30 home runs in 2016: impact on success and scoring.

38 players hit at least 30 Home Runs (HR) in 2016 . There are 30 teams but some teams, such as the Yankees, had no players with 30 HR. Here are the top ten:

Rk	Player	HR	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Mark Trumbo	47	2016	30	BAL	AL	159	667	613	94	157	27	1	108	51	1	170	3	0	0	14	2	0	.256	.316	.533	.850	*9D/37
2	Nelson Cruz	43	2016	35	SEA	AL	155	667	589	96	169	27	1	105	62	5	159	9	0	7	15	2	0	.287	.360	.555	.915	*D9
3	Edwin Encarnacion	42	2016	33	TOR	AL	160	702	601	99	158	34	0	127	87	3	138	5	0	8	22	2	0	.263	.357	.529	.886	*D3
4	Brian Dozier	42	2016	29	MIN	AL	155	691	615	104	165	35	5	99	61	6	138	8	2	5	12	18	2	.268	.340	.546	.886	*4/HD
5	Khris Davis	42	2016	28	OAK	AL	150	610	555	85	137	24	2	102	42	0	166	8	0	5	19	1	2	.247	.307	.524	.831	*7D/H
6	Chris Carter	41	2016	29	MIL	NL	160	644	549	84	122	27	1	94	76	1	206	9	0	10	18	3	1	.222	.321	.499	.821	*3/HD
7	Nolan Arenado	41	2016	25	COL	NL	160	696	618	116	182	35	6	133	68	10	103	2	0	8	17	2	3	.294	.362	.570	.932	*5
8	Todd Frazier	40	2016	30	CHW	AL	158	666	590	89	133	21	0	98	64	1	163	4	1	7	11	15	5	.225	.302	.464	.767	*5/3D
9	Robinson Cano	39	2016	33	SEA	AL	161	715	655	107	195	33	2	103	47	8	100	8	0	5	18	0	1	.298	.350	.533	.882	*4/D
10	Kris Bryant	39	2016	24	CHC	NL	155	699	603	121	176	35	3	102	75	5	154	18	0	3	3	8	5	.292	.385	.554	.939	*579/386D

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Generated 10/26/2016.

They represent ten different teams. Of the ten tournament teams, only three had a top ten HR hitter: Baltimore, Toronto, Chicago Cubs.

In 2015 only 20 players hit at least 30 HR, so the number almost doubled. In 2015 Baltimore also had the player with the most, also 47 HR, but he was Chris Davis, not Mark Trumbo. In 2015 Nelson Cruz was also second.

In 2014 the number of players with at least 30 HR was 11. Nelson Cruz was the only player with at least 40 HR: 40. Cruz was then with Baltimore.

In 2013: 14; Chris Davis 53.

So in the three most recent seasons the number has about doubled twice: 11, 20, 38.

In 2016, teams with multiple 30 HR players:
Three:
Baltimore: Trumbo, Davis, Machado
Boston: Ortiz, Betts, Ramirez
Seattle: Cruz, Cano, Kyle Seager

Toronto had the functional equivalent of three: Encarnacion and Donaldson, plus Jose Bautista (Joey Bats) who hit 22 in only 423 at bats (AB); 2010-2015: 54, 43, 27 (332 AB), 28 (452 AB), 35, 40. Bautista was healthy for the 2016 tournament and hit 2 HR in 33 AB.

In 2016 these teams had two 30 HR players: Chicago Cubs, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, New York Mets (plus Jay Bruce 33: 25 Reds, 8 Mets), Tampa, Texas.

Eleven of the thirty teams had multiple 30 HR players: six teams in top ten in scoring, three in bottom ten.

Seven of the ten tournament teams had multiple 30 HR players: Baltimore, Boston, Toronto, Cubs, Cleveland, Mets, Texas.

No tournament team had only one 30 HR player. These three tournament teams had zero 30 HR players: Giants, Dodgers, Washington.

Both teams in the finals had two 30 HR players:
Cubs: Kris Bryant (39), Anthony Rizzo (32)
Indians: Mike Napoli, Carlos Santana - both 34

Of the top ten in team HR, only St. Louis and Colorado had only one 30 HR player. The rest had multiple.

Of the top ten in team runs scored (Boston most: 878), only Washington did not have a 30 HR player. Six had multiple 30 HR players: Boston (3), Cubs, Cleveland, Seattle (3), Texas, Toronto. Three teams had one: Colorado, St. Louis, Arizona.

Of the ten teams scoring the fewest runs (680 or fewer: Yankees), three had two 30 HR players:
Tampa (Longoria, Brad Miller) 672
Milwaukee (Chris Carter, Braun) 671
Mets (Cespedes, Granderson) 671

Oakland had one: Khris Davis 42. Including the Yankees, none of the other six in the bottom ten had even one 30 HR player.

Bottom line: it sure helps to have multiple 30 HR players but teams need other things.