Japanese season home run record now held by four players.

Sadaharu Oh - ethnic Chinese, born in Japan

Tuffy Rhodes - American

Alex Cabrera - Venezuelan

Wladimir Balentien - Curacaon

Interesting mix.  Balentien just tied the record with his 55th home run and he still has many games to play.  These posts address the subject:

Friday, September 6, 2013

Juiced baseballs and the season home run record ... in Japan.

many of Balentien's HR were hit with the juiced baseball
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Saturday, September 7, 2013

Juiced: players, bats, balls, parks.

Robert Whiting said...

(Sadaharu) Oh hit his home runs with a compressed bat . Compressed bats generate much more distance than conventional bats. It was forbidden to use compressed bats in MLB. And they were banned in Japan after Oh's retirement.

There were plenty of juiced balls in Oh's era too.
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