So, I got to wondering the other day, just sitting around, you know, thinking about baseball. The World Series, specifically. The question popped into my head: who actually blasted the most home runs in just one World Series? Not over a career, but in that single championship series.
Figured it was time to do a little digging. I grabbed my tablet, sat back down, and started searching. Typed in something simple first, like “most homers world series single series”. You get a lot of noise sometimes, lists of career leaders, postseason leaders, stuff like that. Had to sift through it a bit.
I started seeing a few names repeatedly linked to big World Series performances. Reggie Jackson, Mr. October, obviously came up. His name is almost synonymous with clutch hitting in the fall classic. Then I saw some more modern names pop up too. Need to be sure, right? Can’t just trust the first thing you see.
So I cross-checked a few different spots. Looked for articles specifically talking about single-series records. Found mentions confirming Reggie’s big series. Then found another guy, Chase Utley, who apparently tied it. And more recently, George Springer had a monster series and tied it as well.
Turns out, the record isn’t held by just one guy. It’s a tie between three players. The magic number is five home runs in one World Series.
Who Hit 5 Homers in a Single World Series?
- Reggie Jackson did it way back in 1977.
- Chase Utley matched him in 2009.
- George Springer joined the club in 2017.
Pretty impressive stuff. Hitting five home runs against the best pitching, under that kind of pressure, in just a handful of games? That’s some serious power hitting. It was interesting to track down the actual record holders instead of just guessing. Takes some real focus at the plate to do that.
