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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). In the sport of baseball, a home run is a hit in which the batter scores by circling all the bases and reaching home plate in one play
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.
Most home runs by a pitcher Wes Ferrell: 37 Most grand slams by a pitcher shared by Madison Bumgarner and Tony Cloninger: 2 [5] [6] Oldest player to hit first home run Bartolo Colón: 42 years, 349 days old [7] Youngest player to hit a home run Tommy Brown: 17 years, 257 days old [8] Most runs batted in: Hank Aaron: 2,297 [9] Most hits: Pete ...
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 ...
In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 50 home run club is the group of batters who have hit 50 or more home runs in a single season. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Babe Ruth was the first to achieve this, doing so in 1920.
Johnny Vander Meer's elusive record of back-to-back no-hitters in 1938 has been described as "the most unbreakable of all baseball records" [1] by LIFE. Some Major League Baseball (MLB) records are widely regarded as "unbreakable" because they were set by freak occurrence or under rules, techniques, or other circumstances that have since changed.
Twice in MLB history have two brothers hit back-to-back home runs. On April 23, 2013, brothers Melvin Upton Jr. (formerly B.J. Upton) and Justin Upton hit back-to-back home runs. [15] The first time was on September 15, 1938, when Lloyd Waner and Paul Waner performed the feat. [16] Simple back-to-back home runs are a relatively frequent occurrence.
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 ...