MLB Players Who Had GREAT Last Seasons!

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[@BKF0]

Billy Wagner's final season was just as elite as all his others

[@yassercast21]

HOF

[@topicbaseball]

dude how is billy wagner not in the HOF

[@MrBendylaw]

Agreed. "Billy was always throwing the ball against the side of the house. I used to hear it while I was washing the dishes. Billy was always angry back then." -- Billy's Mom, paraphrased from memory; one of my favorite baseball quotes

[@jakeseward7707]

Buster Posey with an Honorable Mention. The video was made before his retirement was announced.

[@drums4metal]

Sandy Koufax's last season 27-9 W-L 1.73 ERA 27 Complete Games 5 Shutouts 323 IP 317 Strikeouts 190 ERA+ 0.985 WHIP All-Star Cy Young Award I guess you didn't include him because he was 30 but still, he had arthritic symptoms on his pitching arm during that season.

[@RealJeffTidwell]

I’ve seen similar trends among pitchers in the modern era. Guys like Pedro and DeGrom hitting insane absolute career peaks RIGHT BEFORE injuries become the story. Pitching is not a natural act.

[@SurgingSpecs]

Man Mussina and Walker would’ve gotten a ring if they played one more year

[@alexslushy123]

And Mussina joined the yankees in 01 the year after they won it

[@floppaturnt]

@@alexslushy123 that 01 series was soo close to ours..infield back and thats caught by jeter 03 even..now that marlims team was MAGIC.

[@iamhungey12345]

At least the Cards gave Walker a ring for 2006, Moose's bad luck will always bother me.

[@A.B.421]

A big part of why Burnett did so well in Pittsburgh was the same reason why Gerrit Cole did so poorly in Pittsburgh 😂

[@ussbridgefour4666]

And glasnow.

[@A.B.421]

@@ussbridgefour4666 was thinking of putting him too, but I decided to just put Cole

[@ussbridgefour4666]

@@A.B.421 Yeah makes sense. I considered adding lirano as one of the guys it worked for.

[@crayon3726]

Why

[@ussbridgefour4666]

@@crayon3726 He was really good with the pirates after being bad to meh before.

[@casonschingoethe]

One of my personal favorites was David Ross, his stats weren't incredible but he got a ring in his last year and a homer in his last big league at bat in game 7. Goosebumps. Awesome vid jolly!

[@diggsfather]

i'll always remember that home run in game 7

[@donwhiteley3293]

Wasn't the game where he picked up a win as a pitcher in extra innings after hitting the go-ahead homer in his final year or am I misremembering that?

[@Gtasplayer]

A .784 ops with 12 Rds is very impressive for a 40 year old catcher

[@davewills94]

THANK YOU for showing the footage of Moose's last start in the Old Yankee Stadium. I was at that game, one of the best memories of my life. Mussina was a stud, and that final season was incredible...it's a shame he didn't stick around for the 2009 Champion Yankees, he deserved a ring just as much as any Yankee during the 2000's.

[@amysticmind2645]

I loved watching Moose pitch. Living in the Midwest I didn't get to see a lot unless they were on fox's game of the week on Saturdays or it was the playoffs. As a lifelong Yankees fan I was even a fan of his when he was in Baltimore. Wasn't the flashiest pitcher or have overwhelming stuff, but the guy was about as consistent as a pitcher could be every single game

[@nathanielmcdonald17]

If you do this again, Will Clark would be a great choice.

[@Matts_Smirkingrevenge]

That bomb off Glavine in the nlds... priceless

[@TheGoldenGreek21]

Will the Thrill deserves more HOF consideration for sure!

[@zmr3352]

Ted Williams is another name who could be on the list if you make another one of these. Koufax, Ortiz, Bonds and Will Clark, among others would also fit on this nicely.

[@elyfel1183]

Koufax was still in his prime... A-Rod tho...

[@bigglilwayne7050]

Not even going to watch now that I know Koufax isnt on here

[@lolobarrientos8063]

And now we can add Buster Posey.

