Bill Mazeroski Baseball Hall Of Fame Stat Bat

William Stanley Mazeroski
Inducted to the Hall of Fame in: 2001
Primary team: Pittsburgh Pirates
Primary position: 2nd Baseman

For someone known for his glove, it was with his bat that Maz left perhaps his most indelible mark on the game. In the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, a series in which the Pirates had been outscored in the first six games 46-17. Mazeroski led off the ninth inning of a 9-9 tie and took a 1-0 pitch from Ralph Terry over the left-field wall. That home run won the Pirates their first World Series in 35 years and was the first walk-off series-ending home run in World Series history. Mazeroski recalled years later, “Hell, I thought it would be just another hit to win a ballgame … It’s bigger now, I think.” (Biography from baseballhall.org)