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Mickey Mantle – The all-time home run leader among switch-hitters, a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Chipper Jones – Also a first-ballot Hall of Famer, and the most recent of only two switch-hitters with extended MLB careers (5,000 at-bats or more) to have a career batting average of .300 from each side of home plate.
Barry Bonds hit the most home runs to join the club, collecting 73 in 2001. [6] The most recent player to hit 50 home runs in three seasons is Aaron Judge, who did so in 2024. In total, 32 players have reached the 50 home run club in MLB history and ten have done so more than once. [6]
Bobby Lowe and Mike Cameron finished their respective games with a total of four home runs, equaling the record for most home runs in one game. [6] Both of the home runs hit by Fernando Tatís in the third inning for the St. Louis Cardinals on April 23, 1999, were grand slams.
On October 30, he was granted free agency. He retired after the 1997 season with 504 home runs; as of 2021, Mickey Mantle is the only switch-hitter who has hit more home runs (536). Murray hit a home run from both sides of the plate in 11 games; he retired tied with Chili Davis for first place in this category.
Edman hit one home run from each side of the plate. Ohtani, who also stole a base, has 47 home runs to go along with 48 steals as he closes in on the first 50-50 season in major league history.
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).
The home run was Judge's MLB-best 43rd of the season. Judge also surpassed Yankees legend Babe Ruth by getting to 300 in 3,428 career at-bats. Ruth reached the number in 3,830 at-bats.
Ichiro Suzuki is 50 years old and has been retired from MLB since 2019, but he can still hit home runs that break windows. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) (Steph Chambers via Getty Images)