Who has the most home runs?

Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. He passed Hank Aaron, who hit 755, on August 7, 2007. The only other players to have hit 700 or more are Babe Ruth with 714 and Albert Pujols with 703.

Who has the most home runs in a season?

Barry Bonds holds the overall single-season record with 73 home runs in 2001, topping the 70 hit by Mark McGwire and 66 by Sammy Sosa during the home run chase of 1998.

Who holds the homerun record without steroids?

Barry Bonds has hit the most career home runs, with 762 homers.

Who is the fastest to 150 home runs?

Pete Alonso hit his 150th career home run in his 538th career game. He's the second-fastest player in major league history to reach 150 career home runs. Only Ryan Howard reached that number in fewer games.

Who has 70 home runs in a season?

70 Single Season Home Runs by Mark McGwire. 1.

MLB All-Time Home Run Leaders(1871-2019)

Who has hit 700 home runs in a season?

1) Barry Bonds: 762

700 came on an offspeed pitch from the Padres right-hander Jake Peavy, who also served up Nos. 616 and 638 during the 2003 season.

How many people have 700 home runs?

Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. He passed Hank Aaron, who hit 755, on August 7, 2007. The only other players to have hit 700 or more are Babe Ruth with 714 and Albert Pujols with 703.

Has anyone hit 700 home runs and 3000 hits?

Pujols joins Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron as the only players to hit 700 home runs or more in their careers. Pujols is also the second player in MLB history to join the 3,000-hit and 700-home run club, along with Aaron.

Who has hit a 500 foot home run?

Ruth, Mantle, Reggie Jackson, Willie Stargell and Adam Dunn have all hit blasts well past 500 feet in their careers.

Who else has 3,000 hits and 500 home runs?

Every position except catcher and pitcher has at least one player with 3,000 hits. Ten of these players have played for only one major league team. Seven players—Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Eddie Murray, Rafael Palmeiro, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, and Miguel Cabrera—are also members of the 500 home run club.

Has any pitcher hit a homerun?

Bob Lemon hit 35 of his 37 career home runs as a pitcher. Warren Spahn hit all 35 of his career home runs as a pitcher. Walter Johnson hit 23 of his 24 career home runs as a pitcher.

Who has never hit a home run?

Tommy Thevenow, a National League infielder who went from September 24, 1926 to the end of his career in 1938 without a four-base hit, holds the record.

Who was the oldest man to hit a homerun?

Shortly thereafter, it was discovered that Jud Wilson was actually the oldest player to homer in a major-league game. Wilson hit a home run for the Homestead Grays on September 23, 1945, at the age of 49 years, 206 days.

Who leads the MLB in all time homeruns?

In Major League Baseball, Barry Bonds leads the pack of all-time home run scorers. He hit a record 762 home runs in his career between 1986 and 2007, during which time he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants.

What is the most home run hit in one game?

The record for most home runs in a single game is eight, held by Jay Clarke for Corsicana of the Texas League on June 15, 1902.

Has any MLB player hit 5 home runs in one game?

The most recent to accomplish the feat to date is J. D. Martinez with the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 4, 2017. No player has done this more than once in his career. In the pre-professional era, Lipman Pike also hit five home runs in 1866.

Has anyone thrown a no hitter and lost?

On April 23, 1964, Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt . 45s became the only pitcher to lose a complete game no-hitter in nine innings when he was beaten, 1–0, by the Cincinnati Reds. The winning run was scored by Pete Rose in the top of the ninth inning via an error, groundout, and another error.

What is the shortest home run ever hit?

Playing for a minor league team called the Minnesota Millers back in 1900, Andy Oyler hit the shortest home run in the history of the entire world. The home run traveled only 24 inches—that's right, two feet!

What is the farthest hit in baseball?

In 1987, Joey Meyer, playing for the Triple-A Denver Zephyrs, launched this ball an astonishing 582 FEET!

Who is in the 4000 hit club?

The exclusive "4,000 hit club" is an informal term referring to members of an elite group of hitters: those players that have reached 4,000 hits on their careers. Currently, only two players have made the 4,000 hit club - Pete Rose and Ty Cobb. The next closest player to the club is Hank Aaron, with 3,771 hits.

Who was the youngest player to get 3000 hits?

Career hits: 4,191

366 career mark, Cobb was already approaching his 3,000th hit in his age-34 season. He got it with a single in the second game of a doubleheader against the Red Sox, just two weeks after the first-ever radio broadcast of an MLB game. Cobb is the youngest player to reach 3,000th hits.

How many MLB players have 1,000 hits?

Only nine players in MLB history have reached 1,000 hits in both the AL and NL; Dave Winfield, Frank Robinson, Vladimir Guerrero, Fred McGriff, Carlos Lee, Orlando Cabrera, Carlos Beltran, Alfonso Soriano and Albert Pujols.

Has anyone hit 7 home runs in a game?

"The White Sox hit seven home runs during Saturday's game against the Blue Jays at U.S. Cellular Field, and made dubious history in the process. Those seven long balls, all amazingly of the solo variety, were not enough to prevent a 10-8 loss.

What is the perfect game in baseball?

To achieve a perfect game, a team must not allow any opposing player to reach base by any means: no hits, walks, hit batsmen, uncaught third strikes, catcher's or fielder's interference, or fielding errors; in short, "27 up, 27 down" (for a nine-inning game).