Will anyone ever hit 100 home runs in a season?

So while teams are hitting more home runs than ever before, for top players, not much has changed. It might be fun to think about, but unless there are significant modifications to the way baseball is played, a player cracking 100 home runs or more in one season just isn't going to happen.
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What is the most home runs ever in a season?

Most HR in a season, MLB history
  • Barry Bonds, 2001: 73.
  • Mark McGwire, 1998: 70.
  • Sammy Sosa, 1998: 66.
  • Mark McGwire, 1999: 65.
  • Sammy Sosa, 2001: 64.
  • Sammy Sosa, 1999: 63.
  • Aaron Judge, 2022: 62. •
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Who has the most HR in a season without steroids?

MLB's use of a deadened baseball — not steroids-aided records — has posed the biggest obstacle to Judge challenging the single-season home run record, which, regardless of your feelings on the matter, continues to be Barry Bonds' 73 home runs in 2001.
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Has anyone ever hit 100 home runs?

There have been 12 players in American League/National League history to reach the 100-homers mark in fewer than 400 career games, with the most recent addition to that club being Mets slugger Pete Alonso, who did it on Sept. 7, 2021, in his 347th career game.
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Who hit 72 home runs in a season?

2001 — Barry Bonds set a new mark for home runs in a single season, hitting Nos. 71 and 72, but San Francisco was eliminated from the playoffs with an 11-10 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The game time was four hours, 27 minutes, setting a record for the longest nine-inning game.
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Can a 99 Overall Player Hit 100 Home Runs Before a 0 Overall Player Hits 1?



Who is the HR King?

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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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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Is a 600 foot home run possible?

The predictions of the physics despite the issue of over-estimated backspin, is remarkably consistent with the results from ESPN Home Run Tracker at least as far as the maximum possible homer. It seems that the limit is somewhere a bit above 500 feet. So, it seems that 600 footers are out of the question.
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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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Has anyone ever hit a 600 foot home run?

Then look up Joey Meyer's home run from 1987; it went nearly 600 feet into the upper level.
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What is the MLB biggest shutouts?

The largest margin of victory in a "shutout" game is held by the Providence Grays, who defeated the Philadelphia Quakers 28–0 on August 21, 1883. The largest shutout margin of victory in recent times was 22–0 when the Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees on August 31, 2004.
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Which team has never had a player hit for the cycle?

Louis Cardinals on July 1, 2022. Only one current team in MLB has never had a player hit for the cycle: the Miami Marlins.
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Who is the home run king in MLB?

In Major League Baseball, Barry Bonds leads the pack of all-time home run scorers. He hit a record 762 home runs in his career between 1986 and 2007, during which time he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants.
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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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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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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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How much is Pujols 700 ball worth?

Albert Pujols' 700th Career Home Run Ball Sells for $360,000 at Auction. Pujols hit a pair of home runs against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sept.
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Has anyone thrown a no hitter and lost?

On April 23, 1964, Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt . 45s became the first pitcher to throw a nine-inning no-hitter and lose. In fact, he is still the only individual to throw an official (nine-inning) no-hitter and lose.
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What is the shortest home run ever hit?

Playing for a minor league team called the Minnesota Millers back in 1900, Andy Oyler hit the shortest home run in the history of the entire world. The home run traveled only 24 inches—that's right, two feet!
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What is the farthest a human can hit a baseball?

Excluding meteorologically strange conditions, a batted ball cannot travel longer than 545 feet.
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Has there ever been a 2 pitch inning?

It's a pretty rare feat. But ... have you ever seen a two-pitch inning? As in, a pitcher only needs two pitches to record a clean inning of work? If you watched the Rome Braves' win over the West Virginia Power on Friday night, you did.
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Has anyone ever played all 9 positions in one game?

It was on that night that Campaneris -- then just a 23-year-old in his first full big league season -- became the first player in AL/NL history to play all nine positions in the same game. Only four other players have accomplished the feat since: Cesar Tovar (Sept. 22, 1968), Scott Sheldon (Sept.
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What is the longest no hitter?

After nearly 70 years, they still talk about that game in Winchester. It was no ordinary no-hitter. It went 17 innings, a feat still unchallenged as the longest no-hit game in professional baseball history.
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