Trout, Mike Mike Trout's historic home run really unlocked another remarkable feat. He is presently the player with the most home runs and stolen bases in MLB history. He completed it 60 games faster than the second-fastest player on the list, Hall of Famer Willie Mays.
It took Trout just 472 minutes to hit 300 homers, which is the least amount of time for any player who has reached that mark. The record holder for this category is Pete Rose who reached this mark in 533 minutes.
Trout's average per game in his first three seasons was one homer and one steal. In his final season, he raised that number to one per game. Between 2004 and 2014, only two other players have hit at least 40 home runs while stealing at least 20 bases: Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds. Both men finished their careers with more than 500 homers.
Trout is a great hitter who has only improved over time. In his first five seasons, he finished among the top three players in the MVP voting each year. During that period, only Mickey Mantle (5 years) and Joe DiMaggio (4 years) had more than Trout's five awards.
In 2014, Trout set the American League record for batting crown with a.462 average. This mark was later broken by Jose Altuve of the Houston Astros.
On August 2, Bellinger hit his 100th career home run against San Diego Padres pitcher Eric Lauer. As a result, he became the Dodgers' quickest player to reach that record. He achieved it in his 401st game, surpassing Mike Piazza's previous record of 422 games.
Bellinger is only the second Dodger after Steve Garvey to hit 100 home runs before the end of the first season since Bill Russell did it in 1964. Garvey's average of one homer every 4.1 at-bats was the highest among current major league players.
Garvey, who played from 1991 to 1999, had three seasons with more than 40 homers and nine with more than 30. In addition to being the fastest Dodger to 100 homers, he is also the leader in many other offensive categories, such as runs scored (755), total bases (1666) and hits (1108).
When Bellinger reached 100 homers, he also broke out of his slump by hitting.444 with 14 RBI during an 11-game stretch. The last time he had multiple hits during a span of 11 games was on June 28 - July 8, 2017.
In conclusion, Yasiel Puig is the fastest runner for the Dodgers because he reached 100 homers before the end of his first season. Garvey is number two because he is the leader in many other offensive categories besides speed.
With 762 home runs in his 22-year career, Barry Bonds owns the record for most career home runs. He is also first among active players with 584 homers. Albert Pujols (547) and Roger Maris (60) are next on the list.
Bonds set the record when he hit No. 756 off of pitcher Jason Grimsley of the San Diego Padres on April 17, 2007. It took him just over a year to hit that mark. He was 49 years old at the time of his last homer.
When he retired in 2013, Maris's record had been standing for 12 years. When Maris died in 2001 at the age of 58 due to heart disease, many people believed that his record would be broken soon after. But baseball has been played in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 without a single player able to break the record.
It may take years before anyone else hits 600 homers, so for now, Barry Bonds remains the king of home runs.
Barry Lamar Bonds Jr. was born on August 4th, 1964 in Kentucky.
With 762 home runs, Barry Bonds owns the major league baseball home run record. On August 7, 2007, he surpassed Hank Aaron, who had reached 755. Babe Ruth is the only other player to have hit 700 or more home runs, with 714. It's very unlikely that anyone will break the record in the near future; according to statistics compiled by ESPN's Baseball Research Department, it takes about 90 years for a home run ball to reach its maximum life span of 2026 games.
Bonds is currently serving an obstruction of justice charge related to his involvement in the steroids investigation. If convicted, he could face up to 45 days in jail. A trial has been set for January 16, 2009. If he does go to prison, he would be the first former player convicted in connection with steroid abuse. The jury that heard his case could also nullify the record by finding him not guilty. This would end any hope of breaking the record later this decade or beyond.
The record is likely to stand for some time because of the difficulty of hitting home runs in today's baseball. That season was long before "steroids" became a common word, and players used natural means to improve their game. However, since then, many new technologies have been developed to help hitters do anything from improving their eye-hand coordination (by using video games) to maximizing their strength (by using weight rooms).
377 video games Gallo's 100th home run was remarkable since it made him the only player in big league history to smash 100 home runs before hitting 100 singles. In fact, no one else has even come close. The next closest active players are Barry Bonds with 97 and Alex Rodriguez with 86. Both men have been banned from baseball for their involvement in the steroid scandal that has engulfed the sport.
In 1967, Bill Mazeroski hit 100 homers before scoring 100 runs. In 1978, Dave Kingman did the same thing. And in 1998, Mark McGwire joined them as the only three players to reach this mark in a season.
Though he never reached 100 RBIs in a season, Gallo is on track to finish with more than 100 homers and 1000 RBIs during his career. He's the first rookie to do so since Rogers Hornsby in 1920.
Besides Bonds and Rodriguez, other famous names that appear on the list of fastest to 100 home runs include Willie Mays (578 games), Ken Boyer (582 games), George Foster (592 games), and Jim Edmonds (632 games).
Of course, there are many more things people know about baseball's all-time great hitter than just how fast he got to 100 home runs.
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