joe carter has the major league home run record.
joe carter has the major league home run record.
who has the major league home run record?
joe carter
ruth set the major league baseball single-season home run record four times, first at 29 (1919), then 54 (1920), 59 (1921), and finally 60 (1927). ruth's 1920 and 1921 seasons are tied for the widest margin of victory for a home run champion as he topped the next highest total by 35 home runs in each season. the single season mark of 60 stood for 34 years until roger maris hit 61 home runs in 1961. maris' mark was broken 37 years later by both mark mcgwire and sammy sosa during the 1998 home run record chase, with mcgwire ultimately setting the mark at 70. barry bonds, who also has the most career home runs, set the current single season record of 73 in 2001. the 1998 and 2001 seasons each had 4 players hit 50 or more home runs – greg vaughn, ken griffey, jr., sosa, and mcgwire in 1998 and alex rodriguez, luis gonzalez, sosa, and bonds in 2001. a player has hit 50 or more home runs 42 times, 25 times since 1990. the lowest home run total to lead a major league was four, recorded in the nl by lip pike in 1877 and paul hines in 1878.
list of major league baseball annual home run leaders
on may 14, against the san francisco giants in oracle park, guerrero hit his first major league home run in the first inning off nick vincent. at 20 years and 59 days of age, guerrero became the youngest blue jay to hit a home run, breaking danny ainge's record by 18 days. in the sixth inning, with two men on, he hit another home run off reyes moronta. he hit two more home runs in the following series against the chicago white sox, including one that bounced off the glove of center fielder leury garcia and over the wall. guerrero's four home runs over a six-game road trip earned him the american league player of the week award, and made him the youngest blue jay to win the award. on may 22, he hit his first home run at the rogers centre off rick porcello of the boston red sox.. on may 31, guerrero's sixth home run, against the colorado rockies, was the 1,135th home run in may throughout major league baseball, breaking the mlb record for most home runs in a single month. on july 8, he broke the single round home run record in the home run derby with a total of 40 home runs after three overtimes in the semifinals against joc pederson. he also broke the record for most home runs in a derby with 91.
vladimir guerrero jr.