Last Ones Out

by baseballdailymiscellany

Last players at bat in old stadium before franchise relocation:

Player Team Date Stadium New Home
Walker Cooper Boston Braves 21 September 1952 Braves Field County Stadium, Milwaukee
Jim Dyck St Louis Browns 27 September 1953 Sportsman’s Park, St Louis  
Unknown Philadelphia Athletics 19 September 1955 Shibe Park (Connie Mack Stadium), Philadelphia Municipal Stadium, Kansas City
Dee Fondy Brooklyn Dodgers 24 September 1957 Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
James “Dusty” Rhodes New York Giants 29 September 1957 Polo Grounds, New York Seals Stadium, San Francisco
William Allison Washington Senators * 2 October 1960 Griffith Stadium, Washington Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington
Hank Aaron Milwaukee Braves 22 September 1965 County Stadium, Milwaukee Atlanta-Fulton CountyStadium, Atlanta
Tommy McCraw Kansas CityAthletics 27 September 1967 Municipal Stadium,Kansas City Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Jerry McNertney Seattle Pilots 2 October 1969 Sick’s Stadium, Seattle County Stadium, Milwaukee
Bobby Murcer Washington Senators 30 September 1971 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Arlington Stadium, Arlington
Terrmel Sledge Montreal Expos 29 September 2004 Olympic Stadium, Montreal Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

*The original Washington Senators moved to Minneapolis-St Paul in 1960 but a new Senators team was formed in the Capital for the 1961 season, playing initially at Griffith Stadium. This franchise moved to Texas after the 1971 season and became known as the Texas Rangers.