Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Home Runs in both "leagues": 30, 40, 50.

Data through 2015 from the Lahman database was manipulated using Microsoft Access. Some players played on multiple teams in the same year in the same league.

FirstName LastName MaxHRAL MaxHRNL ALyearFirst ALyearLast ALcount NLyearFirst NLyearLast NLcount ALteamFirst ALteanmLast NLteamFirst NLteamLast
Adam Dunn 41 46 2012 2013 2 2004 2010 7 CHA CHA CIN CIN
Darrell Evans 40 41 1985 1987 2 1973 1983 2 DET DET ATL ATL
Shawn Green 42 49 1998 1999 2 2001 2002 2 TOR TOR LAN LAN
Ken Griffey 56 40 1993 1999 6 2000 2007 3 SEA SEA CIN CIN
David Justice 41 40 1997 2000 2 1993 1993 1 CLE CLE ATL ATL
Mark McGwire 52 70 1987 1997 8 1998 2000 3 OAK OAK SLN SLN
Albert Pujols 40 49 2012 2015 2 2001 2011 11 LAA LAA SLN SLN
Jim Thome 52 47 1996 2008 10 2003 2004 2 CLE CLE PHI PHI

Darrell Evans was the first to hit at least 40 Home Runs (HR) in both leagues. Adam Dunn and Albert Pujols are the most recent.

Obviously, Mark McGwire is the only player to hit at least 50 HR in both leagues. Not counted: McGwire hitting 58 HR in 1997: 34 for Oakland in the American and 24 for St. Louis in the National.

All 41 players with at least 30 HR in both leagues:

FirstName LastName MaxHRAL MaxHRNL ALyearFirst ALyearLast ALcount NLyearFirst NLyearLast NLcount ALteamFirst ALteanmLast NLteamFirst NLteamLast
Dick Allen 37 40 1972 1974 2 1966 1970 4 CHA CHA PHI PHI
Tony Batista 41 32 2000 2002 2 2004 2004 1 TOR TOR MON MON
Jason Bay 36 35 2009 2009 1 2005 2006 2 BOS BOS PIT PIT
Adrian Beltre 36 48 2011 2013 3 2004 2004 1 TEX TEX LAN LAN
Bobby Bonds 37 39 1975 1978 3 1969 1973 3 NYA TEX SFN SFN
Ellis Burks 32 40 2002 2002 1 1996 1999 3 CLE CLE COL COL
Jeff Burroughs 30 41 1973 1973 1 1977 1977 1 TEX TEX ATL ATL
Miguel Cabrera 44 34 2008 2013 6 2004 2007 3 DET DET FLO FLO
Tony Clark 34 30 1997 1999 3 2005 2005 1 DET DET ARI ARI
Carlos Delgado 44 38 1997 2004 8 2005 2008 3 TOR TOR FLO FLO
Adam Dunn 41 46 2012 2013 2 2004 2010 7 CHA CHA CIN CIN
Jim Edmonds 33 42 1995 1995 1 2000 2004 4 CAL CAL SLN SLN
Darrell Evans 40 41 1985 1987 2 1973 1983 2 DET DET ATL ATL
Prince Fielder 30 50 2012 2012 1 2007 2011 5 DET DET MIL MIL
Troy Glaus 47 37 2000 2006 4 2005 2005 1 ANA ANA ARI ARI
Shawn Green 42 49 1998 1999 2 2001 2002 2 TOR TOR LAN LAN
Ken Griffey 56 40 1993 1999 6 2000 2007 3 SEA SEA CIN CIN
Vladimir Guerrero 39 44 2004 2006 3 1998 2002 5 ANA ANA MON MON
Frank Howard 48 31 1967 1970 4 1962 1962 1 WS2 WS2 LAN LAN
Raul Ibanez 33 34 2006 2006 1 2009 2009 1 SEA SEA PHI PHI
David Justice 41 40 1997 2000 2 1993 1993 1 CLE CLE ATL ATL
Dave Kingman 35 48 1984 1986 3 1975 1982 4 OAK OAK NYN NYN
Carlos Lee 31 32 2003 2004 2 2005 2007 2 CHA CHA MIL MIL
Greg Luzinski 32 39 1983 1983 1 1975 1978 3 CHA CHA PHI PHI
Fred McGriff 36 37 1988 1999 4 1991 2002 5 TOR TOR SDN SDN
Mark McGwire 52 70 1987 1997 8 1998 2000 3 OAK OAK SLN SLN
Larry Parrish 32 30 1987 1987 1 1979 1979 1 TEX TEX MON MON
Albert Pujols 40 49 2012 2015 2 2001 2011 11 LAA LAA SLN SLN
Mark Reynolds 37 44 2011 2011 1 2009 2010 2 BAL BAL ARI ARI
Frank Robinson 49 39 1966 1973 4 1956 1965 7 BAL BAL CIN CIN
Richie Sexson 39 45 1999 2006 3 2001 2003 2 CLE CLE MIL MIL
Gary Sheffield 36 43 2004 2005 2 1992 2003 6 NYA NYA SDN SDN
Reggie Smith 30 32 1971 1971 1 1977 1977 1 BOS BOS LAN LAN
Alfonso Soriano 39 46 2002 2005 3 2006 2012 3 NYA NYA WAS WAS
Dick Stuart 42 35 1963 1964 2 1961 1961 1 BOS BOS PIT PIT
Jim Thome 52 47 1996 2008 10 2003 2004 2 CLE CLE PHI PHI
Jason Thompson 31 31 1977 1977 1 1982 1982 1 DET DET PIT PIT
Greg Vaughn 31 50 1993 1996 2 1998 1999 2 ML4 ML4 SDN SDN
Robin Ventura 34 32 1996 1996 1 1999 1999 1 CHA CHA NYN NYN
Matt Williams 32 43 1997 1997 1 1990 1999 5 CLE CLE SFN SFN
Dave Winfield 37 34 1982 1983 2 1979 1979 1 NYA NYA SDN SDN

First 30/30: Dick Stuart.

Frank Robinson, Vladimir Guerrero, Richie Sexon and Alphonso Soriano were close to 40/40, missing by just one in one league.

David Justice hit 41 AL HR playing for Cleveland and the Yankees in 2000: 21/20.

Double digit figures in league counts:
Albert Pujols: all 11 seasons with St. Louis
Jim Thome: 10 AL seasons: Cleveland 7, White Sox 3

yearID lgID FirstOfnameFirst FirstOfnameLast CountOfteamID MinOfteamID MaxOfteamID SumOfHR
1975 AL Bobby Bonds 1 NYA NYA 32
1977 AL Bobby Bonds 1 CAL CAL 37
1978 AL Bobby Bonds 2 CHA TEX 31




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