Chicago Cubs catcher David Ross gets to go out on the highest of notes.
Ross hit a home run in Game 7 of the World Series, helping the Cubs win their first title since 1908. Ross said he would retire before the season began, and per Elias, he’ll be the first player to hit a home run in a World Series winner-take-all-game and then never play again.
At age 39, Ross is the oldest player to hit a home run in a winner-take-all World Series game, the second-oldest player to hit his first World Series home run (Hall-of-Famer Johnny Mize beat him by 42 days), the oldest catcher to hit a World Series home run (surpassing Hall-of-Fame Yankees Bill Dickey and Yogi Berra) and the oldest player to homer in a World Series since 39-year-old Eddie Murray for the 1995 Indians.