List of players whose last career game was in a World Series
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Since 1903, the following players have ended their major league career in a World Series:
An asterisk indicates a player whose career ended in his first World Series.
Italics indicates a player who played on the World Series winning team.
A cross indicates a player who is in the Hall of Fame.
1903: Brickyard Kennedy*, Jack O'Brien*
1904: no series played
1905: none
1906: John O'Neill*, Babe Towne*
1907: none
1908: Bill Coughlin, George Winter*
1909: none
1910: Ginger Beaumont, John Kane*
1911: none
1912: none
1913: Moose McCormick, Tillie Shafer
1916: Bill Carrigan, Nap Rucker*
1917: none
1918: George Whiteman*, Chuck Wortman*, Rollie Zeider*
1919: Chick Gandil (one of 8 players banned for their role in the Black Sox Scandal), Bill James*, Sherry Magee*, Erskine Mayer
1920: Harry Lunte*, Bill McCabe
1922: Frank Baker†, Lee King*
1924: John Martina*, Ralph Miller*, Tommy Taylor*, Mule Watson
1925: Nemo Leibold, Bobby Veach*
1928: none
1929: George Burns, Walt French*, Norm McMillan, Art Nehf
1930: none
1932: Marv Gudat*, Jakie May*
1933: none
1934: Pat Crawford, Jim Mooney*
1935: none
1936: Travis Jackson†, Mark Koenig, Bill Terry†
1938: none
1940: Clay Smith*, Jimmie Wilson
1942: Frank Crespi*, Buddy Hassett*, Red Rolfe, George Selkirk
1943: Sam Narron*,
1944: Mike Chartak*, Tom Turner*
1945: Red Borom*, Paul Derringer, Zeb Eaton*, Paul Gillespie, Joe Hoover*, Chuck Hostetler*, Bob Maier*, Les Mueller*, Bill Schuster*, Jim Tobin*, Hy Vandenberg*, Hub Walker*
1946: Mace Brown*, Pinky Higgins, Mike Ryba*
1947: Bill Bevens*, Spud Chandler, Al Gionfriddo*, Cookie Lavagetto
1948: Russ Christopher*, Frank McCormick
1949: none
1950: none
1951: Joe DiMaggio†, Hank Schenz*
1952: Tommy Holmes, Johnny Rutherford*
1955: George Shuba, Karl Spooner*
1956: Dale Mitchell, Jackie Robinson†, George Wilson*
1957: Tommy Byrne, Jerry Coleman, Joe Collins, Nippy Jones
1958: none
1963: none
1964: none
1966: Jim Barbieri*, Wes Covington, Jim Gilliam, Sandy Koufax†
1967: Eddie Bressoud*, Hal Woodeshick*
1968: Dick Hughes, Roger Maris, Eddie Mathews†
1972: Joe Horlen*, Julián Javier, Don Mincher, Ted Uhlaender*
1973: Mike Andrews, Jim Beauchamp*, Billy Conigliaro*, Allan Lewis, Willie Mays†
1975: none
1976: none
1979: none
1980: José Cardenal*, Pete LaCock*, Marty Pattin*
1981: none
1982: Dwight Bernard*, Doc Medich*
1983: none
1985: Steve Braun, Mike Jorgensen*, John Wathan
1987: Dan Driessen, George Frazier, Roy Smalley*
1989: none
1990: Billy Bates*, Ron Oester*
1993: Willie Cañate*, Alfredo Griffin
1994: no series played
1995: none
1997: Darren Daulton, Kevin Seitzer*
1999: Howard Battle*, Chili Davis, Otis Nixon, Darryl Strawberry
2001: Scott Brosius, Paul O'Neill, Bobby Witt*
2002: Shawon Dunston*, Robb Nen, Alex Ochoa*
2003: none
2005: Jeff Bagwell*†
2006: Alexis Gómez*, John Rodríguez*
2007: Bobby Kielty* (hit home run in his only PA of series), Curt Schilling (won his only game of series)
2009: Eric Bruntlett, Scott Eyre, Pedro Martínez†
2011: Esteban Germán*, Arthur Rhodes*
2012: Aubrey Huff, Ryan Theriot
2014: Jayson Nix*, Josh Willingham*
2015: Michael Cuddyer*, Alex Ríos*
2016: Coco Crisp, Jeff Manship*, David Ross (hit home run in final game)
2017: Carlos Beltrán, Andre Ethier*
2020: none
2021: none
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