Bats make history, too! Hitters don’t accomplish great things without great bats, and we’ve compiled the best list of historic hitting moments — along with the bats each player used to achieve the feat. Read on!<\/div>\n

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\u00a0 Player & Event<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n	Year<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n	Bat<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Barry Bonds passes Hank Aaron’s record with HR #756<\/td>\n	2007<\/td>\n	Sam Bat<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Barry Bonds ties Hank Aaron’s record with HR #755<\/td>\n	2007<\/td>\n	Sam Bat<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alex Rodriguez hits home run #500 on August 4th, 2007<\/td>\n	2007<\/td>\n	Louisville Slugger<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johnny Damon leads off game 4 of 2004 World Series with a home run.<\/td>\n	2004<\/td>\n	BWP<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike Piazza breaks the all time H.R. mark for catchers.<\/td>\n	2004<\/td>\n	Mizuno<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ichiro sets record with his 261st, and 262nd hit of season.<\/td>\n	2004<\/td>\n	Mizuno<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sammy Sosa hits home run #500<\/td>\n	2004<\/td>\n	Easton<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rafael Palmeiro hits home run #500<\/td>\n	2004<\/td>\n	Old Hickory<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bill Mueller becomes 1st player to hit home runs from each side of the plate in a single game.<\/td>\n	2003<\/td>\n	Rawlings<\/a> (7th inning), Louisville Slugger<\/a> (8th inning)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sammy Sosa gets caught with a corked bat<\/td>\n	2003<\/td>\n	X-Bat<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barry Bonds hits record setting home runs #70-73<\/td>\n	2001<\/td>\n	Sam Bat<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luis Gonzalez gets World Series winning hit off of Mariano Rivera<\/td>\n	2001<\/td>\n	Rawlings<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark McGuire hits 62nd home run of season to break record held by Roger Maris.<\/td>\n	1998<\/td>\n	Rawlings<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sammy Sosa hits home run #57 of season<\/td>\n	1998<\/td>\n	Rawlings<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ryne Sandberg hits home run #267, setting record for 2nd basemen.<\/td>\n	1997<\/td>\n	Rawlings<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Dave Winfield hits home run #400<\/td>\n	1991<\/td>\n	Cooper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Molitor hits in 39 consecutive games (5th longest in MLB history)<\/td>\n	1987<\/td>\n	Cooper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Mark McGuire sets rookie record with 39th home run<\/td>\n	1987<\/td>\n	Rawlings \/ Adirondack<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wade Boggs sets record with 187 singles in a season<\/td>\n	1985<\/td>\n	Louisville Slugger<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rod Carew records his 3000th hit<\/td>\n	1985<\/td>\n	Louisville Slugger<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carl Yastzremski records hit #3,000<\/td>\n	1979<\/td>\n	Louisville Slugger<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roberto Clemente gets hit # 3000<\/td>\n	1972<\/td>\n	Louisville Slugger<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Willie Mays achieves 3000 hits<\/td>\n	1971<\/td>\n	Adirondack<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stan Musial records his 3431st hit<\/td>\n	1962<\/td>\n	Hillerich & Bradsby (Louisville Slugger)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner’s record for at bats – 10,428.<\/td>\n	1962<\/td>\n	Hillerich & Bradsby<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Babe Ruth “calls” his homerun v.s. the Cubs in World Series.<\/td>\n	1932<\/td>\n	Hillerich & Bradsby<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Babe Ruth’s hits the final home run of his career at Forbes Field.<\/td>\n	1934<\/td>\n	Hillerich & Bradsby<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Babe Ruth hits home runs #57 & 58 of season<\/td>\n	1927<\/td>\n	Hillerich & Bradsby<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n	<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs in game 4 of the 1926 World Series<\/td>\n	1926<\/td>\n	Hillerich & Bradsby<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n If you found this list interesting, you might want to check out some of the most memorable bat moments<\/a> in baseball bat history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bats make history, too! Hitters don’t accomplish great things without great bats, and we’ve compiled the best list of historic hitting moments — along with the bats each player used to achieve the feat. Read on! \u00a0 Player & Event Year Bat Barry Bonds passes Hank Aaron’s record with HR […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":834,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baseballbats.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baseballbats.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baseballbats.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baseballbats.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baseballbats.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.baseballbats.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1750,"href":"https:\/\/www.baseballbats.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1245\/revisions\/1750"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baseballbats.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baseballbats.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}