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Giancarlo Stanton is the active home run leader with 429. Players in bold face are active as of the 2025 Major League Baseball season (including free agents ), with the number in parentheses designating the number of home runs they have hit during the 2025 season .
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.
Mike Schmidt led the National League in home runs eight times, the second most such titles in MLB history. Mark McGwire led the league in home runs 4 times including 52, 65, and record-breaking 70 home run seasons. His 58 home runs in 1997 led neither league due to a mid-season trade which split this total across 2 leagues.
Most home runs in a career by active pitchers, and their career total including home runs at other positions Player Home runs Career total Notes Ref Madison Bumgarner: 19 19 Only pitcher to hit two home runs on Opening Day. [45] [46] Shohei Ohtani: 9 225 Has 225 career home runs, but 214 of them are as a designated hitter, and 2 are as a pinch ...
Babe Ruth was the first player to reach 500 home runs and set a career home run mark of 714 that stood until 1974. In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 500 home run club is a group of batters who have hit 500 or more regular-season home runs in their careers. There are twenty-eight players who are members of the 500 home run club.
Bobby Lowe was the first MLB player to hit four home runs in a single game, doing so in 1894. In baseball, a home run occurs when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process. In modern baseball, the feat is ...
Shohei Ohtani hit a 493-foot home run Friday night — the longest of his major league career — to become the ninth player to reach 30 homers in a season by July 1. The Los Angeles Angels' two ...
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 ...