Eddie Murray, Willie McCovey and Lou Gehrig are tied for the most career homers on August 26, with 7 homers.
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Most home runs by a player 8/26| 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 |  | E. Murray | 7 | 17 | 64 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .406 | .500 | .813 | 1.313 |
| 2 | | W. McCovey | 7 | 18 | 64 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .281 | .333 | .656 | .990 |
| 3 |  | L. Gehrig | 7 | 13 | 51 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 46 | 10 | 1 | .431 | .532 | .902 | 1.434 | ||||
| 4 |  | S. Sosa | 6 | 11 | 41 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .317 | .391 | .829 | 1.221 |
| 5 | | R. Palmeiro | 6 | 15 | 57 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .281 | .349 | .667 | 1.016 |
| 6 | | R. Cey | 6 | 11 | 36 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .583 | .634 | 1.167 | 1.801 |
| 7 |  | M. Ott | 6 | 18 | 68 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 1 | .382 | .462 | .691 | 1.153 | |||
| 8 |  | M. Chapman | 5 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .478 | .600 | 1.174 | 1.774 |
| 9 |  | M. Machado | 5 | 11 | 46 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .283 | .313 | .630 | .943 |
| 10 |  | S. Perez | 5 | 14 | 54 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .278 | .310 | .611 | .921 |
| 11 | | M. Reynolds | 5 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .261 | .370 | .913 | 1.283 |
| 12 |  | E. Encarnacion | 5 | 13 | 51 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .235 | .286 | .549 | .835 |
| 13 | | R. Howard | 5 | 10 | 41 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 | .333 | .634 | .967 |
| 14 |  | A. Rodriguez | 5 | 16 | 63 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .290 | .508 | .798 |
| 15 | | J. Damon | 5 | 15 | 61 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .279 | .328 | .541 | .869 |
| 16 |  | K. Griffey Jr. | 5 | 15 | 56 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .589 | .964 |
| 17 | | D. Kingman | 5 | 11 | 39 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .413 | .821 | 1.234 |
| 18 | | T. Perez | 5 | 14 | 52 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .346 | .397 | .769 | 1.166 |
| 19 | | R. Santo | 5 | 10 | 38 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .316 | .350 | .737 | 1.087 |
| 20 | | N. Cash | 5 | 13 | 43 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .372 | .460 | .791 | 1.251 |
| 21 | | B. Robinson | 5 | 19 | 73 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .205 | .280 | .452 | .733 |
| 22 |  | W. Mays | 5 | 24 | 85 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .353 | .444 | .612 | 1.056 |
| 23 | | J. Foxx | 5 | 16 | 61 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 72 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .344 | .420 | .721 | 1.142 | |||
| 24 |  | R. Hornsby | 5 | 12 | 40 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 40 | 10 | 1 | .475 | .512 | 1.000 | 1.512 | ||||
| 25 |  | G. Springer | 4 | 8 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .375 | .767 | 1.142 |
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