{"id":550666,"date":"2026-02-02T17:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/550666\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:15:14","slug":"toronto-blue-jays-to-build-statue-outside-rogers-centre-to-commemorate-joe-carters-walk-off-home-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/550666\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Blue Jays to build statue outside Rogers Centre to commemorate Joe Carter\u2019s walk-off home run"},"content":{"rendered":"

The biggest hit in Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> franchise history will be immortalized outside the Rogers Centre, as the team announced Monday that a statue will be built to commemorate Joe Carter\u2019s walk-off home run in the 1993 World Series.<\/p>\n

The statue will stand between Gates 5 and 6, and will be part of the celebration of the franchise\u2019s 50th season that will also include a special commemorative patch<\/a> that will be worn on the team\u2019s jersey throughout the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Blue Jays have a rich and storied history in the fabric of Canadian sport, and the back-to-back World Series championships will forever have a special place in the hearts and minds of sports fans across the country,\u201d said Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro in a release. \u201cAs we embark on our 50th season, this statue is emblematic of baseball greatness in Canada and will be shared with fans for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team announced the plan with a video released Monday morning on social media.<\/p>\n

With two runners on and the Jays trailing the Phillies 6-5 with one out in the bottom of the ninth, Carter stepped in to face Mitch \u2018Mad Dog\u2019 Williams. On a 2-2 count, after taking a big cut at a low slider, Carter got a pitch he could handle on the inside of the plate and sent a shot to left field.<\/p>\n

Long time Blue Jays radio voice Tom Cheek followed with his famous call that still resonates with fans of the team over 30 years later: \u201cA swing and a belt, left field, way back, Blue Jays win it … Touch \u2018em all Joe, you\u2019ll never hit a bigger home run in your life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carter\u2019s home run in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> remains just the second walk-off home run to clinch a World Series title in Major League Baseball history.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy teammates from \u201992 and \u201993 are a special group, and we all understood what it meant to play for an entire country. We felt such pride wearing the maple leaf on our uniforms. Fans embraced us, and we loved them right back. This statue is for the fans,\u201d said Carter.<\/p>\n

The hit also clinched the first World Series title to be claimed outside of the United States – with the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> defeating the Blue Jays in Game 7 of the World Series in Toronto in November becoming the second instance.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays will open the 2026 season looking to bounce back from that crushing defeat in extra innings in Game 7 of the World Series with a series at home against the Athletics<\/a> on March 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The biggest hit in Toronto Blue Jays franchise history will be immortalized outside the Rogers Centre, as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2378],"tags":[30173,5,377,2554,4,282,70,46737,2553],"class_list":{"0":"post-550666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-blue-jays","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-blue-jays","11":"tag-bluejays","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-toronto","14":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","15":"tag-toronto-blue-jays-sports-baseball-team-team-statscom-238","16":"tag-torontobluejays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116002168699083528","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}