jim thome has the most walk off home runs.
jim thome has the most walk off home runs.
who has the most walk off home runs?
jim thome
on february 3, 2003, burrell signed a six-year, $50 million contract with the phillies. he had two home runs and five rbi (including the game-winner) on april 9 in a 16–2 victory over the braves. the home runs both came against greg maddux, making burrell the sixth player to hit two home runs in a game against maddux (and the first since rolen did it in 2001). on may 20, he hit two home runs and had four rbi in an 11–7 victory over the mets. on august 9, burrell hit a game-tying solo home run and a game-winning two-run home run in the 8th and 10th innings of an 8–6 victory over the san francisco giants. he hit two home runs (including his 100th) on august 22 in a 9–4 victory over the st. louis cardinals. on september 28, he had the final hit in veterans stadium (a single against jason marquis) in a 5–2 loss to atlanta. burrell endured a season-long slump, and he was occasionally benched for a few games (often in favor of ricky ledée) by phillies' manager larry bowa. in 146 games, he batted .209 with 21 home runs and 64 rbi. however, his 21 home runs were still the second-highest total on the phillies (teammate jim thome led the nl with 47).
pat burrell
as a freshman in 2008, parker was a first-team freshman all-american by "baseball america" after he hit .303 with 14 home runs and 50 runs batted in in 57 games. he was also a first-team all-acc selection his freshman year. he led his team in home runs and was second in slugging percentage at .559 and, walks at thirty two. in acc play he batted .336 with ten home runs, thirty four rbi and a .441 on-base percentage in 29 acc games. he was tied for second in home runs, was second in rbi, and fifth in slugging percentage. he had a streak in may where he had an rbi in nine straight games. parker was named acc player of the week on april 28. he had five games in that stretch where he batted .375 while scoring six runs, having two doubles, three home runs and twelve rbi. as a junior in 2009, parker hit .255 with 12 home runs and 52 rbi in 63 games. he started sixty games. forty nine were in right field and eleven as the designated hitter. in acc play parker hit .295 with seven home runs and 23 rbi in 27 games. he also hit a team-high seven times. in the clemson and south carolina series he was given the bob bradley award for being clemson's mvp. he batted .400 with a home run, seven rbi, four runs, and a walk. he was named acc player of the week again on april 13 for batting .444 with two home runs, eleven rbi, four runs, and three walks. during the season, he had a streak of seven straight hits - one shy of the school record. parker also had an amazing day on april 11 where he went 3-for-7 with two home runs, five rbi, and three runs in a doubleheader. earlier that day he played quarterback for the tigers in the spring football game where he threw 171 yards and a touchdown. parker was also chosen to the all-acc preseason team and was ranked as the #32 player in the country. he is also the first division i athlete ever to throw twenty touchdown passes and hit twenty home runs in the same academic year.
kyle parker