The Eric Hinske watch
Posted by Andy on October 29, 2009
The big news yesterday before Game 1 started was that the Yankees added Eric Hinske to their post-season roster. This gives Hinske the chance to take part in something extremely rare: making the last out in two consecutive World Series.
Using the post-season batting event finder, it's easy to create a list of the final play of every World Series. I'm putting the entire list after the jump if you want to see it. Hinske made the last out as a member of the Rays in 2008 and although I wouldn't bet on it, Hinske has at least an outside shot to do it again this season. After all, last year Hinske came in as a pinch-hitter against Brad Lidge and struck out, ending Game 5 and the World Series. The Yankees added Hinske to their roster to serve as a late-inning pinch-hitter, so who kn0ws--if the Phillies win the World Series again we may very well see Hinske make the last out.
Some notes about this list:
- Of the 102 World Series, ten of them ended with one or more runs scoring as a walk-off win. The other 92 ended in defeat for the team at bat.
- Only one player has ever ended two consecutive World Series: Boss Schmidt in 1907 and 1908, as the Tigers lost twice in a row to the Cubs.
- Amazingly, two players have both made the last out in one World Series and drove in the winning run in another: Edgar Renteria made the last out in 2004 and won it in 1997. Before that, Goose Goslin made the last out in 1925 and won it in 1935. Interestingly, Goslin had a much better year in 1925 than he did in 1935--but I bet he was happier at the end of 1935.
Anyway, I'll be watching to see if Hinske can do it too!
Here's the full list (after the jump):
Car# G# Date Series G Batter Tm Opp Pitcher Score Result Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc. +-----+---+-------------+------+-+-----------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+ 1 1 1903-10-13 WS 8 Honus Wagner PIT @BOS Bill Dinneen down 0-3 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 2 1 1905-10-14 WS 5 Lave Cross PHA @NYG Christy Mathewso down 0-2 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: SS-1B 3 1 1906-10-14 WS 6 Frank Schulte CHC @CHW Doc White down 3-8 Out t 9 123 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B unassisted 4 1 1907-10-12 WS 5 Boss Schmidt DET CHC Mordecai Brown down 0-2 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Popfly: SS (Deep SS-3B Hole) 5 1 1908-10-14 WS 5 Boss Schmidt DET CHC Orval Overall down 0-2 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: C-1B 6 1 1909-10-16 WS 7 Tom Jones DET PIT Babe Adams down 0-8 Out b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF 7 1 1910-10-23 WS 5 Johnny Kling CHC PHA Jack Coombs down 2-7 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: SS unassisted/Forceout at 2B 8 1 1911-10-26 WS 6 Art Wilson NYG @PHA Chief Bender down 2-13 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 3B-1B 9 1 1912-10-16 WS 8 Larry Gardner BOS NYG Christy Mathewso tied 2-2 Out b10 123 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Yerkes Scores/unER 10 1 1913-10-11 WS 5 Larry Doyle NYG PHA Eddie Plank down 1-3 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF 11 1 1914-10-13 WS 4 Stuffy McInnis PHA @BSN Dick Rudolph down 1-3 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 3B-1B 12 1 1915-10-13 WS 5 Bill Killefer PHI BOS Rube Foster down 4-5 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: SS-1B 13 1 1916-10-12 WS 5 Mike Mowrey BRO @BOS Ernie Shore down 1-4 Out t 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Popfly: SS 14 1 1917-10-15 WS 6 Lew McCarty NYG CHW Red Faber down 2-4 Out b 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B 15 1 1918-09-11 WS 6 Les Mann CHC @BOS Carl Mays down 1-2 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B 16 1 1919-10-09 WS 8 Joe Jackson CHW CIN Hod Eller down 5-10 Out b 9 -23 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B 17 1 1920-10-12 WS 7 Ed Konetchy BRO @CLE Stan Coveleski down 0-3 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B 