Hint: It's not Hank Aaron
2006-07-17 07:01:52 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Josh Gibson. He played for the Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Crawfords in the ***** Leagues. According to his Hall of Fame plaque it says he hit "almost" 800 home runs.
Wait....American baseball history or any baseball history? American is Josh Gibson. All-time pro baseball wise its Sadaharu Oh who hit 868 for the Yomiuri Giants.
However according to the site below, it says Gibson hit 962 home runs. So if thats correct then Gibson.
2006-07-17 07:08:41 · answer #1 · answered by Drew 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hank Aaron
2006-07-17 07:22:22 · answer #2 · answered by LL Cool J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plain counting stats, it's Sadaharu Oh.
Counting only the Major Leagues, it's Hank Aaron.
In a single season, it's Barry Bonds.
In a singe season, unassisted, it's Roger Maris.
Adjusted for season length, it's Babe Ruth.
Career, per at bat, it's Mark McGwire, followed closely by Ruth and Jimmy Foxx.
Adjusted for context, it's easily Ruth. Ruth hit more home runs than his contemporaries by a ridiculous margin. Aaron, Bonds, McGwire, and Maris did what they did in hitter-friendly eras.
2006-07-17 07:10:18 · answer #3 · answered by Minh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did in the year of my 14th birthday I hit 884 homeruns....I wasn"t on steriods but I did cheat.....we were playing in a Little League park...we played from 6 to 6....sometime in the early 60's...best day was 25.......I am not sure what page in the history all of this is but it "truely" did happen.......at the Little League park it had to clear the lights to count and the fence at the "Pony" park......eat your heart out "Barry Bonds!".....OH!OH!....although all of this is true...I remember the "history page".....look under "BS".....it will be right there with the "73" that Bonds hit!!!!
2006-07-17 11:58:23 · answer #4 · answered by Mickey Mantle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Josh Gibson In the ***** League He HIt About 1000
2006-07-17 08:58:25 · answer #5 · answered by CardsFan527 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People say that Josh Gibson in the ***** Leagues hit 900 some home runs.
2006-07-17 07:52:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a player from the old ***** leagues names Josh Gibson hit more homers than Ruth, Aaron, or Oh (the Japanese player) by a mile...
2006-07-17 07:10:20 · answer #7 · answered by madden_bobby 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadaharu hit 868 homers in his Japanese League career, easily the most.
2006-07-17 07:07:13 · answer #8 · answered by Craig S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hank aaron
2006-07-17 07:03:44 · answer #9 · answered by ThaMagicStick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a player called josh gibson who hit 800 home runs!
2006-07-17 10:37:27 · answer #10 · answered by lou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