Dodgers History: Max Muncy’s Greatest Hits (and a few catches)
LOS ANGELES — With the good news that the Dodgers are picking up Max Muncy’s option for next year, what better time than now to replay some of his best moments in Dodger blue. Here’s our unofficial list, in no particular order.
1. The World Series Walkoff (2018)
This is still the signature Max Muncy moment. Seven hours. Game 3. 18th inning. He turns on Nathan Eovaldi and walks it off to keep the Dodgers alive against Boston. It didn’t go that great for the Dodgers after that, but for one moment anyway, it looked like there might be a chance against Mookie’s Red Sox. It’s the moment every Dodger fan can picture without even watching the clip again. Longest game in Series history, ended by a guy who had been a minor-league pickup the year before.
2. “Go Get it Out of the Ocean” (2019)
A rivalry moment as much as a baseball one. He splashes one into McCovey Cove, Bumgarner barks, Muncy fires back with the line that instantly becomes Dodger merch. That quote is going to follow him around forever.
3. The NLCS first inning grand slam (2020)
That inning is pure chaos. Joc goes deep, Ríos goes deep, and then Muncy absolutely unloads for a grand slam that turns the game into a blowout and kind of resets the whole series vibe. You cannot tell the story of that postseason without that swing.
If you want honorable mentions, we could toss in the 2019 All-Star nod, his early-season run of homers vs the Giants in 2021, or even his return-from-IL homer in August 2024, but those ten tell the story of Max Muncy the Dodger: clutch in October, petty in the best possible way vs the Giants, and good for a milestone bomb every summer.
4. America, meet Max Muncy (2018)
Early in that 2018 run he hits the three-run shot off Mike Foltynewicz, Dodgers win 6–0, and a lot of people outside L.A. finally notice the dude who came out of nowhere and hit 35 bombs. It was a tone-setter.
5. Max walks off the D-backs (2021)
Regular-season classic. Dodgers claw back, and Muncy finishes it in the ninth with a three-run shot. That was one of those “yeah, of course it was Max” nights.
6. A Three-homer night demolishes Bravos (2024)
This one is newer, so it might not be top of mind, but he flat out wrecked Atlanta: four hits, three of them leaving the park. It was a reminder that even with all the stars around him, he can still carry a game by himself.
7. The NLCS On-base Machine (2024)
Game 3 vs the Mets he reaches five times, homers, and in that series he ties and then breaks on-base marks that go back decades. It was statnerd-catnip and it helped push them to the pennant.
8. Grand Slam for Number 200 in Dodger Blue (2025)
Milestone plus drama. He becomes the quickest Dodger ever to 200 homers (fewest plate appearances) and he does it with four runs at once. That is very on-brand for him.
9. The King of October (2025)
Max goes deep in Game 2 of this year’s NLCS and moves past Turner and Seager on the franchise postseason HR list. For a guy who wasn’t even supposed to be part of the core when he signed in 2017, that is wild.
10. Postseason Heroics (2025)
Saving the best for last. Starting with the famous wheel play against the Phillies, Max had plenty of highlight moments this October. In that seven-game win over Toronto, he homers in Game 2 and again in Game 7 to trim the Jays’ lead. Without the Muncy homer off Trey Yesavage, there is no Miguel Rojas shocker, there is no Will Smith winner. Those were “this is why he’s always in the lineup in October” swings, and they landed in a title year, which always bumps them up the list.
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