What is meant by a "walk-off" homerun?

Answer 1

it's when a person hits a home run to end the game.....meaning walk off the feild cuz the game is over.........

Answer 2

Here's a scenario: You're are on the home team and your team is down by 1 run or the game is tied. It's the bottom of the 9th inning. You're up at bat with a man on base. You hit a homerun and in turn, give your team the lead. Because it's the last possible inning of the game, there is no point to have your team continue batting and trying to extend the game. The game is over. Your team has won!

In summary, a walk-off anything (homerun, double, etc...) is a game ending hit. Only the home team can techinically have a "walk-off" hit because the opposing team does not have another opportunity to bat. It can occur in the bottom of the 9th+ inning (i.e. bottom of the 9th, 10th, 11th or so on). The runs scored places your team ahead and gives you the win.

Answer 3

In baseball, a walk-off home run is a home run which ends the game. It must be a home run that gives the home team the lead in the bottom of the final inning of the game — either the ninth inning, any extra inning, or any other regularly scheduled final inning. It is called a "walk-off" home run because the teams walk off the field immediately afterward. Sportscasters also use the term "walk-off double" or other such terms if such a hit drives in the winning run to end the game. The terms walk-off hit by pitch or walk-off balk have been applied, and the latter has been dubbed a balk-off (these types of questionable walk-offs are seen by some fans as cheapening the concept). Although the concept is as old as baseball, the term itself has come into wide use only since the 1990s.

Answer 4

It doesn't have to be a HR.

A walk-off is any play (or defensive misplay) that wins the game in the bottom of the ninth or subsequent inning. It allows the defense (and only the defense) to walk off the field. The offensive players CANNOT walk off the field, as each runner, as well as the batter-runner, must touch each appropriate base. The umpires cannot walk off the field until each of them, in turn has seen the batter-runner touch each appropriate base. Ih you don't believe that, ask Robin Ventura, who's grand slam turned into a walk-off single because Todd Pratt stopped running at second base.

For example, two different World Series have ended on a HR, (1960 and 1993), and two recent WS have ended on walk off singles (1991 and 2001).

It's even possible for a game to end on a walk-off walk. Kenny Rogers ended the Mets WS hopes that way in 1999, and Todd Stottlemyre's first career shut-out was the result of Jim Abbot's 9th inning bases loaded walk of Pat Tabler in Toronto.

Answer 5

Fun Fact: The term was coined by Dennis Eckersley, the A's closer during the 80's and 90's. In the '88 series, he gave up that game-winning home run to Kirk Gibson ("I can't believe what I just saw!") and later told someone that he had given up a "walk-off homerun".

Answer 6

That's a home run that results in the end of the game. It only happens in the bottom of the ninth (or subsequent inning) when the batting team is losing but hits a home run that scores enough runs to take the lead and win instantly.

It's called a walkoff homer because the players walk off the field once it's been hit.

Answer 7

when a player hits a homerun in the bottom of the 9th inning to end the game.

Answer 8

when the home team hits a game winning home run in the bottom of the ninth. it's a walk-off because the away team gets to walk off the field after the batter hits it.

Answer 9

It's already been said a dozen times... so I'll add credence to it. A "walk-off" homerun is a game-winning homer that is hit in the bottom half of any inning from the 9th, 10th, or however long the game lasts.
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Answer 10

bottom of the ninth or beyond, when trailing, a player hits a homerun that puts them on top of the other team. they win automatically because the other team can not come back. this can happen with 0,1,2 outs in the game.

Answer 11

Thats wear someones hits a home run in the 9th inning or in extra innings that wins the game