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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 ...
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. A few other records are kept on separate pages, they are listed below. In the tables below, players and teams denoted in boldface are ...
This can be accomplished either by hitting the ball out of play while it is still in fair territory (a conventional home run) or by an inside-the-park home run. Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. [a] He passed Hank Aaron, who hit 755, on August 7, 2007.
List of Major League Baseball career records; List of Major League Baseball single-season records; List of Major League Baseball single-game records; List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable; List of Major League Baseball record breakers by season; List of Major League Baseball individual streaks
September 8: Most home runs, season – 62 by Mark McGwire; later extended to 70. Sosa also broke the 37-year-old record held by Roger Maris and was briefly the sole record-holder, hitting his 66th home run of the season (which would be his final total) before McGwire did.
1 Single season records. Toggle Single season records subsection. ... At Bats per Home Run: Bob Hamelin, 13.0 (1994) Outs: Carlos Beltrán, 504 (1999)
Eddie Plank holds the most franchise records as of the end of the 2023 season, with ten, including the most career wins, losses and hit batsmen. He is followed by Jimmie Foxx, who holds nine records, including the best career on-base percentage and the single-season home runs record, as well as Al Simmons, who holds the single season hit and ...
Single-season fielding records Statistic Player Record Season Ref Putouts: Steve Garvey: 1,606 1977 [36] Assists: Bill Russell: 560 1973 [37] Double plays: Gil Hodges: 171 1951 [38] Fielding percentage, infielder: Steve Garvey.998 1976 [36] Fielding percentage, outfielder: Brett Butler: 1.000* 1991 [39] Fielding percentage, outfielder: Brett ...