Thursday, August 22, 2019

Teams with home run leaders less than 10 since 1920.

Starting in 1920 68 teams have had a home run leader with fewer than 10 home runs. Several times multiple teammates tied for the team lead. Two such teams won the pennant:
1920 Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Series hitting 28 regular season home runs
1927 Pittsburgh Pirates hit 54 regular season home runs but were swept by the Yankees.

The 1979 Houston Astros finished second at 89-73 hitting 49 regular season home runs. They are the most recent team with a single digit home run leader in a full season. In 1981 teams played about 101-103 games.

The next post will have the names of the leaders.

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yearID teamID HRmax FranchID FranchName Rank W L HRtot ABtot
1920 BOS 7 BOS Boston Red Sox 5 72 81 22 5199
1920 BRO 9 LAD Los Angeles Dodgers 1 93 61 28 5399
1920 BSN 6 ATL Atlanta Braves 7 62 90 23 5218
1920 CIN 4 CIN Cincinnati Reds 3 82 71 18 5176
1920 PIT 4 PIT Pittsburgh Pirates 4 79 75 16 5219
1920 WS1 9 MIN Minnesota Twins 6 68 84 36 5251
1921 BOS 5 BOS Boston Red Sox 5 75 79 17 5206
1921 CHN 6 CHC Chicago Cubs 7 64 89 37 5321
1921 CIN 4 CIN Cincinnati Reds 6 70 83 20 5112
1921 PIT 7 PIT Pittsburgh Pirates 2 90 63 37 5379
1921 WS1 9 MIN Minnesota Twins 4 80 73 42 5294
1922 BSN 6 ATL Atlanta Braves 8 53 100 32 5161
1923 BSN 7 ATL Atlanta Braves 7 54 100 32 5329
1923 WS1 9 MIN Minnesota Twins 4 75 78 26 5244
1924 BSN 6 ATL Atlanta Braves 8 53 100 25 5283
1924 CIN 4 CIN Cincinnati Reds 4 83 70 36 5301
1924 CLE 9 CLE Cleveland Indians 6 67 86 41 5332
1924 PIT 9 PIT Pittsburgh Pirates 3 90 63 44 5288
1925 BSN 7 ATL Atlanta Braves 5 70 83 41 5365
1925 CHA 9 CHW Chicago White Sox 5 79 75 38 5224
1925 CIN 8 CIN Cincinnati Reds 3 80 73 44 5233
1926 BOS 7 BOS Boston Red Sox 8 46 107 32 5185
1926 BSN 3 ATL Atlanta Braves 7 66 86 16 5216
1926 CHA 8 CHW Chicago White Sox 5 81 72 32 5220
1926 CIN 7 CIN Cincinnati Reds 2 87 67 35 5320
1926 CLE 7 CLE Cleveland Indians 2 88 66 27 5293
1926 PIT 8 PIT Pittsburgh Pirates 3 84 69 44 5312
1927 BOS 6 BOS Boston Red Sox 8 51 103 28 5207
1927 CHA 9 CHW Chicago White Sox 5 70 83 36 5157
1927 CIN 6 CIN Cincinnati Reds 5 75 78 29 5185
1927 CLE 5 CLE Cleveland Indians 6 66 87 26 5202
1927 PIT 9 PIT Pittsburgh Pirates 1 94 60 54 5397
1928 CHA 3 CHW Chicago White Sox 5 72 82 24 5207
1928 CIN 7 CIN Cincinnati Reds 5 78 74 32 5184
1928 CLE 5 CLE Cleveland Indians 7 62 92 34 5386
1929 BOS 6 BOS Boston Red Sox 8 58 96 28 5160
1929 CIN 7 CIN Cincinnati Reds 7 66 88 34 5269
1929 SLA 9 BAL Baltimore Orioles 4 79 73 46 5174
1931 CHA 6 CHW Chicago White Sox 8 56 97 27 5481
1931 CIN 8 CIN Cincinnati Reds 8 58 96 21 5343
1932 CHA 9 CHW Chicago White Sox 7 49 102 36 5336
1932 PIT 8 PIT Pittsburgh Pirates 2 86 68 48 5421
1933 BRO 9 LAD Los Angeles Dodgers 6 65 88 62 5367
1935 WS1 6 MIN Minnesota Twins 6 67 86 32 5592
1936 BRO 5 LAD Los Angeles Dodgers 7 67 87 33 5574
1937 BRO 8 LAD Los Angeles Dodgers 6 62 91 37 5295
1937 PIT 9 PIT Pittsburgh Pirates 3 86 68 47 5433
1938 PHI 8 PHI Philadelphia Phillies 8 45 105 40 5192
1939 PHI 9 PHI Philadelphia Phillies 8 45 106 49 5133
1942 CHA 7 CHW Chicago White Sox 6 66 82 25 4949
1942 PHI 9 PHI Philadelphia Phillies 8 42 109 44 5060
1942 WS1 9 MIN Minnesota Twins 7 62 89 40 5295
1943 BRO 9 LAD Los Angeles Dodgers 3 81 72 39 5309
1943 CHA 5 CHW Chicago White Sox 4 82 72 33 5254
1943 CIN 9 CIN Cincinnati Reds 2 87 67 43 5329
1945 CHA 4 CHW Chicago White Sox 6 71 78 22 5077
1945 PHA 8 OAK Oakland Athletics 8 52 98 33 5296
1945 WS1 8 MIN Minnesota Twins 2 87 67 27 5326
1946 BSN 8 ATL Atlanta Braves 4 81 72 44 5225
1946 CHA 7 CHW Chicago White Sox 5 74 80 37 5312
1946 CHN 8 CHC Chicago Cubs 3 82 71 56 5298
1948 WS1 7 MIN Minnesota Twins 7 56 97 31 5111
1949 CHA 7 CHW Chicago White Sox 6 63 91 43 5204
1954 BAL 8 BAL Baltimore Orioles 7 54 100 52 5206
1979 HOU 9 HOU Houston Astros 2 89 73 49 5394
1981 CLE 7 CLE Cleveland Indians 6 52 51 39 3507
1981 MIN 7 MIN Minnesota Twins 7 41 68 47 3676
1981 SDN 8 SDP San Diego Padres 6 41 69 32 3757

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