Never knew Ted Williams didn’t have 3,000 hits. But I’m sure he would have it if he didn’t have to serve in the military.

@Brockton153

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Ted lost out on 3 years when he was right in his prime.

@Khaoki

2 жыл бұрын

@@Brockton153 Lost most of another two seasons due to the Korean War, too

@TheKrazyk2010

2 жыл бұрын

@@Khaoki as a Korean Ted williams will always be my hero

@austinwagner536

2 жыл бұрын

Interestingly enough he never had a 200 hit season despite batting. 400 twice

@SmoothCriminal12

2 жыл бұрын

Probably hits close to 650 hrs as well if not for that.

The saddest part is how few of these players knew that this was going to be their final at bat.

@GIJose20

2 жыл бұрын

still has to feel good as a player to end your career with a clutch hit

@dimehigh

22 күн бұрын

Yes it must be awful knowing you’re never gonna lace em up again. Getting old can be depressing at times. At least they made some decent loot.

I still love watching Jim Edmonds swing a baseball bat. His swing just looks so smooth.

@user-mm1iv4dy5b

2 жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorites 👽

@PapaShongo25

2 жыл бұрын

Defensively one of the smoothest and underrated CF of all time

@Ryan-hv9vo

2 жыл бұрын

@@PapaShongo25 No doubt about that. Dude was epic.

@MopUser

2 жыл бұрын

@@PapaShongo25 not in the booth though 😬

Gustavo Chacin was a relief pitcher Also that was Peguero's only HR and RBI lmao Also wtf I had absolutely no idea Ramon Santiago hit a walk off grand slam in his final AB, dude is a Detroit legend but he only hit 30 career HRs so it's wild that he hit one in his last AB and it was a walkoff slam

"Like a feather caught in a vortex, Williams ran around the square of bases at the center of our beseeching screaming. He ran as he always ran out home runs-hurriedly, unsmiling, head down, as if our praise were a storm of rain to get out of. He didn’t tip his cap. Though we thumped, wept, and chanted 'We want Ted' for minutes after he hid in the dugout, he did not come back. Our noise for some seconds passed beyond excitement into a kind of immense open anguish, a wailing, a cry to be saved. But immortality is nontransferable. The papers said that the other players, and even the umpires on the field, begged him to come out and acknowledge us in some way, but he never had and did not now. Gods do not answer letters."

Ramon Santiago's last at bat being a walk off grand slam is so cool. He got to play with Ichiro, Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander, Joey Votto in his career. He's got a lot to tell his grandkids.

I've watched a lot of baseball, and seen a lot of hitters. But to this day, when people ask me who had the prettiest swing, I have two answers: Griffey and Edmonds. One, because their follow throughs were pretty similar, but also because their homeruns just seemed to move off the bat a little faster, and go just a little higher. When Jimmy got one it always felt like it was goin to the moon!

@daniellee3275

2 жыл бұрын

Those two were also two of the slickest most gifted centerfielders of their generation. I loved watching both of them play.

@NikoXC08

2 жыл бұрын

Edmonds had this smooth, quiet swing… that looked so pretty from the left side. As far as prettiness goes with home runs, I haven’t seen a left handed swing like it since he retired.

@wakkawakkagaming3710

2 жыл бұрын

@@daniellee3275 That diving catch Edmonds had over his head should be saved in the HoF, it was the web gem to end them all!

@danielscott1040

2 жыл бұрын

@@NikoXC08 Dylan Carlson is fairly close. Plays for the Cardinals.

@88mphDrBrown

2 жыл бұрын

I doubt Jimmy Griffen hit bombs like Barry Bond.

I'm very proud to say that David Ross homered in game 7 off of ME in the greatest world series game ever in his last major league at bat! .........and before you comment, I'm no relation to THIS Andrew Miller. Just a coincidence. It was really weird hearing my name so much, that post season, especially during the World Series!

