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An offshoot of hitting for the cycle, a "home run cycle" is when a player hits a solo home run, two-run home run, three-run home run, and grand slam all in one game. This is an extremely rare feat, as it requires the batter not only to hit four home runs in the game but also to hit the home runs with a specific number of runners already on base.
In baseball, a walk-off home run is a home run that ends the game. For a home run to end the game, it must be hit in the bottom of the final inning and generate enough runs to exceed the opponent's score. Because the opponent will not have an opportunity to score any more runs, there is no need to finish the inning and the team on defense will ...
Mitch Garver's 419-ft home run to left field with one out in the top of the third inning scores Leody Taveras, Marcus Semien, and Corey Seager to expand the Rangers' lead to 9–2. Garver's 5 RBI for the game ties the Rangers' postseason single-game record previously held by Nelson Cruz and Michael Young. [29]
Home Run (call sign) US Navy call sign for the Gearing-class destroyer USS Leary (DDR-879) Project HOMERUN, a US aerial intelligence operation against USSR in 1956-60; Camp Home Run, an American Army World War II "Cigarette Camp" located near Le Havre, France and named after a then-popular American cigarette brand
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The Shot Heard 'Round the World: Dotted line represents the approximate track of Thomson's game-winning line drive home run. In baseball, the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" was a walk-off home run hit by New York Giants outfielder and third baseman Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 3, 1951, to win the National League (NL ...
Babe Ruth's called shot is the home run hit by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on October 1, 1932, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During his at-bat, Ruth made a pointing gesture before hitting the home run to deep center field.
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.