[@buckfan1969]

Must have forgotten Ted Williams. In 1960, at age 42, he hit .316 with a slugging % over .700. And of course a home run in his last at bat.

[@chrisgraves4521]

Buster Posey is definitely on this list now

[@A.B.421]

Mariano Rivera is an idea if you’re gonna do another one of these

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

That was the first name that came to mind. You could just do Yankees from that era, Moose, Mo, Jeter, Bernie, Paulie. Moose and Mo were the most impressive retirement tours of the bunch, though the sheer spectacle of Jeter's retirement tour was something to behld.

[@cooperg110]

@@TheCodyPlayzMVP seriously 😂😂

[@TheCodyPlayzMVP]

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[@calekarr10]

Speaking of Justin Masterson, his time in Cleveland is well remembered by me. I loved his wonky arm slot with that biting sinker.

[@Em-Jayyy]

I'll always remember Span's stint with Seattle in 2018, the man crushed it and was one of the only highlights for team down the stretch

[@bagofgroceries]

Rays would have made the playoffs in 2018 if we kept him

[@TheShachattack13]

Sandy Koufax will forever have the greatest final season in the history of baseball. Some other more recent players who you missed are Paul O’Neill, jermaine dye, and Albert belle

[@CycloneBurnesMusic]

Pedro Martinez had a very interesting retirement season. While he only pitched 44.2 innings through nine starts, he was a decent piece to a Phillies team. He also had one of his best postseason outings since 1999, going 7 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out three Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLCS in a losing effort.

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

The 20 win season from Moose was especially meaningful to him. There were three goals he had always been close to but never achieved: a World Series ring, a perfect game, and a 20 win season. He got as close as anyone to a perfect game, missed a Yankee World Series win by 1 season on either end of his time with the team, but the 20 wins he finally got after several 19 win seasons.

[@DPK365]

Larry Walker was a beast....one of my favorite players growing up.

[@N1120A]

Larry Jones did ok too.

[@baseballfan7006]

Loved this video. You mentioned him but Koufax had a crazy final season. Obviously it was in a pitching heavy era but his final season might have been the best final season ever.

[@tryhardfinessedyou]

Another great one. Great to listen too while I'm slanging pies. Thanks for the content friendo.

[@nacoran]

Mussina's season was also his first 20 win season. (He'd had two 19 win seasons and three 18 win seasons before... he was about as good an example of a player who was always really, really good, but almost never great. You can see that in this insane stat... he won at least 10 games in every season except his first (where he only pitched in 12 total games), going from 1992 to 2008 with at least 10 wins every year.)

[@diggsfather]

pitcher wins are a flawed stat, but in this case it's telling in mussina's consistency

[@snerdterguson]

6 seasons he was top 5 in Cy Young voting and another 2 he was top 6. That's pretty great. The fact he never won 20 until the last year doesn't mean he wasn't great. Guy spent his career in perhaps the hardest era for pitchers in the division with the best offense on average.

[@BensPitchingClips]

An idea for another series could be best rookie years. Basically the opposite of this, good video jolly :)

[@kevinm8934]

Jeff Francouer

[@BensPitchingClips]

@@kevinm8934 Im asuming you saw that video on him? It was so good lol

[@scottshanahan3827]

That would include Chipper as well

[@mrpatman1163]

Finally someone talks about Jesse Crain as a twins fan who grew up watching him it’s criminal how underrated he was

[@maxarty4048]

This isn’t particularly a good season but I will always Rene Jason Giambi. With his clutch home runs he was a huge asset for the Indians

[@robperezpzn6]

Great video awesome work

[@catcherdaily]

Bro your content is crack!! Keep up the good work

[@HufflepuffBaseball42313]

I know Sandy Koufax retired in his prime under weird circumstances (decided to preserve his arm) but, you can’t really beat a Cy Young Award, especially when there was only one winner for both leagues

[@GotDamBoi]

Love to see Chipper first on this list

[@NoName-fo7mz]

So what

[@bendepetris3748]

Tom Henke had a great 1995 with a sub 2 era

[@donwhiteley3293]

And here I was thinking I was the only one who remembered this guy. Henke was arguably the best closer in the game from 1987-1995 and, like Billy Wagner, went out with one of his more dominant seasons.