@tonyc8752

2 ай бұрын

Can you give your salary back to the Cardinals?

0:54 This was also the final game for the Montreal Expos.

As a reds fan the jim Edmonds home run made me laugh. I watched it live as a kid and I remember he injured himself hitting the home run and thus never played again

Atta baby Albert bele.. popping one without cork in the bat .. holla atcha boiii!! Peep my boy Todd Zeile doe.. professionalism at its finest

Albert Belle. No doubt if he hadn't got hurt with the hip condition, he would have hit over 500 home runs. He retired with 380 or so. When he signed with the White Sox and played with them in the 1997 and 1998 seasons, him and Frank Thomas were supposed to lead the Sox to multiple AL Central titles but it never happened. Belle had a mediocre 1997 season while Thomas had an excellent one. Belle had a great 1998 season while Thomas had a mediocre one. They just couldn't sync. I believe Belle still holds the White Sox single season records for HR and RBI at 49 and ~148?

@JZillah_

2 жыл бұрын

It's a shame. He may have wound up with a Hall of Fame career if not for that hip issue forcing him into a early retirement.

@edmondlau511

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yyyyzyyy Rice barely got in with like a little over 76% of the vote. Rice had about 700 more hits and 200 more RBI than Belle; and won MVP while Belle did not. Rice was also known for the memorable event when he carried the boy who got hit in the head with a line drive to the Red Sox dugout where their medical staff could render aid immediately instead of waiting for paramedics. Rice also did a lot of charity work. Belle was an asshole to the media, went to alcohol rehab, got suspended for using a corked bat, arrested for trying to run down kids who egged his house, arrested for DUI and gave Fernando Vina a forearm shiver running from first to second. No way he would ever get voted in when factoring in he didn't play a full career.

@wessac1627

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yyyyzyyy hip issues is usually caused by steroid use

@TheEWFX29

2 жыл бұрын

Belle was juiced to the gills.

@collinf4228

2 жыл бұрын

Belle was robbed of an MVP too by the media. Underrated player at the end of the day.

did anyone else go into this video thinking it would be a lot of celebrations of great careers only to realize that it was mostly players who did not realize their career would end soon, which somewhat made it tragic.

Immediately thought of Ross when I saw this title go Cubs!!

wow man I might have to bust out MVP Baseball 2005 for PS2 again ... so many dudes on here are in that game

Walk-off grand slam for your last at bat? Can't beat that!

@SuperNuclearUnicorn

2 жыл бұрын

Some MLB The Show type stuff there

“Nyjer Morgan says… so long.” Did that announcer know that would be that poetic???

My two favorites were the grand slam by Reds player, Santiago... how can you beat a grand slam as your final at bat? Well, David Ross' home run in the final game of the World Series where the cubs finally won it after something like 108 years. That's awesome! 5/10/22, 7:25 p.m.

As a Cubs fan, was really glad to see Ross hit that homer. Big Edmonds fan too, so that was cool. Got a new subscriber. Was fun to watch. Great video

After reading the title, one would assume these were going to be emotional farewells to great players. I didn’t realize we were including lower tier level players being cut from the team 😂

@racingfanz4762

2 жыл бұрын

The problem with that is how many great players final at bat was a home run. I doubt there are many.

This would be exponentially more entertaining/watchable with the simple addition of an overlay graphic with the name of the player as each at bat begins.

@dillowman8

2 жыл бұрын

True but it’s in the description

@AMan-iv2rb

2 жыл бұрын

So get to work

@johngoldsworthy7135

2 жыл бұрын

I prefer it more without it. Not everything has to be shoved in your face, dumbed down

@mactheknife7049

2 жыл бұрын

@@johngoldsworthy7135 It's not a matter of "dumbing down" so much as it is a recognition that not every player is immediately recognizable by sight anymore.

@press_x_tojason

2 жыл бұрын

@@mactheknife7049 And a bunch of them don't have the names announced, at least in full.

