Who is considered the home run king?

While the all-time MLB record of 73 home runs is still held by Barry Bonds, some observers believe that mark is illegitimate, because of the widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs during Bonds's era.
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Who are the top 5 home run leader of all-time?

Career Leaders & Records for Home Runs
  • Barry Bonds (22) 762. 12606. L. HR Log.
  • Henry Aaron+ (23) 755. 13941. R. HR Log.
  • Babe Ruth+ (22) 714. 10627. L. HR Log.
  • Albert Pujols (22, 42) 703. 13041. R. HR Log.
  • Alex Rodriguez (22) 696. 12207. R. HR Log.
  • Willie Mays+ (23) 660. 12545. R. ...
  • Ken Griffey Jr.+ (22) 630. 11304. L. ...
  • Jim Thome+ (22) 612. 10313. L.
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Who is the best HR hitter ever?

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.
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Who holds the homerun record without steroids?

Barry Bonds has hit the most career homers, with 762 homers.
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Who is the best hitter in MLB 2022?

Aaron Judge was the best hitter in 2022. But is he the best hitter in baseball or did he just have one season for the ages? The one player who is not on this list, even though everybody talked about him with awe, is Fernando Tatis Jr.
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Who is the hit leader in MLB?

Pete Rose holds the Major League record for most career hits, with 4,256. Rose and Ty Cobb, second most, are the only players with 4,000 or more career hits.
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Who is the strongest hitter in baseball?

Freddie Freeman, Los Angeles Dodgers

371 over his past 65 contests. His batting average is up to . 328, leading the majors by nine points and matching teammate Trea Turner's MLB-best mark from last season.
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Who has the most batting title?

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.
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Who is the best baseball player of all time?

Not only was Ruth the greatest baseball player of all time, but he was the most important one too.
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How many players have 700 home runs?

Of the more than 20,000 players who have participated in an MLB game, Pujols joined Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth as one of only four AL/NL players to have reached 700 homers. Here is a quick look at that short list of legends. No player went from 600 to 700 home runs quicker than Bonds.
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Will Albert Pujols hit 700 home runs?

The sports world gave Pujols his flowers for a remarkable accomplishment. ALBERT PUJOLS HITS NUMBER 700! PUJOLS JOINS BARRY BONDS, HANK AARON AND BABE RUTH IN THE 700 CLUB!
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Who is the fastest to 350 hrs?

Mark McGwire was the fastest to reach 350 homers in terms of games played, belting his 350th homer in his 1,280th game on June 2, 1997. The others to reach 350 home runs faster than Stanton were Juan Gonzalez (1,298), Alex Rodriguez (1,301), Harmon Killebrew (1,319), Albert Pujols (1,320) and Babe Ruth (1,329).
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Who is the strikeout leader in MLB?

Nolan Ryan is the all time leader in career strikeouts.
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Who has the lowest lifetime era?

Ed Walsh holds the MLB earned run average record with a 1.816. Addie Joss (1.887) and Jim Devlin (1.896) are the only other pitchers with a career earned run average under 2.000.
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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.
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Who hit the hardest home run ever?

Stanton hit a 121.7 mph home run in 2018 against the Texas Rangers, which remains the hardest-hit home run to this day. He also managed a 121.3 mph home run against the Washington Nationals in 2020.
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What players have 3000 hits and 600 home runs?

Pujols was only the fourth player to collect 3,000 hits and 600 home runs, joining Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Alex Rodriguez.
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Has anyone hit 4 home runs in a row?

Mike Cameron, Rocky Colavito, Carlos Delgado, Scooter Gennett, Lou Gehrig, Bobby Lowe, J.D. Martinez, and Mike Schmidt hit each of their four home runs in consecutive order!
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Has any team hit 4 home runs in a row?

June 8, 1961: Milwaukee Braves belt a record four consecutive home runs in one inning.
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Has there ever been 6 home runs in a row?

Votto set a Cincinnati record by homering in six consecutive games, and then added to it for the longest streak in MLB in three years. Votto hit nine total home runs during those seven games, with most of the damage coming against the Cubs.
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Who is the goat of MLB?

1. Nobody changed a sport like Babe Ruth did when he joined the Yankees and transformed baseball into a game of power. He is the greatest slugger of all time, proven by his record (. 690) career slugging percentage.
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