Before he became a mainstay as coach in the A’s organization, Craig Lefferts hit one the weirdest home runs of the past half-century.
“It was a shock to everyone,” Lefferts said, “including me.”
It gets more surprising with each passing year: Lefferts remains the last pitcher to hit a walk-off home run, and he did it more than 30 years ago, on April 25, 1986.
Hitting only because the Padres were out of pitchers in extra innings, the left-handed reliever made his way toward the bat rack and searched for any knob marked “No.