babe ruth hit the longest recorded homerun in mlb history.
babe ruth hit the longest recorded homerun in mlb history.
who hit the longest recorded homerun in mlb history?
babe ruth
helton enjoyed arguably his best season in 2000, leading the major leagues in batting average (.372), rbi (147), doubles (59), total bases (405), extra base hits (103), slugging percentage (.698) and ops (1.162). he led the national league in hits (216) and on-base percentage (.463). helton hit a league-leading home batting average of .391 and placed third in the national league in road batting average (.353). helton's mlb-leading 103 extra base hits tied for the fourth most in mlb history and the second most in nl history. his national league-leading numbers in on-base percentage, slugging percentage and batting average gave him the "percentage triple crown." helton became the second rockies player (larry walker in 1999) to accomplish that feat. helton and walker made the rockies the first team in mlb history to record percentage triple crowns in consecutive seasons with different players. helton became only the fourth player in national league history to lead the nl in both batting average and rbi. he became the first player in national league history and the fifth player in mlb history (babe ruth, lou gehrig, jimmie foxx and hank greenberg are the others) to have at least 200 hits, 40 home runs, 100 rbi, 100 runs, 100 extra base hits and 100 walks in one season.
todd helton
the dodgers returned home to start a nine-game homestand, starting with a four-game series with the new york mets. kershaw allowed a career high four home runs, but the dodgers offense picked up the slack, as they won 10–6. bellinger hit two home runs to record his fifth multi-homer game, while justin turner and chris taylor also homered. bellinger became the fastest player in mlb history to hit 21 homers, passing wally berger (1930). he homered again in the next game, becoming the first rookie in mlb history to hit 10 homers in 10 games. corey seager homered three times as well as the dodgers beat the mets 12–0. in the third game, yasmani grandal homered twice while puig hit a three-run home run and the dodgers beat the mets 8–2. in the series finale, joc pederson hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning as the dodgers extended their winning streak to a season high seven games with a 6–3 win. this was the dodgers first four-game series sweep of the mets since the 1979 season. the dodgers continued their homestand with a three-game weekend series with the colorado rockies. alex wood allowed one run in six innings pitched, while yasiel puig homered and justin turner had three hits as the dodgers beat the rockies 6–1. this was the 15th straight game the dodgers had hit at least one homer in, their longest streak since 1977. the following day, kershaw pitched six scoreless innings with eight strikeouts to pick up his eleventh win as the dodgers beat the rockies 4–0. pederson extended the dodgers homer streak to 16 with a solo shot in the third, and the dodgers won their 50th game of the season, the third fastest team to reach that mark in los angeles franchise history behind only the 1974 and 1977 seasons. in the series finale, mccarthy struggled with his command early and the dodgers fell behind 5–0 after three innings but they battled back behind two more homers by bellinger (his sixth multi-homer game as a rookie, setting a new dodgers franchise record) and scored five runs off four adam ottavino wild pitches in the seventh and eighth to win the game 12–6. the dodgers extended their winning streak to a season high 10 games, making it three straight series sweep, and the five runs scored on wild pitches was the most by any team since 1920. at four hours and nineteen minutes, this was the longest nine-inning game in dodger stadium history. the streak came to an end the next day as the dodgers dropped the opener of an interleague series against the crosstown rival los angeles angels, 4–0. ricky nolasco shut down the dodgers, allowing only five hits in 6 innings as the homer streak was snapped at 17, second longest in team history. the dodgers finished off the homestand with a 4–0 victory over the angels. kenta maeda pitched seven scoreless innings and joc pederson hit a three run homer.
2017 los angeles dodgers season