Roger Maris 1961 Home Runs by team. Show it to Gary Sanchez fans.

A cautionary tale for those too impressed by Yankee catcher Gary Sanchez having 15 Home Runs in only 123 at bats in 2019. Sanchez hit 9 of his 15 home runs against Baltimore against whom he has his most AB: 44. Sanchez has his second most AB against Tampa: 20, 0 HR.

Here are the 1961 splits for the record 61 home runs hit by Roger Maris sorted by home runs:

Team	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	AB/HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
Chicago White Sox	18	18	77	71	19	27	4	1	13	5.46	26	0	0	6	11	.380	.429	1.014	1.443	72	2	0	0	0	0	1	.298	179	280
Washington Senators	18	18	79	75	12	20	3	0	9	8.33	17	0	0	4	4	.267	.304	.667	.970	50	4	0	0	0	0	0	.177	89	156
Cleveland Indians	18	18	78	61	16	20	0	0	8	7.63	19	0	0	12	7	.328	.436	.721	1.157	44	3	2	0	3	0	0	.245	134	212
Detroit Tigers	18	18	82	74	16	20	2	1	8	9.25	16	0	0	8	12	.270	.341	.649	.990	48	2	0	0	0	0	2	.222	96	175
Boston Red Sox	18	18	81	65	19	17	1	0	7	9.29	19	0	0	16	7	.262	.407	.600	1.007	39	0	0	0	0	0	1	.196	106	163
Kansas City Athletics	18	18	78	67	18	17	3	1	5	13.40	11	0	0	8	5	.254	.359	.552	.911	37	3	3	0	0	0	1	.211	86	133
Los Angeles Angels	18	18	78	59	15	16	0	1	4	14.75	11	0	0	18	5	.271	.436	.508	.944	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.235	99	154
Minnesota Twins	18	18	82	65	12	11	3	0	4	16.25	16	0	0	14	8	.169	.329	.400	.729	26	2	2	0	1	0	3	.130	53	100
Baltimore Orioles	17	16	63	53	5	11	0	0	3	17.67	6	0	0	8	8	.208	.302	.377	.679	20	1	0	0	2	0	0	.182	42	112

Maris averaged almost 7 homers against the 9 other American League teams in the first 162 game schedule: balanced with no divisions. Maris didn't just hit against the White Sox, which might have given him almost 120 home runs.

The 2019 Yankees have already played 12 of the 19 scheduled games against division rival Baltimore and Sanchez has played in 11 of those.

Baltimore is 15-35 with a shocking 107 home runs allowed by its pitchers, who are on pace to give up more than 300 homers for the season, which would be a record. In 2017 the Cincinnati pitchers allowed 248 home runs.