I always loved Jim Edmonds swing. So sweet

Alternate title: Last at bat Home Runs but the quality gets better every clip

I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith as there's a high fly ball by Jim Edmonds and it'll be a 1-0 ballgame. I don't know if I'm going to be putting on this headset again. I don't know if it's going to be for the Reds. I don't know if it's going to be for my bosses at Fox.

clicked on this just to watch David Ross... Go Cubs!

Tony Kubek also hit a homer in his last career at bat. He played for the Yankees but is known mostly for his long and excellent career as a tv analyst. His most famous on air partnership was with the legendary Curt Gowdy on NBC’s MLB Game of the Week.

I’ve never really been a Ball fan but God I love that sound. Crack!

Ted Williams and I were both Marines. In 1979 when I was in spring training with the Detroit Tigers, I met Ted Williams and I asked him about his home run in his last at bat. It is a conversation that I will never forget! If he did not lose 3 full seasons to World War II and parts of 2 seasons to the Korean War, he would have easily had more than 3,000 hits and he would have set the home run record that Hank Aaron broke in 1974.

@roberthudson1959

3 ай бұрын

Yes, he would have had 3K hits, but he probably would not have set the home run record. He was 193 home runs short of Ruth, which means that he would have needed to hit something over 38 homers a season in the years he missed. Williams only had one season in his career with more than 38 home runs.

@24JohnE

3 ай бұрын

@@roberthudson1959 Robert, you are right. I just looked at his stats. He hit 43 home runs in one season. I noticed his RBI total. He definitely would have had more than 2,000 RBI's. John

@roberthudson1959

3 ай бұрын

@@24JohnENo problem. The claim that Williams would have passed Ruth is so old and well-accepted that no one does the math.

"440-foot blast into the bullpen" *Shows 420-foot sign deeper than the bullpen*

Had no idea Jim Edmonds was on the Reds

@JDealio

2 жыл бұрын

He did a whole vacation through out the nl central

@inlinechris

2 жыл бұрын

@@JDealio yep I’m pretty sure the only NL central team he didn’t play for is the pirates

@OlinKreutzRules

2 жыл бұрын

I was fortunate to see the Cardinals and Padres game in S.D. years ago. It was(to me) his prime as a center fielder. He had a catch when he turned around in a full sprint and made an amazing over the head catch and he just got destroyed by the wall. Like he usually did, he caught it, threw it back in like nothing even happened. I have no opinion of the guy one way or another but it was probably the best catch I’ve seen in person!!!!

@qman66

2 жыл бұрын

@@inlinechris and Astros

man there's alot of names I haven't thought of in a long time

Crazy that Uggla’s home run came when Scherzer threw a no no

Rivera...straight center, can't get more down the middle than that shot.

Interesting video

I got a kick out of Chacin being included. Dude had 9 career plate appearances and this was his only hit.

Just saw a guy named Nick Evans. I told him he's on the list. He didn't even know he played.

Fun Fact: Jim Edmonds hit a home run for his last at bat because he injured hisself rounding the bases!! (not “fun” but a fact!)

Not shown but I’m pretty sure Edmonds pulled something going around third base and subsequently went on the DL for the rest of the season, then retired

I completely forgot that Jim Edmonds played for my Reds at one point.

@3WordsCollector

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the fruits of the Chris Dickerson trade

Had no idea Jim Edmonds played in Cincy

the announcer is very enthusiastic in ted williams homer

wow Troy O'Leary ... totally forgot about that dude

So after the Ted Williams home run, we get to see a bunch of okay to nobody players

Ramon Santiago 💪

Gustavo Chacin's only hit of his career! neat!

Sad for most these guys.

Is this last career at-bats or last at-bats of a game?

U gotta do Mookie Bets next I know broski abouta be outta here

Sorry, I just saw Chad Tracey. Lol. Should put last at bats that you can find. Includes call ups, and pitchers.

