Monday, October 28, 2019

New York home run league leaders.

The original posts (links at bottom of this post) in this series by years have a field indicating if the New York team and/or city leader also led his league. However, that detail did not stand out. This post lists all New York league home run champions since 1883 and has summary data for teams and individuals.

33 New York players led the league in home runs from Buck Ewing to Pete Alonso. Many did it multiple times.

Sorted by number of times, then by first year leading the league:
qryHomeRunsNYleaderCount
Team Name1 Name2 Count YearFirst YearLast HRmin HRmax
Yankees Babe Ruth 10 1920 1931 41 60
Giants Mel Ott 6 1932 1942 30 38
Yankees Mickey Mantle 4 1955 1960 37 52
Yankees Lou Gehrig 3 1931 1936 46 49
Giants Mike Tiernan 2 1890 1891 13 16
Dodgers Tim Jordan 2 1906 1908 12 12
Giants Dave Robertson 2 1916 1917 12 12
Yankees Wally Pipp 2 1916 1917 9 12
Yankees Joe DiMaggio 2 1937 1948 39 46
Giants Johnny Mize 2 1947 1948 40 51
Yankees Alex Rodriguez 2 2005 2007 48 54
Giants Buck Ewing 1 1883 1883 10 10
Dodgers Oyster Burns 1 1890 1890 13 13
Dodgers Jimmy Sheckard 1 1903 1903 9 9
Dodgers Harry Lumley 1 1904 1904 9 9
Giants Red Murray 1 1909 1909 7 7
Giants High Pockets Kelly 1 1921 1921 23 23
Dodgers Jack Fournier 1 1924 1924 27 27
Yankees Bob Meusel 1 1925 1925 33 33
Dodgers Dolph Camilli 1 1941 1941 34 34
Yankees Nick Etten 1 1944 1944 22 22
Giants Willie Mays 1 1955 1955 51 51
Dodgers Duke Snider 1 1956 1956 43 43
Yankees Roger Maris 1 1961 1961 61 61
Yankees Graig Nettles 1 1976 1976 32 32
Yankees Reggie Jackson 1 1980 1980 41 41
Mets Dave Kingman 1 1982 1982 37 37
Mets Darryl Strawberry 1 1988 1988 39 39
Mets Howard Johnson 1 1991 1991 38 38
Yankees Mark Teixeira 1 2009 2009 39 39
Yankees Aaron Judge 1 2017 2017 52 52
Mets Pete Alonso 1 2019 2019 53 53

In 1890 Giant Mike Tiernan and Dodger Oyster Burns tied for the National League (NL) lead with 13. Tiernan alone led the NL in 1891 with 16.

In 1931 Yankee teammates Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig tied for the American League lead with 46, the most by any two tied teammates.

That list again sorted by team first, number of times, then by first year leading the league:
qryHomeRunsNYleaderCount
Team Name1 Name2 Count YearFirst YearLast HRmin HRmax
Dodgers Tim Jordan 2 1906 1908 12 12
Dodgers Oyster Burns 1 1890 1890 13 13
Dodgers Jimmy Sheckard 1 1903 1903 9 9
Dodgers Harry Lumley 1 1904 1904 9 9
Dodgers Jack Fournier 1 1924 1924 27 27
Dodgers Dolph Camilli 1 1941 1941 34 34
Dodgers Duke Snider 1 1956 1956 43 43
Giants Mel Ott 6 1932 1942 30 38
Giants Mike Tiernan 2 1890 1891 13 16
Giants Dave Robertson 2 1916 1917 12 12
Giants Johnny Mize 2 1947 1948 40 51
Giants Buck Ewing 1 1883 1883 10 10
Giants Red Murray 1 1909 1909 7 7
Giants High Pockets Kelly 1 1921 1921 23 23
Giants Willie Mays 1 1955 1955 51 51
Mets Dave Kingman 1 1982 1982 37 37
Mets Darryl Strawberry 1 1988 1988 39 39
Mets Howard Johnson 1 1991 1991 38 38
Mets Pete Alonso 1 2019 2019 53 53
Yankees Babe Ruth 10 1920 1931 41 60
Yankees Mickey Mantle 4 1955 1960 37 52
Yankees Lou Gehrig 3 1931 1936 46 49
Yankees Wally Pipp 2 1916 1917 9 12
Yankees Joe DiMaggio 2 1937 1948 39 46
Yankees Alex Rodriguez 2 2005 2007 48 54
Yankees Bob Meusel 1 1925 1925 33 33
Yankees Nick Etten 1 1944 1944 22 22
Yankees Roger Maris 1 1961 1961 61 61
Yankees Graig Nettles 1 1976 1976 32 32
Yankees Reggie Jackson 1 1980 1980 41 41
Yankees Mark Teixeira 1 2009 2009 39 39
Yankees Aaron Judge 1 2017 2017 52 52

Number of home run champions, championships:
Dodgers: 7, 8
Giants: 8, 16
Mets: 4, 4
Yankees: 13, 30 (since 1962: 5, 6)

New York players led both leagues in the same year:

Team Name1 Name2 theYear HR
Giants Dave Robertson 1916 12
Yankees Wally Pipp 1916 12


Team Name1 Name2 theYear HR
Giants High Pockets Kelly 1921 23
Yankees Babe Ruth 1921 59


Team Name1 Name2 theYear HR
Dodgers Jack Fournier 1924 27
Yankees Babe Ruth 1924 46


Team Name1 Name2 theYear HR
Yankees Lou Gehrig 1934 49
Giants Mel Ott 1934 35
Yankees Lou Gehrig 1936 49
Giants Mel Ott 1936 33
Yankees Joe DiMaggio 1937 46
Giants Mel Ott 1937 31


Team Name1 Name2 theYear HR
Yankees Joe DiMaggio 1948 39
Giants Johnny Mize 1948 40
Giants Willie Mays 1955 51
Yankees Mickey Mantle 1955 37
Dodgers Duke Snider 1956 43
Yankees Mickey Mantle 1956 52

New York home run leaders: individuals by team. Sunday, October 27, 2019

New York home run leaders: individual totals. Saturday, October 26, 2019

New York home run leaders: team totals. Saturday, October 26, 2019

1962-2019 New York home run leaders. Saturday, October 19, 2019

1958-1961 New York home run leaders. Saturday, October 19, 2019

1935-1957 New York home run leaders. Sunday, October 13, 2019

1920-1934 New York home run leaders. Sunday, October 13, 2019

1903-1919 New York home run leaders. Sunday, October 13, 2019

1890-1902 New York home run leaders. Wednesday, October 9, 2019

1883-1889 New York home runs leaders. Wednesday, October 9, 2019

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