Bill Mazeroski
MLB debut July 7, 1956 for the Pittsburgh Pirates Last MLB appearance October 4, 1972 for the Pittsburgh Pirates Career statistics Batting average .260 Home runs 138 Runs batted in 853 Teams Pittsburgh Pirates (1956–1972) Career highlights and awards 10× All-Star (1958–1960², 1962–1964, 1967) 2× World Series champion (1960, 1971) 8× Gold Glove Award (1958, 1960, 1961, 1963–1967) Pittsburgh Pirates #9 retired Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction 2001 Election Method Veterans Committee William Stanley Mazeroski (born September 5, 1936), is an American former professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Maz", he spent his entire career in Major League Baseball as a second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1956–72). A key member of the Pirates' World Series-winning teams in 1960 and 1971, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001. Regarded as one of the greatest defensive second basemen of all time, he is perhaps best known for winning the 1960 World Series with a dramatic game-ending home run. While Toronto's Joe Carter also hit a Series-ending home run in 1993, Mazeroski's remains the only home run to win a World Series Game 7.