Pennant Clinchers – Page 4 – Society for American Baseball Research

Juan Guzman (Trading Card DB)

October 14, 1992: Blue Jays advance to Canada’s first World Series

Mike Devereaux (ATLANTA BRAVES)

October 14, 1995: Steve Avery, Mike Devereaux shine as Braves complete NLCS sweep over Reds

Fred McGriff (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

October 17, 1996: Braves roll over Cardinals, 15-0, to complete NLCS comeback

October 15, 1997: Tony Fernandez extra-inning home run wins pennant for the Tribe

Sterling Hitchcock (TRADING CARD DB)

October 14, 1998: Simply Sterling: On short rest, Hitchcock leads Padres to the World Series

October 19, 1999: Braves win NL pennant as Mets’ Rogers walks in winning run

October 16, 2000: Mets punch their ticket to a Subway Series

David Justice (Courtesy of Jerry Coli / Dreamstime)

October 17, 2000: David Justice powers Yankees to 37th AL pennant in comeback win

(Courtesy of Alamy)

October 16, 2003: Aaron Boone’s home run wins the pennant for Yankees

Johnny Damon (TRADING CARD DB)

October 20, 2004: ‘Hell freezes over’; Red Sox complete historic ALCS comeback over Yankees in Game 7

October 21, 2004: Cardinals beat Astros, Clemens to win National League pennant

Magglio Ordónez (Trading Card DB)

October 14, 2006: Magglio Ordoñez blasts Detroit Tigers into World Series

October 19, 2006: Cardinals beat Mets in Game 7 on Molina homer

Dustin Pedroia (Trading Card DB)

October 21, 2007: Red Sox win Game 7 of ALCS, rally from 3-1 comeback vs. Cleveland

David Price (Trading Card DB)

October 19, 2008: Rays beat Red Sox in Game 7 to clinch their first American League pennant

October 19, 2013: Red Sox beat Tigers in Game 6 , wrap up worst-to-first American League pennant

Travis Ishikawa (Trading Card Database)

October 16, 2014: Travis Ishikawa hits walk-off home run to send San Francisco Giants to the World Series

October 21, 2015: Daniel Murphy’s homer in sixth straight game sends Mets back to World Series

Lorenzo Cain (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

October 23, 2015: Lorenzo Cain races home, sends Royals to World Series

October 19, 2016: Ryan Merritt’s unlikely gem helps Cleveland clinch AL pennant

October 22, 2016: Kyle Hendricks’ gem gives Cubs first pennant in 71 years

October 19, 2017: Dodgers ace Kershaw shuts down Cubs to clinch NL pennant; Hernandez wallops 3 homers