Sammy Sosa and Willie Mays are tied for the most career homers in the month of August on Thursdays, with 20 home runs.
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most career home runs by a player on a thursday in august| NAME | HR | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | S. Sosa | 20 | 48 | 176 | 32 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 22 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 199 | 109 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .244 | .327 | .619 | .946 |
| 2 |  | W. Mays | 20 | 67 | 245 | 43 | 75 | 12 | 1 | 41 | 23 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 270 | 149 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .306 | .367 | .608 | .975 |
| 3 |  | V. Guerrero | 18 | 48 | 185 | 39 | 67 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 208 | 131 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | .362 | .428 | .708 | 1.136 |
| 4 |  | E. Banks | 18 | 56 | 217 | 30 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 16 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 234 | 126 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .286 | .335 | .581 | .915 |
| 5 |  | B. Bonds | 17 | 54 | 178 | 42 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 36 | 43 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 226 | 114 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | .292 | .434 | .640 | 1.074 |
| 6 |  | B. Ruth | 16 | 65 | 216 | 56 | 65 | 16 | 2 | 54 | 56 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 281 | 133 | 34 | 7 | .301 | .449 | .616 | 1.065 | ||||
| 7 |  | A. Beltre | 15 | 57 | 214 | 39 | 68 | 14 | 0 | 40 | 20 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 238 | 127 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .318 | .374 | .593 | .967 |
| 8 |  | J. Edmonds | 15 | 47 | 150 | 35 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 41 | 25 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 177 | 102 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .307 | .412 | .680 | 1.092 |
| 9 | | G. Sheffield | 15 | 47 | 168 | 39 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 205 | 120 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .363 | .475 | .714 | 1.190 |
| 10 |  | M. McGwire | 15 | 34 | 110 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 18 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 70 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .218 | .321 | .636 | .957 |
| 11 | | F. Thomas | 15 | 39 | 130 | 21 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 142 | 88 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | .300 | .352 | .677 | 1.029 |
| 12 |  | G. Stanton | 14 | 33 | 133 | 20 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 89 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .293 | .345 | .669 | 1.014 |
| 13 |  | A. Rodriguez | 14 | 54 | 212 | 42 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 24 | 2 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 240 | 104 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | .259 | .338 | .491 | .828 |
| 14 |  | M. Schmidt | 14 | 49 | 162 | 30 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 201 | 104 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | .309 | .423 | .642 | 1.065 |
| 15 | | F. Robinson | 14 | 61 | 224 | 47 | 68 | 13 | 3 | 38 | 33 | 2 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 261 | 129 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .304 | .396 | .576 | .972 |
| 16 |  | H. Aaron | 14 | 72 | 276 | 40 | 79 | 13 | 0 | 42 | 33 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 311 | 134 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | .286 | .361 | .486 | .847 |
| 17 |  | S. Musial | 14 | 75 | 276 | 54 | 93 | 19 | 3 | 49 | 39 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 316 | 160 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .337 | .418 | .580 | .997 |
| 18 |  | M. Ott | 14 | 54 | 196 | 38 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 29 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 229 | 114 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .321 | .412 | .582 | .993 | |||
| 19 | | A. Jones | 13 | 49 | 181 | 33 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 196 | 112 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .331 | .378 | .619 | .996 |
| 20 | | J. Kent | 13 | 47 | 185 | 39 | 62 | 22 | 1 | 50 | 19 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 210 | 125 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .335 | .402 | .676 | 1.078 |
| 21 |  | K. Griffey Jr. | 13 | 52 | 203 | 29 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 33 | 23 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 228 | 105 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .271 | .351 | .517 | .868 |
| 22 | | B. Bonilla | 13 | 44 | 153 | 30 | 48 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 98 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .314 | .387 | .641 | 1.028 |
| 23 | | E. Murray | 13 | 64 | 247 | 45 | 74 | 11 | 2 | 49 | 31 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 279 | 128 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .300 | .376 | .518 | .895 |
| 24 | | A. Dawson | 13 | 56 | 215 | 35 | 65 | 13 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 233 | 123 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .302 | .356 | .572 | .928 |
| 25 |  | T. Williams | 13 | 68 | 237 | 66 | 82 | 13 | 1 | 42 | 64 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 303 | 136 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .346 | .487 | .574 | 1.061 |
StatMuse has game-level data for home runs going back to the 1901 season.
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