At bats per home run - Wikipedia At bats per home run A B / H R = A B H R ( displaystyle AB / HR = ( \frac ( AB ) ( HR ) ) ) In baseball statistics, at bats per home run ( AB / HR ) is a way to measure how frequently a batter hits a home run. It is determined by dividing the number of at bats by the number of home runs hit. Mark McGwire possesses the MLB record for this statistic with a career ratio of 10.61 at bats per home run and Babe Ruth is second, with 11.76 at bats per home run. Kyle Schwarber has the best current career ratio with 13.82 at bats per home run. Giancarlo Stanton, with 14.33 at bats per home run, was the previous leader among active players. Contents 1 Major League Baseball leaders 1.1 Career 1.2 Season 2 References Major League baseball Leaders Career Mark McGwire holds the career record for fewest at bats per home run with at least 3000 plate appearances, at 10.61. Totals are current through the end of the 2016 season, minimum 3000 plate appearances. Mark McGwire - 10.61 Babe Ruth - 11.76 Barry Bonds - 12.92 Jim Thome - 13.76 Ralph Kiner - 14.11 Season Single - season statistics are current through the end of the 2013 season. Active players in bold. Barry Bonds - 6.52 Mark McGwire - 7.27 Mark McGwire - 8.02 Mark McGwire - 8.13 Barry Bonds - 8.29 Babe Ruth was the first batter to average fewer than nine at - bats per home run over a season, hitting his 54 home runs of the 1920 season in 457 at - bats ; an average of 8.463. Seventy - eight years later, Mark McGwire became the first batter to average fewer than eight AB / HR, hitting his 70 home runs of the 1998 season in 509 at - bats ( an average of 7.2714 ). In 2001, Barry Bonds became the first batter to average fewer than seven AB / HR, setting the Major League record by hitting his 73 home runs of the 2001 season in 476 at - bats for an average of 6.5205. Ruth, McGwire and Bonds are the only batters in history to average nine or fewer AB / HR over a season, having done so nine times : Nine or fewer at - bats per home run Batter Season HR AB AB / HR Babe Ruth 1920 54 457 8.4630 Babe Ruth 1927 60 540 9.0000 Mark McGwire 52 423 8.1346 Mark McGwire 1998 70 509 7.2714 Mark McGwire 1999 65 521 8.0154 Barry Bonds 73 476 6.5205 Barry Bonds 2002 46 403 8.7610 Barry Bonds 2003 45 390 8.6670 Barry Bonds 45 373 8.2890 References ^ Jump up to : Career Leaders & Records for AB per HR. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016. Jump up ^ Single - Season Leaders & Records for AB per HR. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2 June 2012. Jump up ^ `` Single - Season Leaders & Records for AB per HR ''. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2012. 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Question: who has the best home run to at bat ratio
Answer: Mark McGwire