This is a list of the Major League Baseball (MLB) players who have hit a home run in their final major league at bat. The feat was first accomplished in 1890 by Buck West, and most recently by Stephen Vogt in 2022.

Paul Gillespie and John Miller are the only players in MLB history to hit home runs in their first and last major-league at bats. Miller's first and last major league at-bat home runs (off Lee Stange and Jim Merritt, respectively) were the only two home runs he hit in his MLB career. Bobby Kielty and David Ross both hit their final home runs in a World Series game—Kielty hit his for the Boston Red Sox in the series-clinching Game 4 of the 2007 World Series, while Ross's occurred in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series and was an important contribution to ending the 108 year title drought of the Chicago Cubs. Mickey Cochrane and Ted Williams are the only players on this list who are inductees of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Players Many players in the below list hit a home run the final time they batted in the last game of their professional career—that is, at the professional level, the player never batted again or played in another game—one notable example being Ted Williams. However, circumstances may vary—for example, Mickey Cochrane homered in his final at bat (hence his inclusion in the below list) but was hit by a pitch in his final plate appearance. Because pitchers bat less often than position players, especially since the introduction of the designated hitter, some pitchers in the below list played in many major-league games after their final at bat; for example, Tim Stoddard, who homered in his final at bat in June 1986, pitched in the major leagues through July 1989. In other cases, a player in the below list had a very brief major-league career, but continued playing professionally at the minor-league level—one example is Chris Jelic, who played in only four major-league games, all late in the 1990 season, then continued playing professionally through 1993.

Note: Baseball Almanac, the primary source for this section, lists and numbers players who have accomplished the feat during regular-season games, and provides separate commentary on players who have done so in postseason games.

+Key†Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame#Denotes player was a pitcher

Regular season No. Player Career total Date Team 1 3 Cleveland Spiders 2 # 1 Philadelphia Phillies 3 2 Louisville Colonels 4 # 2 Cleveland Naps 5 36 Boston Americans 6 14 St. Louis Cardinals 7 1 New York Giants 8 # 2 Philadelphia Athletics 9 14 Boston Braves 10 119 Detroit Tigers 11 1 Philadelphia Phillies 12 6 Chicago Cubs 13 22 Chicago White Sox 14 10 Baltimore Orioles 15 15 Philadelphia Phillies 16 5 Washington Senators 17 521 Boston Red Sox 18 3 Boston Red Sox 19 # 1 Washington Senators 20 57 New York Yankees 21 2 Los Angeles Dodgers 22 156 Milwaukee Brewers 23 1 Seattle Mariners 24 34 New York Mets 25 179 Oakland Athletics 26 1 Los Angeles Dodgers 27 1 San Diego Padres 28 110 Toronto Blue Jays 29 11 California Angels 30 # 1 San Diego Padres 31 1 New York Mets 32 5 California Angels 33 70 Cincinnati Reds 34 17 New York Mets 35 7 Baltimore Orioles 36 # 1 Arizona Diamondbacks 37 160 Oakland Athletics 38 56 Arizona Diamondbacks 39 381 Baltimore Orioles 40 2 Detroit Tigers 41 1 Boston Red Sox 42 238 St. Louis Cardinals 43 253 New York Mets 44 1 Toronto Blue Jays 45 # 1 Houston Astros 46 393 Cincinnati Reds 47 1 Cincinnati Reds 48 80 Los Angeles Dodgers 49 132 Los Angeles Dodgers 50 169 Los Angeles Dodgers 51 86 Washington Nationals 52 1 San Francisco Giants 53 12 Cleveland Indians 54 2 Texas Rangers 55 10 Arizona Diamondbacks 56 30 Cincinnati Reds 57 162 Pittsburgh Pirates 58 235 Washington Nationals 59 2 Toronto Blue Jays 60 29 Atlanta Braves 61 5 Oakland Athletics 62 # 2 St. Louis Cardinals 63 257 San Diego Padres 64 181 Colorado Rockies 65 98 Chicago White Sox 66 19 Detroit Tigers 67 221 Oakland Athletics 68 97 Houston Astros 69 82 Oakland Athletics Source:

Postseason No. Player Career total Date Team Series / Game Ref. 1 13 Houston Astros 1997 NLDS / Game 3 2 127 Chicago Cubs 2003 NLCS / Game 7 3 15 Los Angeles Dodgers 2004 NLDS / Game 1 4 53 Boston Red Sox 2007 World Series / Game 4 5 106 Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series / Game 7 6 191 Los Angeles Dodgers 2019 NLDS / Game 3 Source:

See also

List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat

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