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Hank Aaron hit home run number 715 in 1974 to break Babe Ruth's career home run record of 714. Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in 1961 to break Babe Ruth's single season home run record of 60.
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Hank Aaron was the first African-American ballplayer to hold the all-time home record. He surpassed Babe Ruth's record of 714 in 1974.
Babe Ruth
July 18, 1921
He was the first black to break Babe Ruth`s Home Run record!
On October 1, 1961, Roger Maris hit his 61st home run breaking Babe Ruth's record.
In 1927 Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs to break his own single season home record of 59 set in 1921.
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Babe broke the record for career home runs, which was 138, in 1921 and broke the single season record for home runs in 1919 (record was 27 and he hit 29), 1920 (record was 29 and he hit 54), 1921 (record was 54 and he hit 59), and 1927 (record was 59 and he hit 60).
Babe Ruth broke Roger Connor's career MLB home run record of 138 on July 18, 1921 at Navin Field in Detroit against the Tigers.