18 1 1921-10-13 WS 8 Frank Baker NYY NYG Art Nehf down 0-1 Out b 9 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Double Play: Groundout: 2B-1B; Ward out at 3B/1B-3B 19 1 1922-10-08 WS 5 Aaron Ward NYY @NYG Art Nehf down 3-5 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF 20 1 1923-10-15 WS 6 Jack Bentley NYG NYY Sam Jones down 4-6 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B 21 1 1924-10-10 WS 7 Earl McNeely WSH NYG Jack Bentley tied 3-3 2B b12 12- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Double to LF (Ground Ball); Ruel Scores/unER; Johnson to 3B 22 1 1925-10-15 WS 7 Goose Goslin WSH @PIT Red Oldham down 7-9 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Looking 23 1 1928-10-09 WS 4 Frankie Frisch STL NYY Waite Hoyt down 3-7 Out b 9 1-3 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: LF 24 1 1929-10-14 WS 5 Bing Miller PHA CHC Pat Malone tied 2-2 2B b 9 12- 2 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Double; Simmons Scores; Foxx to 3B 25 1 1930-10-08 WS 6 Jimmie Wilson STL @PHA George Earnshaw down 1-7 Out t 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF 26 1 1931-10-10 WS 7 Max Bishop PHA @STL Bill Hallahan down 2-4 Out t 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF 27 1 1932-10-02 WS 4 Riggs Stephenson CHC NYY Herb Pennock down 6-13 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF 28 1 1933-10-07 WS 5 Joe Kuhel WSH NYG Dolf Luque down 3-4 SO b10 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 29 1 1934-10-09 WS 7 Marv Owen DET STL Dizzy Dean down 0-11 Out b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B 30 1 1935-10-07 WS 6 Goose Goslin DET CHC Larry French tied 3-3 1B b 9 -2- 2 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF; Cochrane Scores 31 1 1936-10-06 WS 6 Harry Danning NYG NYY Johnny Murphy down 5-13 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B unassisted 32 1 1937-10-10 WS 5 Jo-Jo Moore NYG NYY Lefty Gomez down 2-4 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 1B-P 33 1 1938-10-09 WS 4 Billy Herman CHC @NYY Red Ruffing down 3-8 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: P-1B 34 1 1939-10-08 WS 4 Wally Berger CIN NYY Johnny Murphy down 4-7 Out b10 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: SS 35 1 1940-10-08 WS 7 Earl Averill DET @CIN Paul Derringer down 1-2 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B 36 1 1941-10-06 WS 5 Jimmy Wasdell BRO NYY Tiny Bonham down 1-3 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF (Deep CF) 37 1 1942-10-05 WS 5 George Selkirk NYY STL Johnny Beazley down 2-4 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B 38 1 1943-10-11 WS 5 Debs Garms STL NYY Spud Chandler down 0-2 Out b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-1B 39 1 1944-10-09 WS 6 Mike Chartak SLB @STL Ted Wilks down 1-3 SO t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 40 1 1945-10-10 WS 7 Don Johnson CHC DET Hal Newhouser down 3-9 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B 41 1 1946-10-15 WS 7 Tom McBride BOS @STL Harry Brecheen down 3-4 Out t 9 1-3 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B 42 1 1947-10-06 WS 7 Bruce Edwards BRO @NYY Joe Page down 2-5 Out t 9 1-- 1 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B 43 1 1948-10-11 WS 6 Tommy Holmes BSN CLE Gene Bearden down 3-4 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF 44 1 1949-10-09 WS 5 Gil Hodges BRO NYY Joe Page down 6-10 SO b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 45 1 1950-10-07 WS 4 Stan Lopata PHI @NYY Allie Reynolds down 2-5 SO t 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 46 1 1951-10-10 WS 6 Sal Yvars NYG @NYY Bob Kuzava down 3-4 Out t 9 -2- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: RF 47 1 1952-10-07 WS 7 Pee Wee Reese BRO NYY Bob Kuzava down 2-4 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF 48 1 1953-10-05 WS 6 Billy Martin NYY BRO Clem Labine tied 3-3 1B b 9 12- 1 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Bauer Scores; Mantle to 2B 