[@cahg3871]

The Terminator was a legend in Toronto for years.When the BlueJays traded him to Texas in favour of Duane Ward as the closer,many fans were not happy.

[@EmmanuelPerez88]

This channel is literally my random baseball thoughts day to day brought to life lol

[@welcomebackpotter722]

Pujols last two months of 2022 before he retired as amazing. Dude must have hit 20 homers in that span to get past 700 homers. At the start of that season I didn't think he could get to 700

[@christopherkimber7679]

I love how walker is in the hall while one of my favs from my childhood is getting the shaft…Fred McGriff. He has more hits, home runs, and rbis. Walker edges him out in BA. I think crime dog has a .284 av and walker has an average in the .300’s. Still though. Any thoughts on why this is the case? And does anyone feel that McGriff deserves a seat in the hall?

[@scott2533]

Agreed. I think if he managed to stick around long enough to hit 8 more home runs, he’d be in.

[@wallacecreed4746]

He barely has any accolades while playing in extremely high run environments. But he never had a positive PED test and was so consistent for so long. Hopefully the veterans committee puts him in at some point.

[@bmac2689]

Defense and accolades. Walker won Gold Gloves, an MVP, and a couple batting titles. He also has a little less than 20 more WAR with 1700 fewer at bats.

[@MHilstrom]

Never thought I would hear Jesse Crain's name in a baseball video on YT lol. When I was a kid, I entered a drawing through Perkin's (a breakfast-focused restaurant, not sure how known they are) to get to go to the Metrodome and meet a few players and your the stadium. I actually won, along with maybe 15 other kids and we got to go onto the grass and meet a couple of the guys. Before we left, there was another drawing of signed baseballs, and I won Jesse Crain's, who was one of my favorite players at the time! Love that memory

[@joshuapatrick682]

:25 also there’s the $….hall of fame level players can still draw high 7 to low 8 figure annual salaries just on name recognition alone, if they perform well that’s icing on the cake.

[@logalogalog]

Sandy Koufax probably had the best one.

[@mikemacioce4836]

I appreciate the Jeter clip in the beginning.. May not have been one of the best final seasons but BY FAR the most epic last moment for a player ending his career!

[@snerdterguson]

Unfortunately, kibbles an obvious opportunity to have Meters final game be at home, instead they had the Yankees run out the season in Boston. So that great final home game was not his last moment in baseball, he played parts of a couple games after. Seems like such a slam dunk and so easy to make happen. Boston and NY are close, they could have just switched a three game series in April or whatever at Yankee Stadium to Fenway and switched that final series to NY.

[@snerdterguson]

I would just edit the comment to fix that, but MLB blew it becoming Kibbles is honestly pretty funny.

[@mikemacioce4836]

@@snerdterguson lol it was Jeters decision to play in Fenway however from what I recall…

[@NDTexan]

Props to you, a Mets fan, for giving chipper his flowers

[@coolguyponus]

This page's content is consistently fantastic.

[@stevenmare7315]

Great content

[@davidvelazquez6661]

Easy list, the "tragic last seasons". It would be hard to top Clemente's, Munson's and Gehrigh's

[@moshe7332]

Great video

[@obscurehighlights]

jason frasor for part 2? dude had a 1.29 era at age 37 in 2015

[@davidmoorhead]

Will Clark and his half-season with the Cards and into the postseason. Looked like 1989 all over again.

[@nahbro7282]

Koufax could've been the best pitcher of all time if arthritis didn't make him retire. Already the best post season pitcher ever.

[@tristonwebb7045]

2:35 with chippers last game being the wild card game. At least his last at bat was hit. Starting and ending his career with hits

[@KidFresh71]

As a Giants fan, Will Clark and especially Buster Posey (All Star, Silver Slugger, Gold Glove) had fantastic last seasons.

