December 2, 2013 Curacao
Wladimir “Coco” Balentien is a Curaçaoan-Dutch professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
The record of 55 home runs in a single season was originally set by Sadaharu Oh in 1964 and later tied by Tuffy Rhodes and Alex Cabrera. On September 10, 2013, Balentien (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) hit his 55th home run, braking the record, hitting his 56th and 57th home runs, on September 15, 2013 at home against the Hanshin Tigers, ultimately finishing the season with 60 total home runs and 131 RBI in 130 games
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