who hit the most home runs in consecutive games in major league baseball?
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The most consecutive games hitting home runs is eight, by Richard Long for Pittsburgh (NL), May 1956; by Don Mattingly for New York (AL), July 1987; and Ken Griffey Jr. for Seattle Mariners (AL) in July 1993
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Pete Rose by a mile....\n\n1. Pete Rose#  4256 B \n2. Ty Cobb+*  4189 L \n3. Hank Aaron+  3771 R \n4. Stan Musial+*  3630 L \n5. Tris Speaker+*  3514 L \n6. Carl Yastrzemski+*  3419 L \n7. Cap Anson+  3418 R \n8. Honus Wagner+  3415 R \n9. Paul Molitor+  3319 R \n10. Eddie Collins+*  3315 L \n11. Willie Mays+  3283 R \n12. Eddie Murray+#  3255 B \n13. Nap Lajoie+  3242 R \n14. Cal Ripken  3184 R \n15. George Brett+*  3154 L \n\nhttp://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/H_career.shtml
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Man, you answered your own question, by saying: "... How many guys actually shoot for this record? Most don't care."\n\nBy that yardstick alone, Cal's record of 3,198+ consecutive games played is EXTRAORDINARY!  If no one else cares, and this outstanding player, who did it everyday in the same Oriole uniform, at that--did do it, then isn't that one he11 of an acomplishment?  \n\nOf the three former players eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame this next year, i.e., Ripken, Mark McGwire, and lovable Mr. Tony Gwinn, Cal is the most dominant, the most durable, and yes, the most reliable of the three, and dang well better be inducted on the first ballot, or there is something wrong 'round here.
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The top 10 looks like this:\n\nName/Home Runs \n\n1.Hank Aaron 755\n \n2.Babe Ruth 714\n\n3.Barry Bonds 708\n\n4.Willie Mays 660\n\n5.Sammy Sosa 588\n\n6.Frank Robinson 586\n\n7.Mark McGwire 583\n\n8.Harmon Killebrew 573\n \n9.Rafael Palmeiro 569\n\n10.Reggie Jackson 563\n\nFor more take a look here: \nhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hihr1.shtml
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Roger Conner held the career record from 1895 to 1920, with 138 career home runs.  As the previous poster mentioned, Ned Williamson held the single season record, 27 in 1884, until Ruth broke it with 29 in 1919.
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Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa both did it in 1998-99. Actually, the hit more that 60 home runs in those years
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That has to be Harvey Haddix's 12 2/3 inning perfect game that was broken up in the 13th inning. Lew Burdette pitched the whole game for the Milwaukee Braves, giving up 12 hits but no runs.
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The Chicago Cubs of 1880 and 1935 both won 21 straight, and the 1916 New York Giants own the major league record of 26 wins in a row. The A's had set the AL mark for consecutive victories since their last loss, 2-1 to Toronto on Aug. 12. \n\nPlace in History \nLongest winning streaks \nYear  Team  No.  \n1916  New York Giants  26  \n1880  Chicago Cubs  21  \n1935  Chicago Cubs  21  \n2002  Oakland Athletics*  20  \n1884  Providence Grays  20  \n1906  Chicago White Sox  19  \n1947  New York Yankees
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Here's the top home run hitting pitchers in a season:\n\nHOMERUNS                      YEAR     HR     \n1    Wes Ferrell              1931        9   \n2    Jack Stivetts            1894        8   \nT3   Ad Gumbert               1889        7   \nT3   Ed Daily                 1888        7   \nT3   Jack Stivetts            1890        7   \nT3   Bob Lemon                1949        7   \nT3   Wes Ferrell              1933        7   \nT3   Earl Wilson              1966        7   \nT3   Earl Wilson              1968        7   \nT3   Jack Stivetts            1891        7   \nT3   Mike Hampton             2001        7   \nT3   Don Newcombe             1955        7   \nT3   Don Drysdale             1965        7   \nT3   Brooks Kieschnick        2003        7   \nT3   Don Drysdale             1958        7   \nT3   Wes Ferrell              1935        7   \nT17  Ferguson Jenkins         1971        6   \nT17  Earl Wilson              1965        6   \nT17  Bob Lemon                1950        6   \nT17  Jim Tobin                1942        6   \nT17  Rick Wise                1971        6   \nT17  Hal Schumacher           1934        6   \nT17  Jack Harshman            1956        6   \nT17  Bill Hutchison           1894        6   \nT17  John Clarkson            1887        6   \nT17  Sonny Siebert            1971        6   \nT17  Jack Harshman            1958        6
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Lou Gehrig hit 23 career grand slams, the most by any player in Major League Baseball.
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At 2597, Reggie Jackson has the career record safely all to himself. He has 400 more than second place Sammy Sosa. Adam Dunn of the Reds broke the single season record in 2004 with 195. Jose Hernandez and Preston Wilson almost broke the single season record in the last few years.
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Lou "iron horse" gehrig has the all time most, with 23. Manny Ramirez, an active player, is second on the list.\nDon "donnie baseball" Mattingly hit the most in one season, 6 in 1987
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1. Babe Ruth(of course) 2.Jackie Robinson(he had to go through a lot) 3.Hank Aaron(755hr, what else needs to be said? plus 3771 hits) 4.Joe DiMaggio(61 game hitting streak, Wow) 5. Willie Mays(also is the godfather of Barry Bonds)
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According to ESPN the top 3 players with walk-offs (a game winning single, double, triple or home run) for last season and this season are David Ortiz with 10 game winning hits, Albert Pujols with 8 game winning hits and Orlando Cabrera with 7 game winning hits. A-Rod is no where to be found on that list and probably never will be, he's just not a gamer.
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NO, there is not!! He is just incredible. Today against Tom Gordon of the Phillies, Big Papi hit his 8th career walk off home run!! That must be a record!!\n\nGo Sox!!
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David Ortiz. He is arguably the most clutch hitter in all of the Major League.
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Johnny Vander Meer\n\nIn June 1938, Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds accomplished what no other pitcher has managed to duplicate before or since. On June 11 of that year, he threw a no-hitter against the Boston Braves. In his very next start, June 15, he threw a no-hitter against the Brooklyn Dodgers, thus becoming the only pitcher in baseball history to throw consecutive no-hitters. He was perhaps aided by the fact that it was also the very first night game at Ebbets Field. Most baseball historians believe that his feat will never be exceeded, since to do so a pitcher would have to throw three consecutive no-hitters.\n\nAllie Reynolds (in 1951), Virgil Trucks (in 1952), and Nolan Ryan (in 1973) are the only other major leaguers thus far to throw two no-hitters in the same season. The pitcher who came closest to matching Vander Meer's feat was Ewell Blackwell of Cincinnati, who had a no-hitter broken up with one out in the ninth against Brooklyn on June 22, 1947, four days after no-hitting the Boston Braves 6-0.