Walk-Up Songs: Top 20 Tunes That Get Baseball Players Pumped for Play - Spinner

Whenever slugger Mark McGwire stepped up to the plate during St. Louis, Mo. Cardinals home games, 'Welcome to the Jungle' would blast from the PA, getting the fans and Big Mac pumped up for the next 500-foot bomb. We'd later learn those shots of Guns N' Roses weren't the only things enhancing McGwire's swing, but they couldn't have hurt. These days, practically every Major Leaguer has their own psych-up jam, and with opening day approaching, Spinner decided to look at some of history's best.

20. Mitch Williams

'Wild Thing,' X

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It was Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn, Charlie Sheen's character from the movie 'Major League,' that inspired the use of actual recordings for player walk-ups. In the 1989 film, Sheen's reckless relief pitcher entered games to 'Wild Thing,' a 1965 frat-house hit for the Troggs later covered by punk band X. The now-retired Williams inherited the "Wild Thing" nickname when pitching for