[@jesustirado5449]

If you do make a part 2, Buster Posey is a must for that. He came back after opting out of the 2020 season, and returned to his true all star form. Slashed .304/.390/.499 and was the backbone of that offense. As a giants fan I’m still grappling with that fact he’s no longer back there in the squat meticulously carrying the pitching staff to make the most optimal pitches and all while not letting any base runner think they can reach second base. With Buster Posey it was more than just the bat with him.

[@hm2ls869]

According to baseball reference, crane retired with only 9.039 service years. Probably why he was trying so hard to come back for one more full season. Unfortunately, he did not qualify for the major league baseball full pension. So he’s probably not living the highlife.

[@joshuaw711]

Everyone in Chicago knows this, but David Ross coming to Chicago with Jon Lester, hitting a homerun in game 7 of the World Series, becoming a well loved veteran player, DTWS runner up and now teams manager.

[@Diggerdog2nd]

Dave Kingman. Lets face it all he mostly did was hit homers & strike out. Never hit for a great average, still his last season he did his job & hit 35 home runs. & 94 RBI's. Really towards the end of his career he got more consistent , 4 of his last 5 years he hit 30 or more hrs & 90 or more RBI's. Not bad.

[@LooseWheelFilms]

Came from jomboy

[@andrewtamburin1641]

This channel is gas

[@baileysmith4744]

You should now do a video on MVPs who never quite played well for the rest of their careers (basically Bellinger, just for retired MVPs)

[@dr.pastrami5272]

Good job Jomboy. I like this kid.

[@jamesesterline]

Hopefully when Longo becomes a free agent he comes back to the Rays and has an insane last few seasons.

[@dg2010ful]

Mussina had 2 more years honestly. Pitcher from that time were just different. I can’t explain it.

[@kylepoper1352]

I think Albert pujols 2022 farewell tour would belong here if this video was made a year later. Almost 900 ops at 42 including his 700th home run after a lot of poor seasons.

[@starwarsbaseballboy1]

Denard Span was one of the best Twins of the past 20 years. I wish he could have played longer, but I am glad he retired on his own terms and is doing great on his own.

[@mrfrundles4645]

Larry Walker and Mike mussina both retired a year before their respective teams won a World Series

[@sirclarkson4718]

Yes man!! Finally some bucco Burnett love

[@briandelgado6599]

Imagine if Mussina retired a year later he would of had his World Series ring he deserved it!

[@treystiemsma7329]

CC sabathia had a really good final season

[@adamdavis2760]

Well i can tell you this, if I learned anything today its that "Chipper Jones was 40 during his final season" and i never understood why Larry Walker had trouble getting recognition as the guy was an absolute stud of a baseball player...there wasnt anything the guy couldnt do when he was in his prime

[@moeball740]

Bill James has mentioned in his books that multidimensional players often get underrated because there's not one big "hook" for the writers to focus on. Hit a ton of homers? That gets noticed. Hit for a really high BA? That gets noticed. Win a dozen Gold Gloves? That gets noticed. But be good, clearly well above average at several things, just not necessarily the best at any one thing? You can get ignored. And Larry was one of those guys. Good at everything.

[@moeball740]

Well unfortunately there was one thing Walker couldn't do in his prime...avoid injuries. He missed a lot of games some seasons and the writers really dinged him for it.

[@adamdavis2760]

@@moeball740 that is true, I always thought it was a shame 4 A guy with that many tools get hurt so much

[@hk-pm6qu]

Billy Wagner should be here

[@georgiabradanick5509]

How did will clarks year 2000 season get forgotten. Terrible to miss the thrill.

[@bdubs9754]

Hi Jolly Olive! o/

[@poopmcgee2410]

Lol in Minnesota, Jesse Crain's nickname is 'Neck Strain'

[@phillylifer]

What kind of last season did Rolen have, anyone know?

