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Who hit the most home runs in the 70s?

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Emma Newman

Updated on February 22, 2026

Pirates' outfielder Willie Stargell won two league HR titles on his way to an MLB-tops 296 home runs in the 1970s.

Simply so, who hit the most home runs in the 80s?

Mike Schmidt

Secondly, who hit the most home runs in the 2010s? Pujols' 600th career home run

  • Angels 7, Twins 2: Pujols reaches 600 homers.
  • Angels 13, Mariners 0: Trout honors Skaggs with 454-foot homer.
  • Angels 7, Nationals 2: Pujols hits two to get to 500 homers.
  • Angels 12, Mariners 0: Trout hits for cycle.
  • Angels 13, Indians 2: Ohtani's first homer with Halos.

Similarly, who hit the most home runs in the 1960s?

Hank Aaron

Who has hit the most home runs in the last 5 years?

Top 10 Yearly Leaders

1. Adrian Beltre 48
2. Albert Pujols 46
Adam Dunn 46
4. Barry Bonds 45
5. Manny Ramirez 43

Related Question Answers

Who had the most home runs last year?

Barry Bonds

Who had the most home runs in 1959?

MLB Season History - 1959
HOME RUNS
1. Eddie Mathews 46
4. Harmon Killebrew 42
5. Hank Aaron 39
Complete Leaders

Who will smash the most home runs this decade?

Edwin Encarnacion can hit a baseball. He's proved that by smashing 32 or more home runs in every completed season since 2012. This year, at age 36, he's cleared the fence an American League-leading 21 times in 65 games for the Seattle Mariners, which puts him on pace for roughly 48 homers.

Who has the most home runs since 2011?

Year National League HR
2012 (NL AL) Ryan Braun (MIL) 41
2011 (NL AL) Matt Kemp (LAD) 39
2010 (NL AL) Albert Pujols (STL) 42
2009 (NL AL) Albert Pujols (STL) 47

Who will hit the most home runs this decade?

The Athletics/Cardinals' Mark McGwire topped 400 homers for the decade, despite hitting a total of only 18 in the 1993-94 seasons (when he played only 74 games).

Who hit the most home runs in the 2000s?

Top 10 Yearly Leaders
1. Adrian Beltre 48
2. Albert Pujols 46
Adam Dunn 46
4. Barry Bonds 45
5. Manny Ramirez 43

Who led Major League Baseball in home runs last year?

Barry Bonds

Who hit the most home runs in 2019?

National League Leaders
NL HOME RUNS HR
Pete Alonso 1. Pete Alonso, NYM 53
2. Eugenio Suarez, CIN 49
3. Cody Bellinger, LAD 47
4. Christian Yelich, MIL 44

Who has the most home runs in MLB history?

Barry Bonds

Who has hit 40 home runs in a season?

Including six this season, there have been a total of 310 40+ HR seasons in baseball history, by 130 different players. The first of them was by Babe Ruth in 1920.

Adam Dunn and the 40 Home Run Club.

Babe Ruth 11
Hank Aaron 8
Barry Bonds 8
Harmon Killebrew 8
Alex Rodriguez 8

Who hit the most home runs in the 90s?

Can you name the MLB home run leaders of the 1990s?
HRs Player % Correct
405 Mark McGwire 96.2%
332 Sammy Sosa 93.7%
361 Barry Bonds 92.6%
382 Ken Griffey Jr. 88.4%

Who led the American League in homeruns in 1953?

Rosen

Who has the most home runs in the 2018 season?

MLB Batting Leaders
1. Lindor • CLE 745
2. Turner • WSN 740
3. Machado • 2TM 709
4. Hernandez • PHI 708
5. Merrifield • KCR 707

Who leads in home runs?

Career Leaders & Records for Home Runs
Rank Player (yrs, age) Home Runs
1. Barry Bonds (22) 762
2. Hank Aaron+ (23) 755
3. Babe Ruth+ (22) 714
4. Alex Rodriguez (22) 696

Who leads majors in home runs?

Barry Bonds

Has anyone ever hit 5 home runs in a game?

Five home runs in a game has been achieved four times: Pete Schneider (1923), Lou Frierson (1934), Cecil Dunn (1936) and Dick Lane (1948). In the pre-professional era, Lipman Pike also hit five home runs in 1866. Players to hit four home runs in a Major League Baseball game are highlighted in RED.

Who is the best baseball player of all time?

Here are our picks for the 10 best players in baseball history.
  • Jackie Robinson.
  • Mickey Mantle.
  • Ty Cobb.
  • Stan Musial.
  • Ted Williams.
  • Babe Ruth.
  • Hank Aaron.
  • Willie Mays.

Who holds the all time home run record?

Barry Bonds

Has anyone hit 50 home runs and stole 50 bases?

Nobody's ever hit 50 home runs and stolen 50 bases in one season. Nobody's ever come particularly close. The highest aggregate is 88, turned in by Alex Rodriguez: 42 homers, 46 steals. There are only three other members of the 40/40 club: Alfonso Soriano (46/41), Barry Bonds, and Jose Canseco (both 42/40).

How many players have hit 50 home runs in a season?

The feat of hitting 50 home runs in a major league season has been accomplished 43 times by 27 different players. Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa have accomplished the feat the most times (4).

Who was the last player to hit 60 home runs?

Roger Maris