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This is a list of some of the records relating to home runs hit in baseball games played in the Major Leagues.Some Major League records are sufficiently notable to have their own page, for example the single-season home run record, the progression of the lifetime home run record, and the members of the 500 home run club.
Consecutive seasons with 50 or more home runs. 4 - Mark McGwire, Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals - 1996–1999; 4 - Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs - 1998–2001; Consecutive seasons with 40 or more home runs. 7 – Babe Ruth, New York Yankees – 1926–1932; Consecutive seasons with 30 or more home runs. 13 (2 tied)
[10] [11] Kiner's seven consecutive titles from 1946 to 1952 are also the most consecutive home run titles by any player. Ruth set the Major League Baseball single-season home run record four times, first at 29 (1919), then 54 (1920), 59 (1921), and finally 60 (1927), all in the American League. [12]
Barry Bonds holds the record for most career home runs, hitting 762 over his 22-year career. This is a list of the 300 Major League Baseball players who have hit the most career home runs in regular season play (i.e., excluding playoffs or exhibition games).
DiMaggio hit.408 during his streak (91-for-223), with 15 home runs and 55 runs batted in. [2] Ketel Marte of the Arizona Diamondbacks holds the Major League Baseball postseason record with a streak of 20 consecutive games, with the streak beginning in his first playoff game appearance. [3]
The number of home runs the player hit in his MLB career º: The home runs were in consecutive plate appearances † Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame ^ MLB record * The player is still active. ‡ The player's team lost the game.
The longest winning streak consisting only of playoff games stands at 12 consecutive wins, by the 1927, 1928 and 1932 New York Yankees (who swept the World Series all three seasons) and tied by the 1998–99 Yankees. According to Major League Baseball's policy on winning streaks, tie games do not end a team's winning streak. [1]
Ohtani's signing led to speculation that Ferrell's record would quickly be broken, however, Ohtani did not hit and pitch in the same game until the 2021 season [98] and MLB quickly clarified that his home runs hit while not pitching would not be scored as being hit "by a pitcher." Notably, Ohtani hit 46 home runs in the 2021 season alone.