	--	See Fast Facts at bottom of page.
2002	7	Darin Erstad	Kenny Lofton	Flied out to center field.
2003	6	Josh Beckett	Jorge Posada	Tagged out running to first base.
2004	4	Keith Foulke	Edgar Renteria	Grounded out back to pitcher.
2005	4	Juan Uribe	Orlando Palmeiro	Grounded out to shortstop.
2006	5	Yadier Molina	Brandon Inge	Struck out (by Adam Wainwright) swinging.
2007	4	Jason Varitek	Seth Smith	Struck out (by Jonathan Papelbon) swinging.
2008	5	Carlos Ruiz	Eric Hinske	Struck out (by Brad Lidge) swinging.
2009	6	Robinson Cano	Shane Victorino	Grounded out to second base.
2010	5	Buster Posey	Nelson Cruz	Struck out (by Brian Wilson) swinging.
2011	7	Allen Craig	David Murphy	Flied out to left field.
2012	4	Buster Posey	Miguel Cabrera	Struck out (by Sergio Romo) looking.
2013	6	David Ross	Matt Carpenter	Struck out (by Koji Uehara) swinging.
2014	7	Pablo Sandoval	Salvador Perez	Popped out to third base (in foul territory).
2015	5	Drew Butera	Wilmer Flores	Struck out (by Wade Davis) looking.
2016	7	Kris Bryant	Michael Martinez	Grounded out to third base.
2017	7	Jose Altuve	Corey Seager	Grounded out to second base.
2018	5	Christian Vazquez	Manny Machado	Struck out (by Chris Sale) swinging.
2019	7	Yan Gomes	Michael Brantley	Struck out (by Daniel Hudson) swinging.
2020	6	Austin Barnes	Willy Adames	Struck out (by Julio Urias) looking.
2021	6	Dansby Swanson	Yuli Gurriel	Grounded out to shortstop.
2022	6	Kyle Tucker	Nick Castellanos	Flied out to right field (in foul territory).
2023	5	Jonah Heim	Ketel Marte	Struck out (by Josh Sborz) looking.
2024	5	Will Smith	Alex Verdugo	Struck out (by Walker Buehler) swinging.
2025	7	Freddie Freeman	Alejandro Kirk	Grounded to shortstop (double play).
2026	--	--	--	--
Series	GM	Got the Out	Was the Out	Type of Out
Final Outs of the World Series \| Bold = HOF \| Research by Baseball Almanac

From the 1903 World Series through the 2025 World Series, fifteen hall of fame baseball players have made the final out in a World Series and twenty-three hall of fame ballplayers have gotten the final out.

In the Final Outs of the World Series chart above, we wrote "See Fast Facts at bottom of page" several times. This is because eleven World Series have ended with the winning team's last at bat. Here is that classic data set:

Series	Got A Sac Fly	Scored The Run	Gave Up The Sac Fly
1912	Larry Gardner	Steve Yerkes	Christy Mathewson

Series	Got The Hit^(Type)	Scored The Run	Gave Up The Hit
1924	Earl McNeely^(2B)	Muddy Ruel	Jack Bentley
1927	n/a ^{(Wild Pitch)}	Earle Combs	Johnny Miljus
1929	Bing Miller^(2B)	Al Simmons	Pat Malone
1935	Goose Goslin^(1B)	Mickey Cochrane	Larry French
1953	Billy Martin^(1B)	Hank Bauer	Clem Labine
1960	Bill Mazeroski^(HR)	Bill Mazeroski	Ralph Terry
1991	Gene Larkin^(1B)	Dan Gladden	Alejandro Pena
1993	Joe Carter^(HR)	Paul Molitor	Mitch Williams
1997	Edgar Renteria^(1B)	Craig Counsell	Charles Nagy
2001	Luis Gonzalez^(1B)	Jay Bell	Mariano Rivera

Did you know that Lave Cross was the only member of the 1899 Cleveland Spiders (single season record for games lost) to play in a World Series, and he also was the first final out in the first World Series an American League team lost?

WORLD SERIES FINAL OUTS

How Every World Series in Major League History Ended | Baseball Almanac

The Final Outs of Every World Series