Home Run Proficiency: Aaron, Johnson, Evans 1973.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Those 1973 Atlanta Braves: was there something in the water?

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Click this link to view new Home Run Proficiency data and Graph on Hank Aaron, Davey Johnson and Darrell Evans.

In 1973 here were their ranks among batters from both leagues:
Aaron 1
Johnson 5
Evans 7

Aaron at age 39 had his second most proficient home run hitting season: 3.4 times more proficient than all other NL batters in 1973.  His best: 3.7 times more proficient in 1971 at age 37.

Johnson was 2.3 times more proficient than all other NL batters in 1973. Second best: .7 in 1974.

Evans was twice as proficient as all other NL batters in 1973.  Second best: 1.8 in 1985.