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The Braves' jersey Hank Aaron wore when he broke Babe Ruth's career home run record in 1974 Aaron himself downplayed the "chase" to surpass Babe Ruth, while baseball enthusiasts and the national media grew increasingly excited as he closed in on the 714 career home runs record.
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.
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 ...
On April 8, 1974 in Atlanta, "Hammerin' Hank" broke the major league home run record that had stood for nearly 40 years. On April 8, 1974 in Atlanta, "Hammerin' Hank" broke the major league home ...
Aaron ended the 1973 season with 713 career home runs, one shy of Babe Ruth’s once-hallowed record. A new record would have to wait until 1974. And for Aaron and the rest of the baseball world ...
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.
On Opening Day 1974, Hank Aaron hit a three-run shot off the Reds’ Jack Billingham at Riverfront Stadium to tie Babe Ruth’s record of 714 home runs.
[17] [18] [19] The current American League record was set in 2022 after being with Roger Maris 61 years, when Aaron Judge hit 62 homeruns. [ 20 ] The 1998 and 2001 seasons each had four players hit 50 or more home runs – Greg Vaughn , Ken Griffey Jr. , Sosa, and McGwire in 1998 and Alex Rodriguez , Luis Gonzalez , Sosa, and Bonds in 2001. [ 14 ]