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The first home run champion in the National League was George Hall. In the league's inaugural 1876 season, Hall hit five home runs for the short-lived National League Philadelphia Athletics . [ 7 ] In 1901, the American League was established and Hall of Fame second baseman Nap Lajoie led it with 14 home runs for the American League ...
Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. [ a] 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. Alex Rodriguez (696), Willie Mays (660), Ken Griffey Jr. (630), Jim Thome (612), and Sammy Sosa (609) are the only ...
Major League Baseball. The Home Run Derby is an annual home run hitting competition in Major League Baseball (MLB) customarily held the day before the MLB All-Star Game, which places the contest on a Monday in July. In the context of the competition a "home run" consists of hitting a baseball in fair territory out of the playing field on the fly.
List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders. 500 home run club; 600 home run club; List of Major League Baseball progressive career home runs leaders; List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders. List of Major League Baseball progressive single-season home run leaders; List of Major League Baseball single-game home run leaders
Major League Baseball. Retrieved 24 June 2012. Exceptional homer-hitting resumes for all, adding to the luster of the fact that Thome—at least in terms of sheer volume in career home runs and walk-off home runs—eclipsed them all: Jim Thome 13, Babe Ruth 12, Jimmie Foxx 12, Stan Musial 12, Mickey Mantle 12, Frank Robinson 12.
At the end of each Major League Baseball season, the league leaders of various statistical categories are announced. [1] Leading either the American League or the National League in a particular category is referred to as a title.
The following is a chronology of the top ten leaders in lifetime home runs in Major League Baseball.This includes any home runs hit by a player during official regular season games (i.e., excluding playoffs or exhibition games) in the National Association (1871–1875), National League (since 1876), the American Association (1882–1891), the Union Association (1884), the Players' League (1890 ...
Honus Wagner was the first batter to win eight NL batting titles and won four consecutive titles during that run. Rogers Hornsby won seven NL batting titles, including six consecutively from 1920 to 1925. Stan Musial won seven NL batting titles from 1943 to 1957. Tony Gwynn won a record-tying eight NL batting titles from 1984 to 1997.