Iconic walk-up & entrance songs
Some walk-up and bullpen-entrance songs become as famous as the players themselves. These are the all-time greats — the music, the story behind each one, and how to set the same song up for your own team.
Closer & pitcher entrance songs
The bullpen-door anthems that turned the ninth inning into theater.
Mariano Rivera
"Enter Sandman" · Metallica
New York Yankees · 1995–2013
Trevor Hoffman
"Hells Bells" · AC/DC
San Diego Padres · 1993–2010
Jonathan Papelbon
"I'm Shipping Up to Boston" · Dropkick Murphys
Boston Red Sox · 2005–2016
Eric Gagné
"Welcome to the Jungle" · Guns N' Roses
Los Angeles Dodgers · 1999–2008
Billy Wagner
"Enter Sandman" · Metallica
Houston Astros (also Mets, Phillies) · 1995–2010
John Smoltz
"Thunderstruck" · AC/DC
Atlanta Braves · 1988–2009
Randy Johnson
"Welcome to the Jungle" · Guns N' Roses
Mariners / Diamondbacks · 1988–2009
Dennis Eckersley
"Bad to the Bone" · George Thorogood
Oakland Athletics · 1975–1998
Goose Gossage
"Bad to the Bone" · George Thorogood
Padres / Yankees · 1972–1994
Sparky Lyle
"Pomp and Circumstance" · Edward Elgar
New York Yankees · 1967–1982
Brian Wilson
"Jump Around" · House of Pain
San Francisco Giants · 2006–2014
José Valverde
"Ladies and Gentlemen" · Saliva
Detroit Tigers · 2003–2014
Todd Jones
"Mr. Jones" · Counting Crows
Detroit Tigers · 1993–2008
Bobby Jenks
"Here Comes the Boom" · P.O.D.
Chicago White Sox · 2005–2011
Heath Bell
"Blow Me Away" · Breaking Benjamin
San Diego Padres · 2004–2014
Mitch Williams
"Wild Thing" · The Troggs
Phillies (also Cubs) · 1986–1997
Hitter walk-up songs
The at-bat music that defined a generation of hitters.
Chipper Jones
"Crazy Train" · Ozzy Osbourne
Atlanta Braves · 1993–2012
David Ortiz
"Big Poppa" · The Notorious B.I.G.
Boston Red Sox · 1997–2016
Ken Griffey Jr.
"Hip Hop Hooray" · Naughty by Nature
Seattle Mariners · 1989–2010
Mike Piazza
"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" · Jimi Hendrix
New York Mets · 1992–2007
Derek Jeter
"This Is How We Do It" · Montell Jordan
New York Yankees · 1995–2014
Carlos Delgado
"Rompe" · Daddy Yankee
Mets / Blue Jays · 1993–2009
Lance Berkman
"God's Gonna Cut You Down" · Johnny Cash
Houston Astros · 1999–2013
Paul O'Neill
"Baba O'Riley" · The Who
New York Yankees · 1985–2001
Chase Utley
"Kashmir" · Led Zeppelin
Philadelphia Phillies · 2003–2018
Adrian Gonzalez
"El Mariachi Loco" · Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán
Padres / Dodgers / Red Sox · 2004–2018
Walk up like a legend
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