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  1. www.mlb.com › news › the-season-barry-bonds-hit-95The 'season' Barry Bonds hit 95 homers - MLB.com

    Mar 20, 2020 · In 2001, Barry Bonds broke the all-time single-season home run record, taking Chan Ho Park deep for his 71st home run, topping Mark McGwire's three-year old record of 70. He'd then go on to hit another 24, setting the mark at 95. During his entire 22-year career, he hit exactly.

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  2. sabr.org › journal › articleInto Thin Air: What’s All the Fuss About Coors Field?

    May 4, 2004 · Coors Field led all major league ball parks in both total home runs and home runs per at-bat during seven of its first eight seasons (James 1995- 2001; STATS Inc. 2001; Carter et al. 2002). Nearly all observers, from noted physicists to veteran players to casual fans, attribute the dramatic home run output at Coors Field to the effect of thin ...

  3. www.denver7.com › news › local-newsCU professor explains the science behind Coors Field homers

    Jul 12, 2021 · When they instituted the humidors, which is where they store the baseballs in a humid environment, the home run rate at Coors Field went down about 25%. And so for the Home Run Derby, they are actually going to remove the use of the humidor. So not only are we at altitude, but the baseballs will be finely tuned and ready to fly out of the park."

  4. www.denver7.com › news › local-newsWhy Coors Field is notoriously known as a home run park - Denver7

    Apr 6, 2021 · DENVER — The last time Coors Field hosted the MLB All-Star Game was in 1998. The American League beat the National League 13-18, and it remains the highest scoring All Star game in MLB history. And there's a reason why that is the case: the dry and thin air. Because Denver is a mile above sea level, the air is thinner, which means there's ...

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  5. sabr.org › bioproj › parkCoors Field (Denver) - Society for American Baseball Research

    Apr 26, 1995 · During his tenure with the Rockies, Helton hit 227 home runs at the ballpark. Barry Bonds hit 26 home runs at Coors Field and holds the record for the most home runs by an opposing player.19. Naturally, the accomplishments of pitchers at Coors Field tend to be overlooked. As of 2017, there has been just one no-hitter there, by Nomo in 1996.

  6. www.baseball-almanac.com › stadium › coors_fieldCoors Field Historical Analysis - Baseball Almanac

    The easiest to understand view of the effects altitude have on a ball hit in Coors Field came from Major League Baseball, "The ball still travels 9% farther at 5,280 feet than at sea level. It is estimated that a home run hit 400 feet in sea-level Yankee Stadium would travel about 408 feet in Atlanta and as far as 440 feet in the Mile High City ...

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  8. kdvr.com › news › localIs it really easier to hit a home run at Coors Field?

    Aug 28, 2023 · Like most phenomena in Denver, it has to do with the elevation of the Mile High City. Coors Field is known as an “easier field” because it hit a record-setting 303 home runs in 1999, according ...