49 1 1954-10-02 WS 4 Dale Mitchell CLE NYG Johnny Antonelli down 4-7 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: 3B 50 1 1955-10-04 WS 7 Elston Howard NYY BRO Johnny Podres down 0-2 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: SS-1B 51 1 1956-10-10 WS 7 Jackie Robinson BRO NYY Johnny Kucks down 0-9 SO b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 52 1 1957-10-10 WS 7 Bill Skowron NYY MLN Lew Burdette down 0-5 Out b 9 123 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B 53 1 1958-10-09 WS 7 Red Schoendienst MLN NYY Bob Turley down 2-6 Out b 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: CF 54 1 1959-10-08 WS 6 Luis Aparicio CHW LAD Larry Sherry down 3-9 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF 55 1 1960-10-13 WS 7 Bill Mazeroski PIT NYY Ralph Terry tied 9-9 HR b 9 --- 0 - 1 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Deep LF) 56 1 1961-10-09 WS 5 Vada Pinson CIN NYY Bud Daley down 5-13 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF 57 1 1962-10-16 WS 7 Willie McCovey SFG NYY Ralph Terry down 0-1 Out b 9 -23 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: 2B 58 1 1963-10-06 WS 4 Hector Lopez NYY @LAD Sandy Koufax down 1-2 Out t 9 12- 2 0-0 1 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: SS-1B 59 1 1964-10-15 WS 7 Bobby Richardson NYY @STL Bob Gibson down 5-7 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Popfly: 2B 60 1 1965-10-14 WS 7 Bob Allison MIN LAD Sandy Koufax down 0-2 SO b 9 1-- 2 2-2 5 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Swinging 61 1 1966-10-09 WS 4 Lou Johnson LAD @BAL Dave McNally down 0-1 Out t 9 12- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF 62 1 1967-10-12 WS 7 George Scott BOS STL Bob Gibson down 2-7 SO b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 63 1 1968-10-10 WS 7 Tim McCarver STL DET Mickey Lolich down 1-4 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: C 64 1 1969-10-16 WS 5 Davey Johnson BAL @NYM Jerry Koosman down 3-5 Out t 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF 65 1 1970-10-15 WS 5 Pat Corrales CIN @BAL Mike Cuellar down 3-9 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 3B-1B 66 1 1971-10-17 WS 7 Merv Rettenmund BAL PIT Steve Blass down 1-2 Out b 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: SS-1B 67 1 1972-10-22 WS 7 Pete Rose CIN OAK Rollie Fingers down 2-3 Out b 9 1-- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF (LF-CF) 68 1 1973-10-21 WS 7 Wayne Garrett NYM @OAK Darold Knowles down 2-5 Out t 9 1-3 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Popfly: SS 69 1 1974-10-17 WS 5 Von Joshua LAD @OAK Rollie Fingers down 2-3 Out t 9 --- 2 0-0 1 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: P-1B 70 1 1975-10-22 WS 7 Carl Yastrzemski BOS CIN Will McEnaney down 3-4 Out b 9 --- 2 2-1 4 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF 71 1 1976-10-21 WS 4 Roy White NYY CIN Will McEnaney down 2-7 Out b 9 --- 2 2-0 3 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF (LF-CF) 72 1 1977-10-18 WS 6 Lee Lacy LAD @NYY Mike Torrez down 4-8 Out t 9 12- 2 1-1 3 0 *ENDED GAME*:Bunt Popfly: P 73 1 1978-10-17 WS 6 Ron Cey LAD NYY Rich Gossage down 2-7 Out b 9 --- 2 2-2 6 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Flyball: C 74 1 1979-10-17 WS 7 Pat Kelly BAL PIT Kent Tekulve down 1-4 Out b 9 --- 2 0-0 1 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF 75 1 1980-10-21 WS 6 Willie Wilson KCR @PHI Tug McGraw down 1-4 SO t 9 123 2 1-2 4 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout 76 1 1981-10-28 WS 6 Bob Watson NYY LAD Steve Howe down 2-9 Out b 9 12- 2 1-0 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF 77 1 1982-10-20 WS 7 Gorman Thomas MIL @STL Bruce Sutter down 3-6 SO t 9 --- 2 3-2 10 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Swinging 78 1 1983-10-16 WS 5 Garry Maddox PHI BAL Scott McGregor down 0-5 Out b 9 --- 2 0-2 3 0 *ENDED GAME*:Lineout: SS 79 1 1984-10-14 WS 5 Tony Gwynn SDP @DET Willie Hernandez down 4-8 Out t 9 1-- 2 1-0 