With the score tied in the seventh inning on Wednesday night, Aaron Judge drove a 94.5 mph belt-high sinker to left, a no doubt rocket. He had tied Roger Maris' American League record of 61 home runs in a season, what many fans consider baseball's clean
Olson’s 54 homers have positioned the Braves to set the MLB record for home runs in a season. They’ve tallied 304 homers, three shy of the mark the Twins set in 2019. “That lineup is incredible,” Cubs starter Marcus Stroman said. “One through nine, they're solid, man. You ha...
With the home run and the strikeout in Game 2, he was hitting .311, right where he had started the day before dropping a point in the opener. Judge’s accomplishment will cause endless debate. “To me, the holder of the record for home runs in a season is Roger Ma...
Most leadoff home runs in a season Perhaps they got lucky on Tuesday night. Schwarber hit his 14th leadoff home run of the season in a9-4 victory over the Raysat Citizens Bank Park, setting the MLB single-season record. He had been tied with Alfonso Soriano (13 for the 2003 Yankees)...
Baseball as Performance Art: A Golden Age of Home Runs Mark McGwire Leads Race to Topple the 37-Year-Old Record of 61 Home Runs in a SeasonMark McGwire's bat flashed imperially, and the ball rocketed toward the deepest reaches of the left field galleries. It was going to be a home ...
With seven more games remaining, Judge could very well surpass Maris' 1961 record for most home runs in a season. However, he'll still need a dozen more successful hits if he wants to matchBarry Bond's MLB record of 73 single-season home runs, which was set ...
Hard to believe, but for a franchise that boasted Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Chipper Jones, Dale Murphy and a slew of other prodigious sluggers, Jones and Olson are the only Braves to hit 50 home runs in a season. Olson, who also has a 10-game hitting streak, entered the game on pa...
Barry Bondshas the record of most home runs in a season, with73 in 2001forthe San Francisco Giants. Bonds is the lifetimehome run leader, with 762. Mark McGwirehit 70, then a record, in 1998 for the St. Louis Cardinals. McGwire followed up the historic season by hitting 65 ...
Toronto Blue Jays reliever Tim Mayza immediately knew once his 94.5 m.p.h sinker hit Aaron Judge's bat that he had surrendered the historic 61st home run to the New York Yankees slugger on Wednesday.
Seager had a postseason for the ages, smashing eight home runs overall, including five against the Braves to set a National League Championship Series record. Those eight total homers are the most by a shortstop in any single postseason, and Seager was named the MVP ofboth the NLCS and World...