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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.
Home runs are among the most popular aspects of baseball and, as a result, prolific home run hitters are usually the most popular among fans and consequently the highest paid by teams—hence the old saying, "Home run hitters drive Cadillacs, and singles hitters drive Fords" (coined, circa 1948, by veteran pitcher Fritz Ostermueller, by way of ...
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 ...
Shohei Ohtani's 175th home run in the majors was not only a milestone, it was record-tying. Ohtani equaled Hideki Matsui for the most homers by a Japanese-born player with a solo shot during the ...
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.
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 ...
Aaron Judge's 62nd home run ball hit in 2022 sold through Goldin last year for $1.5 million. A home run ball off Babe Ruth's bat during the first MLB All-Star Game in 1933 sold for $805,000 in ...
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 Rose 4,256 [10] Most runs scored: Rickey Henderson: 2,295 [11] Highest on-base percentage: Ted Williams.482 [12] Most stolen bases ...