Damn a Troy O'Leary sighting

@hoosierflatty6435

2 жыл бұрын

ikr dude, that one threw me for a loop

I had no idea Albert Belle went out like that...... Who was the Chicago Cub at 0:38? Weird Edmonds was on Cincinnati for his last MLB Homers. 4:00 Ramon Santiago GRAND SLAM, has to be the first and only to do that in their last AB. Uggla had a pretty good career going until 2014-15. At least he went out in style. 235 career Homers. Kinsler's last Hit/HR in the majors was his 1,999th.

@greendayrock

10 ай бұрын

38 seconds in was Troy O'Leary

@robertanderson2898

10 ай бұрын

@@greendayrock Thanks for that quick reply

Imagine your last ever ab is a walk off grand slam

some of these are in like the 2nd and 3rd innings, like edmonds. they take themselves out after that?

@penguinbrony2415

2 жыл бұрын

Edmonds got hurt in that game, and the injury pretty much ended his career.

@AVar5

2 жыл бұрын

@@penguinbrony2415 oh shit good looks

Cody Ross had the best last home run

I thought Corey Hart wears his sun glasses at night

Mel Hall & Chad Curtis

Pretty sure Todd Zeile hit a HR in his first MLB at-bat as well.

@baxter1896

Жыл бұрын

Yep he is in the video

What a way to end a career with a walk off grand slam.

I wonder how many knew it would be their last at bats?

Walk off grand slam?? What a way to go.

Corey Hart wearing a Pirates uniform…

@sgs1313

2 жыл бұрын

he wears his sunglasses at night

@owenlewis4402

2 жыл бұрын

better as a brewer 🤧

bobby kielty is my friend's dad... learn more every day

They left out Chico Walker in 1993.

Cant really go out much Better than Ramon Santiago did.

Was hoping to see more stars final HR. Too many no names in this video.

what, you couldn't find any film of Shane Victorino or Kevin Maas anywhere? This list, SMH LOL

Walk off grand slam is probably the best way to end your career

Me ( a baseball purest ) during most of the video : .. “ who .. ? “

Nyger Morgan doesn't play anymore? Who knew?

@neoneherefrom5836

2 жыл бұрын

Reported for racism

objectively this is a video of a bunch of players whose bat speed and athleticism has no business being in MLB :)

Why was Edmond's last at bat in the 2nd inning? Did he get hurt after?

@joannamcdaid2269

2 жыл бұрын

Uh, he got hurt when he touched 🏠

How is a home run in the 8th inning a “last at bat” home run?

@greendayrock

2 жыл бұрын

Last at bat in a player's career

@jaym3064

2 жыл бұрын

@@greendayrock ahhh. Ok. Title is a bit confusing. But some of these players are barely recognizable.

@wateriswet0510

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaym3064 "barely recognizable" dont disrespect my boy Nick Evans like that

Bobby Kelty? Tons of minor league players hit home runs in there only at bat.

That was interesting.... What is a Nick Evans? Google Nick Evans soccer...basketball...football...baseball Guy only had 10 home runs in his career. huh neat.

I think some of these were not last at bats.

@wateriswet0510

2 жыл бұрын

all of them were, there's a wikipedia article dedicated to players who homered in their final major league at bat

Too bad Ross turned out to be such a mediocre manager for the Cubs. A lot of people were rooting for him to succeed. He's considered a hero.

So just end your career as a dodger and youll have a homerun on the last at bat of your career.

no Matt Holliday booo

inpaindaily

Alot of no name people in here, thought it was going to be all the stars

@gregoryfarshtey6856

2 жыл бұрын

It's guys who hit a homer in the last at bat of their careers.

@mlacher100

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregoryfarshtey6856 I was hoping to see more stars then that.

Jesus saves

The Dodgers announcer sounds so bored.

Is this another stupid "unwritten rule" of baseball? Pitch the hacks a floater because it's their last at-bat?