I'll give you a clue. His name is NOT Barry Bonds.
2007-08-08 06:45:10 · 21 answers · asked by Adam 7 in Sports ➔ Baseball
* The officially recorded All-time Home Run King of baseball in the world is not Hank Aaron (755) nor Josh Gibson (800+) but Sadaharu Oh (868!).
* He is Taiwanese Japanese (Born in Tokyo. His father is Chinese and his mother was Japanese).
* In 1977, breaking Hank Aaron's record, he was presented the People's Honor Award (also known as the National Honor Award or the National Medal of Honor). He is the first winner of the Award!
* His surname "Oh" ("Wang" or "Wong" in Chinese) means "King"!!
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2007-08-08 10:07:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would think Sadaharu Oh, but probably someone will come up with some guy that played 37 seasons in the Outer Mongolian National league and hit 1427 home runs.
2007-08-08 06:49:52 · answer #2 · answered by artistictrophy@sbcglobal.net 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sadaharu Oh. he played for well over 20 seasons in the Japanese League, and has over 800 home runs to his credit, making him the record holder for most home runs in a career, bar none.
2007-08-08 06:56:46 · answer #3 · answered by senor_police 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Sadaharu Oh, who has 868 total HR's for a professional ballplayer's career.
I guess that the retarded Barry haters did not read your question properly. It definitely is not Barry!
2007-08-08 07:44:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sadaharu
2007-08-08 06:49:45 · answer #5 · answered by Des 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok...Ok...I've had enough of this. No one will ever count Oh's 800-something homeruns as a legitimate record because he played in japan and well no one cares about japanese baseball until they get over here. As much as i hate to say it Barry Bonds will be the new home run king until A-Rod comes along and blows by him. So quit freakin saying that Oh is a better homerun hitter then Bonds because he wasnt and Oh played in some small little league parks...get over it folks...deal with it...the biggest jerk in sports is the new home run king
2007-08-08 06:59:01 · answer #6 · answered by big burly 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Josh Gibson hit "reportedly" over 900 HR, although ***** League statistics are sketchy at best, and often times games were played against local barn storming teams. He is still generally regarded as the greatest hitting catcher ever, regardless of leagues
2007-08-08 07:03:34 · answer #7 · answered by D Money 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sadaharu Oh holds the record with 868 homeruns in his career. He also has 2,786 hits and 2,710 RBI.
2007-08-08 06:54:58 · answer #8 · answered by :) 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Sadaharu Oh
Everyone else gave his details though...he is a great manager over there now!
2007-08-08 07:08:48 · answer #9 · answered by bdough15 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sadaharu Oh
2007-08-08 06:48:13 · answer #10 · answered by NicholasS 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