List of Major League Baseball home run records


This is a list of some of the records relating to home runs hit in baseball games played in the Major Leagues. Some Major League records are sufficiently notable to have their own page, for example the single-season home run record, the progression of the lifetime home run record, and the members of the 500 home run club. A few other records are kept on separate pages, they are listed below.
In the tables below, players and teams denoted in boldface are still actively contributing to the record noted, while denotes a player's rookie season.

Career records

Most seasons with 40 home runs

Most consecutive seasons with 40 home runs

Most seasons with 30 home runs

Most consecutive seasons with 30 home runs

Most seasons with 20 home runs

Most consecutive seasons with 20 home runs

Most seasons as league leader in home runs

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Most consecutive seasons as league leader in home runs

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League leader in home runs, both leagues

League leader in home runs, three different teams

Players who have hit at least one home run in 40 stadiums

Most career grand slams

Most career [walk-off home run]s

Season records

Most home runs by a team in one season

Most grand slams by a player in one season

Game records

Four home runs by an individual in one game

PlayerTeamDateOpponentVenue
Bobby LoweBoston BeaneatersMay 30, 1894Cincinnati RedsSouth End Grounds
Ed Delahanty2Philadelphia PhilliesJuly 13, 1896Chicago ColtsWest Side Grounds
Lou GehrigNew York YankeesJune 3, 1932Philadelphia AthleticsShibe Park
Chuck KleinPhiladelphia PhilliesJuly 10, 1936Pittsburgh PiratesForbes Field
Pat SeereyChicago White SoxJuly 18, 1948Philadelphia AthleticsShibe Park
Gil HodgesBrooklyn DodgersAugust 31, 1950Boston BravesEbbets Field
Joe AdcockMilwaukee BravesJuly 31, 1954Brooklyn DodgersEbbets Field
Rocky ColavitoCleveland IndiansJune 10, 1959Baltimore OriolesMemorial Stadium
Willie MaysSan Francisco GiantsApril 30, 1961Milwaukee BravesMilwaukee County Stadium
Mike SchmidtPhiladelphia PhilliesApril 17, 1976Chicago CubsWrigley Field
Bob Horner2Atlanta BravesJuly 6, 1986Montréal ExposFulton County Stadium
Mark WhitenSt. Louis CardinalsSeptember 7, 1993Cincinnati RedsRiverfront Stadium
Mike CameronSeattle MarinersMay 2, 2002Chicago White SoxComiskey Park
Shawn GreenLos Angeles DodgersMay 23, 2002Milwaukee BrewersMiller Park
Carlos DelgadoToronto Blue JaysSeptember 25, 2003Tampa Bay Devil RaysSkyDome
Josh HamiltonTexas RangersMay 8, 2012Baltimore OriolesOriole Park at Camden Yards
Scooter GennettCincinnati RedsJune 6, 2017St. Louis CardinalsGreat American Ball Park
J.D. MartinezArizona DiamondbacksSeptember 4, 2017Los Angeles DodgersDodger Stadium

Four consecutive home runs by a team in one game

Two grand slams by one hitter in one game

PlayerTeamDateOpponentVenue
Tony LazzeriNew York YankeesMay 24, 1936Philadelphia AthleticsShibe Park
Jim TaborBoston Red SoxJuly 4, 19393Philadelphia AthleticsShibe Park
Rudy YorkBoston Red SoxJuly 27, 1946St. Louis BrownsSportsman's Park
Jim GentileBaltimore OriolesMay 9, 1961Minnesota TwinsMetropolitan Stadium
Tony Cloninger4Atlanta BravesJuly 3, 1966San Francisco GiantsCandlestick Park
Jim NorthrupDetroit TigersJune 24, 1968Cleveland IndiansCleveland Stadium
Frank RobinsonBaltimore OriolesJune 26, 1970Washington SenatorsRFK Stadium
Robin VenturaChicago White SoxSeptember 4, 1995Texas RangersThe Ballpark in Arlington
Chris HoilesBaltimore OriolesAugust 14, 1998Cleveland IndiansJacobs Field
Fernando Tatís5St. Louis CardinalsApril 23, 1999Los Angeles DodgersDodger Stadium
Nomar Garciaparra6Boston Red SoxMay 10, 1999Seattle MarinersFenway Park
Bill Mueller7Boston Red SoxJuly 29, 2003Texas RangersThe Ballpark in Arlington
Josh WillinghamWashington NationalsJuly 27, 2009Milwaukee BrewersMiller Park

Three grand slams by a team in one game

Other

Most home runs on a single day (all teams combined)

Most walkoff home runs in a season (all teams combined)