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Like Kinsler and Granderson, Ichiro also officially retired in 2019 after playing the first two games of the season with the Mariners in his native Japan. Lee Seung-yuop, who holds the record for most home runs in Korea Baseball Organization history with 467, will be the Hero for the Cubs. Gonzalez also holds Arizona's single-season home run record of 51, which he hit in 2001. That was a special year not only for Gonzalez individually, but for the D-backs, as they won their first World Series title in a seven-game thriller over the Yankees.
A switch-hitter, Rollins registered a high of nine leadoff homers in 2007 on his way to winning NL MVP honors with Philadelphia. That figure is the highest single-season total in Phillies history, and Rollins’ 46 career leadoff homers with Philly also is the club record (32 more than second-place Juan Samuel, in fact). Biggio also produced plenty of pop with 291 career taters, including 53 of the leadoff variety. His single-season high of eight leadoff homers in 2001 stood as the franchise mark for 16 years until it was broken by a player lower on this list. The final home run of his career was, fittingly, a leadoff blast against the Nationals on Aug. 21, 2007. No surprise here, as Aaron spent 21 of his 23 seasons as a member of the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves franchise and hit most of his 755 home runs with the club.
Most seasons as league leader in home runs
Stargell had two seasons with 40-plus homers during his career, leading the Majors with 48 in 1971 and doing so again two years later with 44. The heart and soul of the 1979 “We Are Family” Bucs, Stargell was named NL co-MVP with Keith Hernandez before going on to win both the NL Championship Series and World Series MVP Awards, all at age 39. Stargell fell short of the 500-homer mark, but he holds the Pirates’ franchise record by a wide margin over Ralph Kiner and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1988. One of the top sluggers of the 1990s, Gonzalez crushed 40-plus homers five times from '92-98, leading the Majors twice ('92, '93) and winning two MVP Awards ('96, '98) in that span. Gonzalez had another 39 homers in 1999 before Texas traded him to the Tigers in a nine-player blockbuster.
Fans want to place asterisks next to players who received outside assistance. He became the first player to hit at least one home run in each of his first 14 games this season, besting Babe Ruth’s record. Only Sammy Sosa’s 64 home runs in 2001 were the most by a player that year.
Ken Griffey Jr. – 630 home runs
Some players may hit over 40 home runs in a season, while others may only hit a few. Home run totals also tend to fluctuate from year to year for individual players. Friday night in Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium, Cardinals legend Albert Pujols hit two home runs in the first four innings.
Atypically, a batter who hits a fair ball and touches each base in succession from 1st to home, without an error being charged to a defensive player, is credited with an inside-the-park home run. If, during a play, defensive or fan interference is called, and the awarded bases allow the batter to cross home plate, the batter is credited with a home run. Listed are all Major League Baseball players with 223 or more home runs hit during official regular-season games (i.e., excluding playoffs or exhibition games).
All-time career HR leaderboard as Pujols hits No. 700
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The 505-foot home run Alfonso hit in StatCast was officially recorded, and it is clear that he has no limits on his ability. The power of this record-breaking home run is also significant because it comes from a long distance. In StatCast history, the longest home run ever recorded by a Major League Baseball player ranks sixth, and the fourth-longest home run in the history of the game ranks fourth. The home run is also the third-longest in MLB history, passing another record. Giancarlo’s home run is not only impressive in terms of distance, but it is also notable for its power.
List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders
According to Statcast, the hardest home run ever hit in Major League Baseball is Giancarlo Strasburg’s solo shot in the second. It is the longest home run ever hit by a left-handed batter in the Major League Baseball. It’s no surprise that players like Giancarlo Stanton are becoming more popular as the sport’s popularity grows. The home runs are harder and more powerful than ever, making it difficult and difficult for MLB pitchers to keep them in check. For Harmon Killebrew, it was about getting consistent playing time at the big-league level.
McCovey was one of the game’s elite first basemen throughout the 1960s. He led the league in home runs three times, highlighted by his MVP season of 1969 when he hit .320 with 45 home runs and 126 RBIs. Arguably the least well known of any player on this list, Thome was a potent power source for the Indians, Phillies and White Sox from the late 1990s through mid-2000s. He enjoyed a monster 2007 season in Cleveland, when he hit 52 home runs and led the league in slugging (.677) and OPS (1.122). The popularity of home runs in Major League Baseball has increased, as have the percentage of hits that result in home runs.
For his first five seasons, he played in just 113 games, accumulating 280 plate appearances with 11 homers. Killebrew’s first full season came as a 23-year-old in 1959, and he led the league with 42 home runs. Bonds isn’t just the home run leader among left fielders, he’s the leader among all players, period. The superstar slugger hit 40-plus homers eight times, including a single-season record 73 in 2001, en route to 762 for his career. The next closest left fielder is Manny Ramirez with 555 homers, followed by Ted Williams with 521. Known much more for his prowess as a contact hitter with an uncanny ability to slash singles all over the field, the future Hall of Famer never topped five leadoff homers in any of his 19 seasons in MLB.
Mark McGwire led the American League in home runs in 1987 and 1996. In 1997, he led Major League Baseball in home runs, but led neither the American nor National League, as his season was split between the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals. If that season were to be included, he would be the league leader for five seasons, four of which were in succession.
While McGwire always had a knack for hitting the long ball, the four-season span between 1996 and 1998 was just ridiculous. He hit at least 50 homers each year, totaling 245 dingers overall, or just about 42.0% of his career total. Even if some think this should come with an asterisk, this is the most home runs all time in MLB history. Outside of Barry Bonds’ record-breaking 73-homer seasonin 2001, the former Pirates and Giants outfielder was incredibly consistent in the power department. This was also the case before the talk of performance-enhancing drugs became the focal point of conversations involving his name.
But Ruth is a fitting answer here given that he was the first great home run hitter in baseball history, revolutionizing the game after joining the Yankees in 1920. The Sultan of Swat belted more than 40 home runs 11 times in his 22-year career, and hit more than 50 four times, including a 60-homer campaign in 1927. That record stood for 34 years before another Yankee, Roger Maris, broke it in 1961. One of my favorite statistics about Reggie Jackson that not many people know about is that he holds the all-time record for strikeouts by whiffing 2,597 times.
While his tenure with the Los Angeles Angels had been mostly meh, his Hall of Fame career was solidified before he even left the St. Louis Cardinals following the 2011 season. After Ruth retired in 1935, the man who was second on the career home run leaderboard was his teammate, Lou Gehrig. That 336-dinger gap between Ruth and Gehrig is just about equal to the difference between Gehrig and Mike Griffin, who was sitting at 210th-place all time with 42 homers. McGwire’s home run heroics will never be fully appreciated by most baseball enthusiasts due to his alleged involvement with steroids, but his numbers are absolutely incredible.
He played his entire 18 years with the Phillies and was named NL MVP on three occasions. In Major League Baseball, the average number of home runs per player per season has varied widely over the years. In the early years of the sport, players averaged around one home run per season. In the live-ball era, which began in 1920, the average rose to around five home runs per season. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the average climbed to more than 10 home runs per season. In recent years, the average has been around eight home runs per season.
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