In the eighth inning of a 1927 game against Washington, he blasted his then record 60th home run of the season
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A Retro-Review of the 1920s - Retrosheet  Yearly links: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 .... In his home games that season, Sisler hit .473, with 150 hits in 78 games. .... The Yankees scored an AL-record 14 runs in an inning on July 6th in their 17-0 win ... of more than seven runs a games in his starts, which was one reason why he was able...
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Home run - Wikipedia  In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to .... With this feat, Tats also set a Major League record with 8 RBI in one inning. On July 29 ... In fact, he hit three home runs in that game, and his two grand slams were in ..... The single season record is 73, set by Barry Bonds in 2001.
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Babe Ruth Hits His 60th Home Run, 1927 - EyeWitness to History  By the last game of the season he had tied his record  he needed only one more. ... He needed 17 to do it in the last month, or better than one every two days. He did it of course. The 60th was made in Yankee Stadium against Washington. ... Babe came up in the eighth inning and it was quite probable that this would be his...
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The Evening Standard from Uniontown, Pennsylvania  Page 37  She said "whenever he'd hit a homer, it brought tears to my eyes. ... get back on the winning side of the ledger in a home game against Mt. Morris. .... Maris blasted his 60th home run Tuesday night to equal Babe Ruth's record ... The Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs Tuesday, 6-3, in Chicago, then ... 60 97 .382 Washington .
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Babe Ruth hits 60th homer of 1927 season - Sep 30, 1927 ...  He set a record between 1916 and 1918 with 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in ... Ruth switched to the outfield with the Yankees, and hit more home runs than the ... On September 30, in the last game of the season, Ruth came to the plate against lefty Tom Zachary of the Washington Senators in the eighth inning.
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Hank Aaron - Wikipedia  In 1968, Aaron was the first Atlanta Braves player to hit his 500th career home run, and in 1970, he was the first Atlanta Brave to reach 3,000 career hits.
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Babe Ruth hits 60th homer of 1927 season - Sep 30, 1927 ...  On this day in History, Babe Ruth hits 60th homer of 1927 season on Sep 30, 1927. ... in World Series play, including a 14-inning game in 1916 in which he pitched ... the greatest gate attraction in baseball through the 1920s until his retirement ... season, Ruth came to the plate against lefty Tom Zachary of the Washington...
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List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders - Wikipedia  In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to ... The first home run champion in the National League was George Hall; in the ... home run titles respectively, Schmidt with eight and Kiner with seven, all won in ... A player has hit 50 or more home runs 42 times. ..... Boston Red Sox
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On May 25, 1935 he slugged the last 3 home runs of his career ...  Jul 7, 2016 ... On May 25, 1935 he slugged the last 3 home runs of his career-numbers 712, 713 ... This Edd made his debut May 25, 1992 # Quiz # Question.
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Baseball History in 1911: The Legend of Home Run Baker  But Frank Baker of the Philadelphia A's would awe the fans of his day with a ... the pitchers were in control, legally allowed to throw any kind of pitch in the book. ... saw his ERA jump from 1.30 to 3.53yet he still found a way to win, leading the AL .... had hit as many as two home runs in a single World Series, and now Baker...
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Lou Gehrig - Wikipedia  Henry Louis "Lou" or "Buster" Gehrig was an American baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League .... His 117 extra-base hits that season are second all-time to Babe Ruth's 119 ... Ruth's 60 home run season and the overall dominance of the 1927 Yankees, ..... American League MVP, 2, 1927, 1936.
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Henry Aaron hits home run No. 715 | Baseball Hall of Fame  On April 8, 1974  42 years ago this week  Aaron's fourth-inning home run off ... Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run before a sellout crowd of 53,775 at Atlanta-Fulton ... Braves' first home game of the year the following night against the Dodgers. ... Steve Garvey, who was batting seventh that night, with the Dodgers' first run.
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Away Flies the Boy  The Hardball Times  Oct 15, 2015 ... He was drafted into the Army in 1918 and joined the New York ... in 1924, and played the New York Giants in the World Series. ... in New York at the Polo Grounds, and the Nationals winning Game Six back in Washington. ..... (the New York Giants' home, now gone) by Rolfe Humphries .... Well written.
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This Date In Baseball - MLB - ESPN - ESPN.com  Sep 6, 2012 ... Bonds broke Roger Maris' record of 61 for most homers in a season by a left-handed hitter. ... 1950 -- Joe DiMaggio became the first player to hit three home runs in one ... 1997 -- Mark McGwire joined Babe Ruth as the only players in ... 100 RBIs in his first eight seasons, two more than any player in history.
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Baseball Players Who Hit 40 Home Runs and Stole 40 Bases in One ...  Dec 25, 2013 ... Jose Canseco (Oakland A's)  42 Home Runs and 40 Stolen Bases in 1988 ... steal 40 or more bases in the same season was Jose Canseco in 1988. ... became the second player in baseball history to join the 40-40 club,...
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Yankees Retired Numbers | New York Yankees  Roster ... Baseball's greatest slugger and the most colorful figure in the game's history. ... Enroute to 714 career home runs, won 12 home run titles, hitting 60 in 1927. Added 15 home runs in World Series competition as he led the Yankees to .... Maris caught, then surpassed Babe Ruth's famous home run record of 60.
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Babe Ruth hits 60th homer of 1927 season - Sep 30, 1927 ...  On this day in History, Babe Ruth hits 60th homer of 1927 season on Sep 30, 1927. ... the 1920 season by Red Sox owner Harry Frazee, so that Frazee could finance the musical No, No, Nanette. Ruth ... His record for career home runs was not broken until Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run on April 8, 1974, 39 years later.
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Henry Aaron hits home run No. 715 | Baseball Hall of Fame  On April 8, 1974  42 years ago this week  Aaron's fourth-inning home run off the ... Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run before a sellout crowd of 53,775 at ... Aaron quickly scored on a double by Dusty Baker, giving the Braves a 1-0 lead.
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Babe Ruth Hits His 60th Home Run, 1927 - EyeWitness to History  His uncanny ability to bat a baseball out of the park created a legend and ... By the last game of the season he had tied his record  he needed only one more. ... Babe: the legend cones to life (1974); Smelser, Marshall, The Life that Ruth Built: a ... Ruth was estranged from his first wife, Helen, but would not contemplate...
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Postseason History: 1911 WORLD SERIES | MLB.com  1911: Athletics over Giants. ... 1911. Athletics defeat Giants. 4 games to 2 ... Frank Baker led the American League with 11 home runs in 1911, but he ... His Game 2 heroics notwithstanding, it was Game 3 that earned Baker his new nickname. ... of the ninth, Baker hit his second homer of the World Series, and the clubs went...
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Roger Maris breaks home-run record - Oct 01, 1961 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Roger Maris breaks home-run record on Oct 01, 1961. ... Finally, in the last game of the regular season, Maris hit his 61st home run against the Boston Red Sox. (The league-champion Yanks won the game 1-0.) .... The quake was the largest to hit Southern California since 1971, but not nearly as...