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Players in bold face are active as of the 2022 Major League Baseball season , with the number in parenthesis designating the number of home runs they have hit during the 2022 season. The last change in the cutoff for the top 300 occurred on September 11, 2022, when Eugenio Suarez hit his 223rd career home run, displacing Jason Bay and Don Mattingly. Of the three hitters in MLB history with more than 700 home runs, two -- Aaron and Ruth -- primarily played right field. Ruth was the all-time home run king from 1920 until '74, when Aaron passed him with his 715th career homer. Aaron ended up with 755 long balls and held the career record until Bonds surpassed his total in 2007.
Meanwhile, several players are first at their position with fewer than 450 homers. As you can see above, we have each MLB team’s postseason home run king. We will eventually build out leaderboards for each squad, similar to what we’ve done for single-season and career home run leaders. First, it was the NLCS and ALCS before the Division Series was added in each league. Then came the wild-card era, both in 1995 and 2012, when the second wild card became official.
League Championship Series Home Run Leaders
This is evident when looking at the all-time home run leaders at each spot on the diamond. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data.
This is another area of the site we’ll continue building out in due time. For now, though, we’ve detailed the milestone home runs for four different guys. As we add more articles to the blog, this page will continue to be updated to keep it as the ultimate written and visual guide for career home run leaders.
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Mark McGwire led the league in home runs 4 times including 52, 65, and record-breaking 70 home run seasons. His 58 home runs in 1997 led neither league due to a mid-season trade which split this total across 2 leagues. The list helps contextualize the evolution of one of the most prized achievements in United States sports. In the early 1930s, Babe Ruth had almost 400 more home runs than the next player, his longtime teammate Lou Gehrig; when Joe DiMaggio retired in 1951, he was fifth on the all-time list. As usual, we provide context and videos for nearly each of these players. The only one we couldn’t find anything good on was Wes Ferrell.
All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. This is a list of the 300 Major League Baseball players who have hit the most home runs. Before the LCS became a thing, teams qualifying for the playoffs meant they went straight to the Fall Classic. This portion of the playoffs was first instituted since 1969 when the league expanded to Eastern and Western divisions.
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Babe Ruth was first or second in the American League in home runs for every season from 1918 through 1933 except 1922 and set the single-season home run record four times. Going through milestone home runs for legendary players is fun, but what about going through a player’s overall home runs each year? Pete Alonso and Shohei Ohtani were the first ones to get this treatment, but they won’t be the last. Sometimes, it’s not enough to simply look at a legendary player’s overall performance. For a handful, it’s so good that taking a more detailed stroll down memory lane is necessary.
Ruth set the Major League Baseball single-season home run record four times, first at 29 , then 54 , 59 , and finally 60 . Ruth's 1920 and 1921 seasons are tied for the widest margin of victory for a home run champion as he topped the next highest total by 35 home runs in each season. Maris' mark was broken 37 years later by both Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa during the 1998 home run record chase, with McGwire ultimately setting a new record of 70. Barry Bonds, who also has the most career home runs, then broke that mark, setting the current single season record of 73 in 2001. A player has hit 50 or more home runs 42 times, 25 times since 1990.
Once the 2022 playoffs are complete, we’ll be publishing an article about the updated leaderboard. Way back in the day, MLB teams heading to the playoffs meant they went directly to the World Series. As the league has expanded over the years, though, so have the playoffs. MLB's official list does not include RBIs accumulated before 1920, when runs batted in became an official statistic.
There were expanded playoffs in 2020 because of the pandemic-shortened season, as well. But now with a new Collective Bargaining Agreement in place for 2022 and beyond, the postseason field will expand from 10 to 12 teams. From 1899 through 1917, Sam Crawford, the all time triples leader, set the Major League record for most in-the-park home runs with an amazing career total of fifty-one. Through the 2022 season, these are the active players with at least 850 RBIs. As of 2022, Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera are the only active players among the top 15 in career RBIs.
That’s because it’s hard to find footage on any old-time player, especially pitchers hitting! Other than him, we’ve found fun videos of all the other sluggers to enjoy. If you want to get more information on these players while watching videos of them mashing a bunch of dingers, check out our post about the most home runs all-time in MLB history. For the purposes of this story, a player must have played at least two-thirds of his games at a position in order to qualify as its leader.
Alex Rodriguez led the American League in home runs five times, three with the Texas Rangers and twice with the New York Yankees. Ken Griffey Jr. led the American League in home runs in four seasons during the 1990s, including three consecutively from 1997 to 1999. There will also be links to articles all over our site that provide context to these historic performances, as well as videos of said performances. In order to create a playlist on Sporcle, you need to verify the email address you used during registration. This is the ultimate guide for MLB’s career home run leaders of all kinds. Historically, different positions have come with different power expectations.
Listed are all Major League Baseball players with 1,000 or more career runs scored. Players in bold face are active as of the 2022 Major League Baseball season. The following is a chronology of the top ten leaders in lifetime home runs in Major League Baseball. In his 22-year career, the Say Hey Kid smacked 660 homers, the most among center fielders. Ken Griffey Jr. came close to that mark but ultimately fell short, finishing with 630. Kent, Robinson Canó and Rogers Hornsby are the only three players to hit 300-plus homers while playing at least two-thirds of their games at second base.
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