Major League Baseball set a new record for home runs in a season Wednesday night.
When Jonathan Villar took Caleb Ferguson deep at 9:15 p.m. ET on Wednesday night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, baseball history was made.
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Villar’s three-run blast — which gave the Orioles a 5-2 lead against the Dodgers in the seventh inning — was the 6,106th home run hit in MLB this season, surpassing the previous record of 6,105, set in 2017. These are the only two seasons in history with at least 6,000 home runs hit.
Home runs have not slowed down in September. Players are going long in 3.72 percent of plate appearances. The 2019 season averages 3.65 percent. The previous high for the month in the low mound era (1969 on) was 3.17 percent in September of 2017.