Former Pittsburgh Pirates second-baseman Bill Mazeroski, whose famous walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning won Game 7 of the World Series at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, has died, according to the Pirates. He was 99.
The Pirates announced Mazeroski’s death Saturday morning, saying it did ” with a heavy heart.”
“Maz was a 7-time All-Star who hit the greatest home run in baseball history,” the team said in a Tweet. “He was a beloved member of the Pirates family and he will be deeply missed.”
It is with a heavy heart that we relay the news of the passing of legendary Pirates and National Baseball Hall of Famer, Bill Mazeroski.
Maz was a 7-time All-Star who hit the greatest home run in baseball history. He was a beloved member of the Pirates family and he will be… pic.twitter.com/515ZhPgqxe
— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) February 21, 2026
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Arguably one of the team’s most famous and beloved alumni, Mazeroski was widely regarded as “one of the best fielders the game has ever seen, at any position,” according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the hall in the Class of 2001.
A street adjacent to PNC Park in Pittsburgh, the current home of the Pirates, is also named Mazeroski Way, and a statue outside the North Side stadium also commemorates Mazeroski crossing home plate after hitting his game-winning run in 1960.
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