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The hype surrounding Bonds's pursuit of the home run record escalated on May 14. On this day, Sports Auction for Heritage (a Dallas-based auction house) offered US$1 million to the fan who would catch Bonds's record-breaking 756th-career home run. [137] The million-dollar offer was rescinded on June 11 out of concern of fan safety. [138]
Bonds' 600th and 700th home runs both were widely followed and reported in the media because they placed him such elite company. [23] [24] Bonds' 756th home run sold for $752,467 (including a 20% commission). [21] Below is a list of Barry Bonds' milestone home runs. [25]
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.
And Major League Baseball's home run king insisted he didn't think about that other Hall of Fame, the one that's proved elusive nearly two decades after Bonds hit the last of his record 762 homers.
In 15 seasons with the Giants, Bonds matched or exceeded his season-high home run total in Pittsburgh (34) 11 times (46, 37, 42, 40, 37, 34, 49, 73, 46, 45, 45). He slashed .312/.477/.666 while ...
Adell's longest home run at the Major League level is 451 feet on June 8, 2023 against the Chicago Cubs. Ten longest home runs of the Statcast Era (since 2015) 1) Nomar Mazara, 505 feet (2019)
Josh Gibson, who played 510 game in the Negro League, holds the record for highest batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging in a career. Barry Bonds holds the career home run and single-season home run records. Ichiro Suzuki collected 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old record for most hits in a season.
Oh holds the all-time home run world record, having hit 868 home runs in his career. In Major League Baseball, the career record is 762, held by Barry Bonds, who broke Hank Aaron's record on August 7, 2007, when he hit his 756th home run at AT&T Park off pitcher Mike Bacsik. [32]