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Joseph Chris Carter born March 7, is an American former professional baseball player. Carter hit a walk-off home run to win the World Series for the Blue Jays, their second consecutive championship. Carter is one of only two players to end a World Series with a home run, the other being Bill Mazeroski. Joe Carter attended Wichita State University , [ 1 ] leaving after his junior year.

Carter reached the Majors in with the Cubs. Carter enjoyed a breakout season with the Indians in , when he led the major leagues with runs batted in and recorded career highs of base hits, total bases, and runs scored. In Cleveland, Carter established himself as a prolific power hitter, hitting as many as 35 home runs in a season and regularly driving in or more runs.

He usually hit nearly as many doubles as he did homers, and would get respectable numbers of triples in many years too. Although he continued to drive in runs, he also continued to have defensive problems. Carter's overall game improved dramatically in , as he helped the Toronto Blue Jays win the division title and hit the game-winning single that clinched the AL East championship; he also emerged for the first time as a team leader.

In , he helped the Jays win their first World Series championship, the first ever won by a Canadian-based team. Carter hit two home runs and recorded the final out of the Series, taking a throw to first base from reliever Mike Timlin to nab Otis Nixon of the Atlanta Braves , who bunted.

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This was the first time a World Series ended on a bunt. In Game 6, with the Blue Jays leading three games to two, Carter came to bat with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning with the Blue Jays trailing 6—5 and Rickey Henderson and Paul Molitor on base. On a 2—2 count, Carter hit a three-run walk-off home run off Phillies pitcher Mitch Williams against whom he had previously been 0—4 in his career to win the World Series, only the second time a Series has ended with a home run the other being in , when Bill Mazeroski did it for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the New York Yankees , and the only time the home run has been hit by a player whose team was trailing in the bottom of the ninth inning in a potential championship clinching game.

Upon hitting the home run, Carter jumped up and down many times, most notably while rounding first base, where his helmet came off.