Common questions

Who is the greatest home run hitter of all time?

Who is the greatest home run hitter of all time?

Barry Bonds
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 player to have hit 700 or more is Babe Ruth with 714.

Who has the best home run to at bat ratio?

It is determined by dividing the number of at bats by the number of home runs hit. Mark McGwire possesses the MLB record for this statistic with a career ratio of 10.61 at bats per home run and Babe Ruth is second, with 11.76 at bats per home run.

Who hit the most home runs without steroids?

Interpreted as:

NAME G WRAA
Barry Bonds 2986 1,143.3
Hank Aaron 3298 936.4
Babe Ruth 2503 1,436.8
Alex Rodriguez 2784 690.1

Who has the highest home run percentage in MLB history?

Mark McGwire
Career Leaders for Home Run Percentage

Home Run Percentage All Time Leaders ‘Top 1,000’
Name Percent (Raw) Rank
Mark McGwire 9.42 (9.4230) 1
Babe Ruth 8.50 (8.5010) 2
Barry Bonds 7.74 (7.7384) 3

Who hit the most doubles in major league history?

Tris Speaker+
Career Leaders & Records for Doubles

Rank Player (yrs, age) Doubles
1. Tris Speaker+ (22) 792
2. Pete Rose (24) 746
3. Stan Musial+ (22) 725
4. Ty Cobb+ (24) 724

What team has hit the most home runs?

Twins set single-season record with 307 homers in 2019 1. 2019 Twins: 307 homers. 2. 2019 Yankees: 306 homers. 3. 2019 Astros: 288 homers. 4. 2019 Dodgers: 279 homers. 5. 2018 Yankees: 267 homers. 6. 1997 Mariners: 264 homers. 7. 2005 Rangers: 260 homers. 8 (tie). 2019 A’s: 257 homers. 8 (tie). 2010 Blue Jays: 257 homers Top HR hitter: Jose Bautista, 54.

Who has hit the most home runs in a single MLB game?

Bobby Lowe was the first MLB player to hit four home runs in a single game, doing so in 1894. Writers of Sporting News described hitting four home runs in a single Major League Baseball (MLB) game as “baseball’s greatest single-game accomplishment”.

What players have 500 home runs?

The most recent player to reach 500 home runs is Ortiz, who hit his 500th home run on September 12, 2015. As of the end of the 2018 season, Albert Pujols is the only active member of the 500 home run club.

Who is the best hitter of all time?

Babe Ruth

  • Ty Cobb
  • Ted Williams
  • Stan Musial
  • Rogers Hornsby
  • Lou Gehrig
  • Hank Aaron
  • Jimmie Foxx
  • Willie Mays
  • Ed Delahanty
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