Hank Aaron slugs his 715th career home run to pass Babe Ruth on April 8 1974 Home runs have won World Series titles In 1960 future Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates past the New York Yankees with a ninth-inning blast in Game 7 6
In 1993 Joe Carter hit a walk-off homer in Game 6 to win the title for the Toronto Blue Jays Barry Bonds also holds the single-season MLB home run record with 73 in 2001 The all-time home run record is one of baseball’s most storied Babe Ruth retired in 1935 with 714 home runs Hank Aaron broke that record in 1974 in one of baseball’s most memorable moments San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds broke Aaron’s record in 2007 He retired with 762 homers Ruth didn’t just hit a lot of home runs He hit legendary ones One of his most famous homers came during the 1932 World Series Ruth’s Yankees were playing the Chicago Cubs The Bambino stepped to the plate in the top of the fifth inning of Game 3 The score was 4 4 With the count of two balls and one strike Ruth appeared to point toward center field On the next pitch he swung and hit a homer to deep center 7
Ruth later claimed he was pointing to the spot where he’d hit the next pitch Whether fact or legend Ruth’s called shot is a treasured part of baseball history The longest home runs can travel more than 500 feet Kris Bryant of the Chicago Cubs hit the longest homer of the 2015 MLB season It was estimated at 495 feet LEAVING THE YARD Chicago’s Wrigley Field is one of baseball’s most homer-friendly parks It’s not uncommon for balls to be hit completely out of the stadium In the 2015 playoffs Kyle Schwarber of the Cubs almost hit one out to right field It landed on top of a scoreboard The team encased the ball in glass and kept it on the spot where it landed hoping it would bring them good luck the rest of the playoffs Kyle Schwarber watches his monster home run head toward the stands in a 2015 NL playoff game against the St Louis Cardinals 8
