Q 01/05

What is the MLB career home run record, set by Barry Bonds?

A) 762

B) 755

C) 714

D) 703

Answer · why

A) 762

He passed Hank Aaron's 755 on August 7, 2007, and finished with seven more.

Q 02/05

Whose all-time record did Bonds break with his 756th home run in 2007?

A) Babe Ruth

B) Hank Aaron

C) Willie Mays

D) Sadaharu Oh

Answer · why

B) Hank Aaron

Oddly, the pitcher who gave up 756, Mike Bacsik, was the son of a pitcher who had faced Aaron right after his 755th.

Q 03/05

Which pitcher gave up Bonds's record-breaking 756th home run?

A) Al Downing

B) Steve Trachsel

C) Mike Bacsik

D) Tracy Stallard

Answer · why

C) Mike Bacsik

It came at 8:51 p.m. on August 7, 2007, against the Washington Nationals in San Francisco.

Q 04/05

The record-breaking 715th home run of 1974 came off which Dodgers pitcher?

A) Don Sutton

B) Tommy John

C) Andy Messersmith

D) Al Downing

Answer · why

D) Al Downing

A record Braves crowd of 53,775 saw it; Bill Buckner nearly went over the fence trying to catch it.

Q 05/05

Who holds the verified world record for professional career home runs, with 868?

A) Sadaharu Oh

B) Barry Bonds

C) Josh Gibson

D) Hank Aaron

Answer · why

A) Sadaharu Oh

He played all 22 of his seasons for Japan's Yomiuri Giants and retired in 1980.

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