Articles for tag: Home Run Record, Roger Maris

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Top 10 Single Season Home Run Records

You have heard about Barry Bonds and his great 2001 season where he broke the single season home run record but many other players have also recorded outstanding years to rival his feat. Here is a list of the top 10 single season home run records of all time in Major League Baseball. 1. Barry ...

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Hammerin Hank Aaron and His Role in Black History

Hank Aaron is a retired American league Baseball player whose baseball career started in 1934 and ended in 1976. Hank Aaron first played with the Negro American League as a member of the Indianapolis Clowns. In 1954, we moved to the major leagues where he played with the Milwaukee and Atlanta braves. He spent two ...

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Why Roger Maris’ Home Run Record Still Stands

I am going on record to say that Roger Maris’ single-season home run record of 61 home runs in 1961 is still the undeniable (if not official) MLB record for homer runs in a single season despite being broken several times by three of baseball’s most recognizable – and controversial – baseball players of all-time. ...

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Steroid’s Effect on MLB’s HR Records

Now that the truth is out and most everybody believes that the season and career home run records are tarnished by the use of steroids, it makes me ask the question, what should we as baseball fans consider to be the most important MLB record? The home run has always been the most popular record ...