ty cobb hit the most home runs in one season.
ty cobb hit the most home runs in one season.
who hit the most home runs in one season?
ty cobb
a home run is a hit in which the batter reaches home plate, scoring a run on the same play without being put out, and without the benefit of a fielding error. most often in modern baseball, this occurs when the batter hits the ball over the outfield wall in fair territory. home-run hitters are often likely to be larger, slower players due to their strength, and may not be fast enough to complete the triple. the mlb single-season and all-time leader in home runs is barry bonds, who hit 73 home runs in the 2001 season and notched 762 in his 22-season career. bonds never hit for the cycle. of mlb leaders in career home runs, the highest ranking player with a cycle is alex rodriguez (fourth all-time; retired in 2016 with 696 home runs), who hit for the cycle on june 5, 1997. home runs can also occur on a batted ball that does not leave the field of play; this is called an inside-the-park home run. inside-the-park home runs are rare, and no player has hit one as part of a cycle since 1943.
hitting for the cycle
he joined the independent ranks in 2006 and hit .332/.410/.647 with 21 home runs and 65 rbi in 74 games for the fargo-moorhead redhawks. he led the northern league in home runs, slugging and ops (1.057). on june 18, he became one of the few players to hit four home runs in a single game, the first independent ballplayer to do so since ryan jones in 2000. no indy leaguer has done it since. he also hit five home runs with nine rbi for the triple-a iowa cubs in the chicago cubs system to bring his season totals to 26 home runs and 74 rbi. with the 2007 bridgeport bluefish, hoorelbeke hit .313/.396/.586 with 33 home runs and 94 rbi. he paced the atlantic league in home runs for his second-straight homer title. he also played for the caneros de los mochis of the mexican pacific winter league that year. in 2008, hoorelbeke hit .276/.362/.505 with 28 home runs and 106 rbi for bridgeport. he also played briefly for the arkansas travelers of the los angeles angels system. he tied pat osborn for the league lead in rbi. in 2009, hoorelbeke hit .293/.391/.517 with 23 home runs and 88 rbi in 120 games for bridgeport. he played for the fargo-moorhead again in 2010 and hit 29 home runs and 75 rbi. back with fargo-moorhead in 2011, he hit 15 home runs and had 75 rbi. that year, he set the career record for independent league home runs, breaking jorge alvarez's mark. with the somerset patriots in 2012, he had 20 home runs and 53 rbi.
jesse hoorelbeke