Home Run in a Career Records by Baseball Almanac

Home Run Records (Career)

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for home runs — including career home run records, positional career home run records and Opening Day home run records.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Many totals do not match-up exactly with career totals when positional records are viewed. This is because the home run MUST be hit while the player is at that position. Example: Ryne Sandberg finished his Major League career with two-hundred eighty-two home runs. However, five of his home runs were hit while he was playing shortstop so his record for career home runs by a second baseman is two-hundred seventy-seven. BOLD faced names are players who have are active in 2005 and their totals were updated at the end of the regular season.

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Home Run Records Career Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Career (Top 100)	AL	Babe Ruth	Boston	49	708
			New York	659
	NL	Barry Bonds	Pittsburgh	176	762
			San Francisco	586
Most By A Catcher	AL	Carlton Fisk	Boston	157	351
			Chicago	194
	NL	Mike Piazza	Los Angeles	396
			Florida
			New York
			San Diego
Most By A Designated Hitter	AL	Edgar Martinez	Seattle	243	261
		Frank Thomas	Chicago	196
			Oakland	39
			Toronto	26
	NL	Mike Piazza	New York	9	10
			San Diego	1
Most By A First Baseman	AL	Lou Gehrig	New York	493
	NL	Willie McCovey	San Francisco	439
			San Diego
	ML	Mark McGwire	Oakland	566
			St. Louis
Most By A Leadoff Hitter (At Start Of Game)	AL	Rickey Henderson	Oakland	43	73
			New York	24
			Toronto	1
			Anaheim	1
			Seattle	3
			Boston	1
	NL	Craig Biggio	Houston	53	53
	ML	Rickey Henderson	Oakland	43	81
			New York (AL)	24
			Toronto	1
			Anaheim	1
			Seattle	3
			Boston	1
			New York (NL)	2
			San Diego	5
			Los Angeles	1
Most By A Lefthander	AL	Babe Ruth	Boston	49	708
			New York	659
	NL	Barry Bonds	Pittsburgh	176	762
			San Francisco	586
Most By A Pinch Hitter	AL	Gates Brown	Detroit	16
	NL	Jerry Lynch	Cincinnati	18
			Pittsburgh
	ML	Cliff Johnson	New York	10	20
			Cleveland
			Oakland
			Toronto
			Houston	10
			Chicago
Most By A Pitcher	AL	Wes Ferrell (Home Run Logs)	Cleveland	36
			Boston
			Washington
			New York
	NL	Warren Spahn	Boston	35
			Milwaukee
			New York
			San Francisco
	ML	Wes Ferrell (Home Run Logs)	Cleveland	36	37
			Boston
			Washington
			New York
			Boston	1
Most By A Righthander	AL	Harmon Killebrew	Washington	84	573
			Minnesota	475
			Kansas City	14
	NL	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	398	733
			Atlanta	335
	ML	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	398	755
			Atlanta	335
			Milwaukee	22
Most By A Second Baseman	AL	Joe Gordon	New York	246
			Cleveland
	NL	Jeff Kent	New York	386
			San Francisco
			Houston
			Los Angeles
Most By A Shortstop	AL	Cal Ripken, Jr.	Baltimore	345
	NL	Ernie Banks	Chicago	277
Most By A Switch Hitter	AL	Mickey Mantle	New York	536
	NL	Chipper Jones	Atlanta	386
Most By A Third Baseman	AL	Graig Nettles	Minnesota	319
			Cleveland
			New York
	NL	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia	509
Most By An Outfielder	AL	Babe Ruth	Boston	686
			New York
	NL	Barry Bonds	Pittsburgh	748
			San Francisco
Most In The Extra Innings	AL	Babe Ruth	Boston	16
			New York
	NL	Willie Mays	New York	22
			San Francisco
			New York
Most On Opening Day	AL	Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle	7
	NL	Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee	7
		Willie Mays	New York
			San Francisco
	ML	Frank Robinson	Baltimore	5	8
			California
			Cleveland
			Cincinnati	3
Most Ballparks With A Home Run Hit	AL	Rafael Palmeiro	Texas	31
			Baltimore
	NL	Mike Piazza	Los Angeles	39
			Florida
			New York
	ML	Sammy Sosa	Texas	45
			Chicago (AL)
			Chicago (NL)
			Baltimore
			Texas
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team	Data
Home Run Records

Babe Ruth hit the most career home runs for the same American League team by belting six-hundred fifty-nine home runs with the New York Yankees during his time in pinstripes.

Hank Aaron hit the most career home runs for the same National League team by hammering seven-hundred thirty-three home runs with the Braves organization during his career.

Did you know that the most home runs hit during a career by a designated hitter was held by Harold Baines with two-hundred twenty-five until Edgar Martinez passed him in 2004 and finished his career with two-hundred forty-three — the same number reached by Frank Thomas in 2007. The designated hitter with the most home runs in the National League during their career is held by Mike Piazza who has ten in the senior circuit during interleague contests.

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