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Major League Baseball. Retrieved 24 June 2012. Exceptional homer-hitting resumes for all, adding to the luster of the fact that Thome—at least in terms of sheer volume in career home runs and walk-off home runs—eclipsed them all: Jim Thome 13, Babe Ruth 12, Jimmie Foxx 12, Stan Musial 12, Mickey Mantle 12, Frank Robinson 12.
Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. [ a] He passed Hank Aaron, who hit 755, on August 7, 2007. The only other players to have hit 700 or more are Babe Ruth with 714, and Albert Pujols with 703. Alex Rodriguez (696), Willie Mays (660), Ken Griffey Jr. (630), Jim Thome (612), and Sammy Sosa (609) are the only ...
The following is a chronology of the top ten leaders in lifetime home runs in Major League Baseball.This includes any home runs hit by a player during official regular season games (i.e., excluding playoffs or exhibition games) in the National Association (1871–1875), National League (since 1876), the American Association (1882–1891), the Union Association (1884), the Players' League (1890 ...
Barry Bonds, the all-time career home run leader in Major League Baseball, led the league in home runs twice including in 2001 when he set the record single-season mark. In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit so far that the batter is able to circle all the bases ending at home plate, scoring himself plus any runners already on base, with no errors by the defensive team on the ...
The most obvious of these occurs in the bottom of the ninth or an extra inning where the home team is tied, has no outs and has the potential game-winning runner on first base - in such a scenario, the baserunner is almost always more likely to score a run (and win the game) if he is on second base with one out as opposed to being on first base ...
37 – Aaron Judge, New York Yankees – July 8 through August 21, 2017. Consecutive games with two or more hits. 15 – Count Campau, St. Louis Browns – July 5 through July 23, 1890. Consecutive games with three or more hits. 6 (3 tied) Sam Thompson, Philadelphia Phillies – June 11 through 21, 1895.
Four baseball bats that were used in setting single-season home run records. From left to right: bat used by Babe Ruth to hit his 60th home run during the 1927 season, bat used by Roger Maris to hit his 61st home run during the 1961 season, bat used by Mark McGwire to hit his 70th home run during the 1998 season, and the bat used by Sammy Sosa ...
The Yankees turned a game-ending double play to win 6-5 and complete the three-game sweep, Philadelphia’s first home sweep loss since July 2022. The visiting pinstripe faithful at Citizens Bank ...