CLEVELAND -- David Ross, the popular backup catcher who is playing in the final game of his career for the Cubs, became the oldest player in Major League history to homer in Game 7 of the World Series, when he launched a solo home run in the sixth inning Wednesday night against the Indians.
At 39 years, 228 days, Ross surpassed the previous record held by Willie Stargell, who was 39 years, 225 days old when he hit a home run in Game 7 of the 1979 World Series. Ross' traveled an estimated 402 feet and it came off the bat at 102 mph off left-hander Andrew Miller, who has seemed unhittable for much of this postseason.