hank aaron has the most home runs in baseball.
who has the most home runs in baseball?
hank aaron
a home run is a hit in which the batter reaches home plate, scoring a run on the same play without being put out, and without the benefit of a fielding error. most often in modern baseball, this occurs when the batter hits the ball over the outfield wall in fair territory. home-run hitters are often likely to be larger, slower players due to their strength, and may not be fast enough to complete the triple. the mlb single-season and all-time leader in home runs is barry bonds, who hit 73 home runs in the 2001 season and notched 762 in his 22-season career. bonds never hit for the cycle. of mlb leaders in career home runs, the highest ranking player with a cycle is alex rodriguez (fourth all-time; retired in 2016 with 696 home runs), who hit for the cycle on june 5, 1997. home runs can also occur on a batted ball that does not leave the field of play; this is called an inside-the-park home run. inside-the-park home runs are rare, and no player has hit one as part of a cycle since 1943.
hitting for the cycle
he was born in fort scott, kansas. he began his professional career in the st. louis cardinals system, hitting 12 home runs. the next year, with the unaffiliated henderson oilers, he batted .363 with 22 home runs, 202 hits, 46 doubles and 145 runs scored, tying bob marquis for the lone star league lead in runs. he was in the new york yankees system in 1948, hitting 17 home runs, and in 1949, with the unaffiliated longview texans, he hit .362 with 19 home runs. with the dallas eagles in 1950, he hit 13 home runs. he joined the triple-a toronto maple leafs in 1951, with whom he would spend most of the rest of his career. the first two seasons were spent in the st. louis browns organization, then the maple leafs became unaffiliated. despite hitting only .236 his first season with the club, he hit 21 home runs and scored 90 runs; the next year, he hit 17 home runs and scored 84 times. he was also featured on a parkhurst baseball card. and in 1953, he had 16 home runs, 35 doubles and 83 rbi, while batting .307. he hit 11, 12 and 16 home runs from 1954 to 1956, respectively, and in 1957 he hit 25 home runs, a career high. the following year, he hit 12 homers and in 1959 - his final season - he hit 21 ome runs for the memphis chickasaws.
lew morton (baseball)