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A walk-off home run is a home run which ends the game. This is a phrase that has only recently entered the Baseball lexicon, believed to have been started by Dennis Eckersley of the Oakland Athletics after Kirk Gibson hit a home run off of him in the bottom of the ninth inning in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series to win the game. If the home team hits a home run to win the game in the 9th or an extra inning, both teams walk off the field since the game is over.
A walk-off home run is a home run in the bottom of the last inning that ends the game. A walk-off home run is a home run that ends the game. It must be a home run that gives the home team the lead in the bottom of the 9th inning or the bottom of any extra inning. It is called a "walk-off" home run because the teams walk off the field immediately afterward.
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Is Walk off baseball definition limited to a walk off home run What about an RBI that scores the winning run from 1st The batter would have to run to 1st before the runner could score from 1st?
The term 'walk off' refers to when the home team wins the game in the ninth inning or a later inning. It doesn't have anything to do with the type of play but simply that whatever play occurred was the play that scored the winning run for the home team. You can have a walk off base bit (single, double, triple, or home run), a walk off walk, a walk off hit by pitch, a walk off error, even a walk off balk.
Do all runs count on a walk off home run?
yes
What was the year that the World Series ended with a home run?
1993, Joe Carter for the Blue Jays off of Mitch Williams for the Phillies. Walk off home run. I think there was one other time there was a walk off home run that ended the world series but I am not 100% sure when it was.
How many Walk off home run mike schmidt?
Mike Schmidt hit 12 walk-off home runs in his career with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Who started the phrase 'walk off home run' and when was it first used?
Look at the Baseball FAQ (on page 1): What is a walk off home run? The answer from Sam Silas on 5/6/04 states Dennis Eckersley and the date, circumstances.