[@BaseballQuotes1]

MOOOOOOOOOOOOSE

[@mike15280]

I mean it wasn’t officially retirement season because he didn’t expect to die Before his careers were over but Clemente technically had outstanding seasons in his last year of playing 4.8 war in 72 but that’s probably different video

[@rickyhenry4958]

Chipper was always my favorite player

[@briandelgado6599]

If only Larry Walker was able to last one more year he would have gotten a WS ring! It’s unfortunate that injuries ended it so quickly!

[@iamhungey12345]

The Cardinals gave him one a year later anyway.

[@heinleinreader]

You left off the beloved by all of baseball category. That would be Edgar Martinez, Ichiro and Pudge Rodriguez, plus a few others, not one of whom you included. Each of them had creditable, if not spectacular final seasons, but each was well respected by fans, opposing fans, opposing players and coaches and the general public writ large. What is that sort of endearment worth? And it still took 10 years for Edgar to get in the Hall, and his numbers were better than some that got in on their third try. Edgar is part of an extremely exclusive club. He has a career slash line over 0.300-0.400-0.500 avg-OBP-Slg. Only a handful of people in history have ever managed the feat. Do you know who is not among them? The Babe. But that's alright. You also left off Ripken. Perhaps the best loved retirement tour in modern baseball history. The same can be said for Pudge. And Ichiro was beloved almost universally, even by umpires. And I am sure that Pujols and Nelson Cruz, when they get there, will be in the same boat. We just don't have any certainty when that will be for Cruz, as the man seems ageless at the plate. Credit for not going with Bonds and the rest of the steroid puppies.

[@ticnatz]

I understand, many people don't know anything about baseball before they were born, or at least before they became fans. You did tangentially mention Sandy Koufax (greatest last season for a pitcher), but you did not mention 'Shoeless Joe'. His only rival for last season performance is David Ortiz. History matters, regardless of circumstances....

[@mpaulm]

The problem with videos like these is it seems like baseball wasn’t played before 1980. There are so many better guys than some on this list that retired young and had great last seasons.

[@JOfnT]

Wolly Wolive

[@shotguner4258]

Ripken , T. Williams and Tony Gwynn are the 🐐

[@AOBSAUCY]

Can you make a new one for buster!🙏🏾

[@apa182]

Do part 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@colinbarker6015]

Check out the second half of Pujols' last season.

[@theb3654]

Buster Posey killed it his last season.

[@okaytoaster96]

4:00 Speaking of careers that got cut short, no Koufax?

[@diggsfather]

only player to win the cy young in his final season

[@joegeorge5687]

Ian Kennedy would fit right In here if he ends up retiring after this year!!

[@PJA264]

Holy smokes I was at his MLB debut at Yankee Stadium in 2007. Crazy that players that I saw start are starting to retire.

[@moeball740]

Ian looks like he can still get hitters out for an inning so I don't think he's ready to hang up his glove yet. Plus it's difficult to walk away from those pay checks!

[@theradlad3868]

Was that Rod Barajas catching AJ Burnett?

[@Bretkane]

Nelson Cruz will be here one day

[@zacharyshen811]

Best rookie seasons!

[@Largeagegaplove]

Dave "King Kong" Kingman (35 dingers) and Lyman Bostock could have been a great player but cut short due to tragedy

[@ThatGuysLucky]

Larry Walker 😭😭

[@pikapal91]

David Wright 2018 🥲

[@chromasis10]

David Ortiz 👍

[@philipmeckley5154]

Ricky Henderson?

[@tankwfw]

Jolly how can you leave off Mariano Rivera? Dude had a ERA+ of 190 in his final year at age 43

[@booce6969]

Wade Boggs got his number retired by TBR

[@rave.n_music]

Add Buster posey to the list✅🖤🧡

[@friggy1899]

I bet Greinke will end up on this list, if he ever retires that is.

[@nasahistorian8639]

Ted Williams should be on this list

[@jakek1432]

Ted Williams

[@cahg3871]

Imagine what he could of accomplished had he not served in WW2 and the Korean War?He lost 4 seasons serving his country.

[@clachapelle]

Chipper announced that he was going to retire Not the Braves....

[@lordfarquaad5990]

If arod had retired in 2015 would he have been in this list 😯?