Mark Canha ended the Oakland A’s 2017 home schedule on a positive note on Wednesday, when he drilled a walk-off homer against the Mariners. It was the team’s 11th walk-off win of the season, but they’ve beaten that number before as recently as 2012 (15, including playoffs). More importantly, it was the eighth time they’ve ended the game with a dinger, which is a number that gets them a prominent place in the league’s history books.
According to Mike Selleck, the A’s Baseball Information Manager, this is the all-time MLB leaderboard for single-season walk-off homers:
- 9: Indians, 1995
- 8: Padres, 1986
- 8: A’s, 2017
That’s the whole list.