12. 2019 Home Run rates: Mike Trout leads.

Met Pete Alonso set a rookie record with 53 home runs, which led MLB, but his PctDif was only 5th.

AB: At Bats

HR: Home Runs
MLB: Major League Baseball: both American League and National League
Home Run Rate: AB/HR (lower is better)
N: number of MLB teams that season
Top home run hitters: N hitters with the most HR, plus any ties at the bottom
Home Run Rate MLB: for N hitters: total AB / total HR
Home Run Rate hitters: AB/HR
Dif: Home Run Rate hitter - Home Run Rate MLB
PctDif: Dif/Home Run Rate MLB
HR#: rank among N hitters for HR
PctDif#: rank among N hitters for PctDif
Hitters are ranked by relative position: 1, 2, 3, ... Ties would have the same number and then rank number would resume. For example, if four players are tied at third place: 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 7, 8, ...

Mike Trout took 127 fewer AB to hit 45 home runs than Alonso to hit 53.

qryHomeRunsTopNyearPctDif

yearID	nameFirst	nameLast	PctDif	PctDif#	HR#	HR	AB	P_AB/HR	Group_ AB/HR	Dif	franchID	teamID	lgID
2019	Mike	Trout	25.03%	1	5	45	470	10.44444	13.93	3.49	ANA	LAA	AL
2019	Nelson	Cruz	20.52%	2	7	41	454	11.07317	13.93	2.86	MIN	MIN	AL
2019	Christian	Yelich	20.23%	3	6	44	489	11.11364	13.93	2.82	MIL	MIL	NL
2019	Miguel	Sano	19.78%	4	29	34	380	11.17647	13.93	2.75	MIN	MIN	AL
2019	Pete	Alonso	19.15%	5	1	53	597	11.26415	13.93	2.67	NYM	NYN	NL
2019	Gary	Sanchez	16.40%	6	29	34	396	11.64706	13.93	2.28	NYY	NYA	AL
2019	Eugenio	Suarez	15.77%	7	2	49	575	11.73469	13.93	2.20	CIN	CIN	NL
2019	Cody	Bellinger	14.78%	8	4	47	558	11.87234	13.93	2.06	LAD	LAN	NL
2019	Jorge	Soler	11.92%	9	3	48	589	12.27083	13.93	1.66	KCR	KCA	AL
2019	George	Springer	11.84%	10	11	39	479	12.28205	13.93	1.65	HOU	HOU	AL
2019	Edwin	Encarnacion	11.75%	11	29	34	418	12.29412	13.93	1.64		TOT	AL
2019	Joc	Pederson	10.27%	12	18	36	450	12.5	13.93	1.43	LAD	LAN	NL
2019	Franmil	Reyes	4.16%	13	15	37	494	13.35135	13.93	0.58		TOT	ML
2019	Matt	Olson	3.70%	14	18	36	483	13.41667	13.93	0.51	OAK	OAK	AL
2019	Alex	Bregman	3.01%	15	7	41	554	13.5122	13.93	0.42	HOU	HOU	AL
2019	Max	Muncy	0.12%	16	23	35	487	13.91429	13.93	0.02	LAD	LAN	NL
2019	Kyle	Schwarber	0.07%	17	12	38	529	13.92105	13.93	0.01	CHC	CHN	NL
2019	Josh	Bell	-2.24%	18	15	37	527	14.24324	13.93	-0.31	PIT	PIT	NL
2019	Nolan	Arenado	-2.94%	19	7	41	588	14.34146	13.93	-0.41	COL	COL	NL
2019	Gleyber	Torres	-3.14%	20	12	38	546	14.36842	13.93	-0.44	NYY	NYA	AL
2019	Max	Kepler	-4.48%	21	18	36	524	14.55556	13.93	-0.62	MIN	MIN	AL
2019	Josh	Donaldson	-6.51%	22	15	37	549	14.83784	13.93	-0.91	ATL	ATL	NL
2019	Mike	Moustakas	-7.26%	23	23	35	523	14.94286	13.93	-1.01	MIL	MIL	NL
2019	Ronald	Acuna	-9.60%	24	7	41	626	15.26829	13.93	-1.34	ATL	ATL	NL
2019	Freddie	Freeman	-12.77%	25	12	38	597	15.71053	13.93	-1.78	ATL	ATL	NL
2019	Juan	Soto	-14.43%	26	29	34	542	15.94118	13.93	-2.01	WSN	WAS	NL
2019	J.D.	Martinez	-14.65%	27	18	36	575	15.97222	13.93	-2.04	BOS	BOS	AL
2019	Anthony	Rendon	-15.06%	28	29	34	545	16.02941	13.93	-2.10	WSN	WAS	NL
2019	Matt	Chapman	-16.24%	29	18	36	583	16.19444	13.93	-2.26	OAK	OAK	AL
2019	Bryce	Harper	-17.51%	30	29	35	573	16.37143	13.93	-2.44	PHI	PHI	NL
2019	Trevor	Story	-20.59%	31	23	35	588	16.8	13.93	-2.87	COL	COL	NL
2019	Carlos	Santana	-20.97%	32	29	34	573	16.85294	13.93	-2.92	CLE	CLE	AL
2019	Trey	Mancini	-23.46%	33	23	35	602	17.2	13.93	-3.27	BAL	BAL	AL
2019	Paul	Goldschmidt	-26.04%	34	29	34	597	17.55882	13.93	-3.63	STL	SLN	NL
2019	Eduardo	Escobar	-30.43%	35	23	35	636	18.17143	13.93	-4.24	ARI	ARI	NL