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF 80 1 1985-10-27 WS 7 Andy Van Slyke STL @KCR Bret Saberhagen down 0-11 Out t 9 --- 2 1-0 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF) 81 1 1986-10-27 WS 7 Marty Barrett BOS @NYM Jesse Orosco down 5-8 SO t 9 --- 2 2-2 6 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Swinging 82 1 1987-10-25 WS 7 Willie McGee STL @MIN Jeff Reardon down 2-4 Out t 9 --- 2 0-2 3 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 3B-1B 83 1 1988-10-20 WS 5 Tony Phillips OAK LAD Orel Hershiser down 2-5 SO b 9 --3 2 3-2 6 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Swinging 84 1 1989-10-28 WS 4 Brett Butler SFG OAK Dennis Eckersley down 6-9 Out b 9 --- 2 0-1 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 2B-P (2B-1B) 85 1 1990-10-20 WS 4 Carney Lansford OAK CIN Randy Myers down 1-2 Out b 9 --- 2 2-1 4 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul) 86 1 1991-10-27 WS 7 Gene Larkin MIN ATL Alejandro Pena tied 0-0 1B b10 123 1 0-0 1 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Gladden Scores; Puckett to 3B; Hrbek to 2B 87 1 1992-10-24 WS 6 Otis Nixon ATL TOR Mike Timlin down 3-4 Out b11 --3 2 0-1 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Bunt Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home) 88 1 1993-10-23 WS 6 Joe Carter TOR PHI Mitch Williams down 5-6 HR b 9 12- 1 2-2 5 3 *ENDED GAME*:Home Run (Deep LF Line); Henderson Scores; Molitor Scores 89 1 1995-10-28 WS 6 Carlos Baerga CLE @ATL Mark Wohlers down 0-1 Out t 9 --- 2 0-0 1 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF) 90 1 1996-10-26 WS 6 Mark Lemke ATL @NYY John Wetteland down 2-3 Out t 9 12- 2 3-2 7 0 *ENDED GAME*:Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul) 91 1 1997-10-26 WS 7 Edgar Renteria FLA CLE Charles Nagy tied 2-2 1B b11 123 2 0-1 2 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Counsell Scores/unER; Eisenreich to 3B; White to 2B 92 1 1998-10-21 WS 4 Mark Sweeney SDP NYY Mariano Rivera down 0-3 Out b 9 --- 2 0-2 3 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B) 93 1 1999-10-27 WS 4 Keith Lockhart ATL @NYY Mariano Rivera down 1-4 Out t 9 --- 2 - 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: LF 94 1 2000-10-26 WS 5 Mike Piazza NYM NYY Mariano Rivera down 2-4 Out b 9 --3 2 0-1 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF 95 1 2001-11-04 WS 7 Luis Gonzalez ARI NYY Mariano Rivera tied 2-2 1B b 9 123 1 0-1 2 1 *ENDED GAME*:Single to CF (Fly Ball to Deep SS-2B); Bell Scores; Womack to 3B; Counsell to 2B 96 1 2002-10-27 WS 7 Kenny Lofton SFG @ANA Troy Percival down 1-4 Out t 9 12- 2 0-0 1 0 *ENDED GAME*:Flyball: CF 97 1 2003-10-25 WS 6 Jorge Posada NYY FLA Josh Beckett down 0-2 Out b 9 --- 2 1-1 3 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: P unassisted (Short 1B Line) 98 1 2004-10-27 WS 4 Edgar Renteria STL BOS Keith Foulke down 0-3 Out b 9 -2- 2 1-0 2 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: P-1B 99 1 2005-10-26 WS 4 Orlando Palmeiro HOU CHW Bobby Jenks down 0-1 Out b 9 -2- 2 1-2 4 0 *ENDED GAME*:Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS) 100 1 2006-10-27 WS 5 Brandon Inge DET @STL Adam Wainwright down 2-4 SO t 9 1-3 2 0-2 3 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Swinging 101 1 2007-10-28 WS 4 Seth Smith COL BOS Jonathan Papelbo down 3-4 SO b 9 --- 2 2-2 5 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Swinging 102 1 2008-10-27 WS 5 Eric Hinske TBR @PHI Brad Lidge down 3-4 SO t 9 -2- 2 0-2 3 0 *ENDED GAME*:Strikeout Swinging
October 29th, 2009 at 9:36 am
There have actually been 104 World Series prior to this year. I see the 1926 and 1927 World Series didn't make the list. I guess that's because 1926 ended on a caught stealing and 1927 ended on a wild pitch.
Aaron Ward of the 1921 and 1922 Yankees actually figured in the final out both times. In 1921 he was thrown out at third trying to take an extra base on a groundout and in 1922 he flied out to end the game.
October 29th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Thanks for adding this info!