mark mcgwire
With 3,379 total career at-bats, his ONE career home run would make him the low total "champ", of those players who have at least 2,500 at-bats, that have hit at least one HR (if ' Wiki ' can be trusted).
As best I can tell it's Ryan Howard. At the end of the 2012 season, he had hit 300 home runs and had played in 1098 MLB games. This beats Alex Rodriguez (youngest player to reach 300), Mark McGwire (fewest AB and PA to reach 300), and Babe Ruth (took over 1150 games to reach 300).
The statistic usually recorded is "At Bats per Home Run." In other words, how many at bats would, on the average, occur before the player would hit a home run. Baseball records along these lines generally require 1000 plate appearances. The all-time leader is Mark McGwire, who would need only (on the average) 10.61 at-bats between home runs. Number 2 is Babe Ruth, with 11.76.
Babe Ruth hit 714 career home runs in 8,398 at bats.
mark mcgwire
New York Metropolitans
With 3,379 total career at-bats, his ONE career home run would make him the low total "champ", of those players who have at least 2,500 at-bats, that have hit at least one HR (if ' Wiki ' can be trusted).
As best I can tell it's Ryan Howard. At the end of the 2012 season, he had hit 300 home runs and had played in 1098 MLB games. This beats Alex Rodriguez (youngest player to reach 300), Mark McGwire (fewest AB and PA to reach 300), and Babe Ruth (took over 1150 games to reach 300).
The statistic usually recorded is "At Bats per Home Run." In other words, how many at bats would, on the average, occur before the player would hit a home run. Baseball records along these lines generally require 1000 plate appearances. The all-time leader is Mark McGwire, who would need only (on the average) 10.61 at-bats between home runs. Number 2 is Babe Ruth, with 11.76.
The all-time record for fewest home runs in a career is 0, held by David Aardsma, Rafael Betancourt and 10,151 other guys.
That was the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals that defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in the World Series. The Cardinals 67 home runs were the fewest in MLB by 7 (Astros hit 74 HRs). Other teams that won the World Series and hit the fewest home runs in MLB were the 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers (78 HRs), 1924 Washington Senators (22 HRs), and the 1906 Chicago White Sox (7 HRs).
Chapman had 17 career MLB home runs in 4590 at bats.
Reggie Jackson
"Back to Back" home runs is when two players in the batting order hit home runs in consecutive at bats.
Babe Ruth hit 714 career home runs in 8,398 at bats.
2743 - 1378 in the National League and 1365 in the American League. The Atlanta Braves led all MLB teams in home runs in 1966 with 207. The Kansas City Athletics had the fewest with 70.