babe ruth has the record for most home runs in a career.
babe ruth has the record for most home runs in a career.
who has the record for most home runs in a career?
babe ruth
bullet::::- barry bonds hits two home runs, but his san francisco giants lose to the chicago cubs, 9–8. the two home runs give bonds 71 multi-home run games in his career, one behind the record of 72 hit by babe ruth, and gives him 753 home runs for his career, two behind the record of henry aaron. bonds's season total of 19 home runs also surpasses the record of 18 home runs hit by carlton fisk in a year in which the player turned at least 43 years old. he is two home runs behind fisk's record of 70 home runs hit by a player after he turned 40.
july 2007 in sports
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