08-15-2023, 06:43 AM
(08-14-2023, 11:13 PM)Leftcoast Wrote: I believe Posey had 3 including that mammoth HR against the Reds in the 17th inning.
Is that enough to take the lead? If not Posey, I'm thinking it's Pudge/Ivan.
The term comes from Dennis Eckersley originally who thought of it as a negative and used it to describe a losing pitcher walking off the mound in defeat. I don't think we think of the term that way now - At least I think of a batter walking off the field with his team after touching home plate.
I don't know the numbers. But per The Athletic, Stanford's Brian Johnson had as many walk-off home runs in his career as Johnny Bench and Yogi Berra each did. He had more than Carlton Fisk, Pudge Rodriguez, Buster Posey and Roy Campanella.
https://theathletic.com/4775096/2023/08/...home-runs/
And Bruce Bochy's walk-off home run was hit against Nolan Ryan.
Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres Box Score: July 1, 1985 | Baseball-Reference.com
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