Who has hit the most home runs in their career in MLB history?
Barry Bonds
Career Leaders & Records for Home Runs
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Home Runs |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Barry Bonds (22) | 762 |
| 2. | Henry Aaron+ (23) | 755 |
| 3. | Babe Ruth+ (22) | 714 |
| 4. | Alex Rodriguez (22) | 696 |
Who hit the most home runs at bat time?
Mark McGwire
Career Leaders & Records for AB per HR
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | AB per HR |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mark McGwire (16) | 10.61 |
| 2. | Babe Ruth+ (22) | 11.76 |
| 3. | Barry Bonds (22) | 12.92 |
| 4. | Jim Thome+ (22) | 13.76 |
Who has the best home run to at bat ratio?
It is determined by dividing the number of at bats by the number of home runs hit. Mark McGwire possesses the MLB record for this statistic with a career ratio of 10.61 at bats per home run and Babe Ruth is second, with 11.76 at bats per home run.
Who has the most home runs in MLB history in a single season?
Barry Bonds, who also has the most career home runs, then broke that mark, setting the current single season record of 73 in 2001.
How often is a home run hit?
In general, 12.10% of hits are home runs. From the 2001 season through the 2020 season in the MLB, there were a total of 831,932 base hits and 100,690 home runs. When calculated together, 12.10% of base hits resulted in a home run in Major League Baseball.
Who has the most at-bats ever?
Pete Rose
Career Leaders & Records for At Bats
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | At Bats |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pete Rose (24) | 14053 |
| 2. | Henry Aaron+ (23) | 12364 |
| 3. | Carl Yastrzemski+ (23) | 11988 |
| 4. | Cal Ripken Jr.+ (21) | 11551 |
How many bats did Mark McGwire break?
McGwire surpassed Maris and finished with 70 home runs, a record that Barry Bonds would break three years later with 73. McGwire also led the league in runs batted in, twice in bases on balls and on-base percentage and four times in slugging percentage….
| Mark McGwire | |
|---|---|
| Runs batted in | 1,414 |
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