barry bonds is leading the majors in home runs.
barry bonds is leading the majors in home runs.
who's leading the majors in home runs?
barry bonds
in , he hit 64 home runs, becoming the first player to hit 60 home runs in three seasons in his career. however, he did not lead the league in any of those seasons; in 2001, he finished behind barry bonds, who hit 73 homers, breaking the single-season home run record set by mcgwire in 1998 (70). in the same season he set personal records in runs scored (146), rbi (160), walks (116), on-base percentage (.437), slugging percentage (.737), and batting average (.328). he led the majors in runs and rbi, was 2nd in home runs, 2nd in slugging percentage, 1st in total bases, 3rd in walks, 4th in on-base percentage, 12th in batting average, and 15th in hits. he also surpassed his 1998 number in total bases, racking up 425. sosa once again led the league in home runs with 49 in . known as a free-swinger in his early years, and as a good strikeout candidate, sammy became an effective hitter for average. he owns numerous team records for the cubs, and he holds the major-league record for the most home runs hit in a month (20, in june 1998). in recognition of his accomplishments as a hitter, sosa won the silver slugger award (an award for offensive output, voted on by managers and coaches) in and in 1998 through 2002.
sammy sosa
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