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
PctDifMax: maximum year for an individual year for a player
PctDifMin: minimum year for an individual year for a player
PctDifAve: just that, an unweighted average for a player
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, ...
58 of the 99 had positive PctDifAve. Babe Ruth has a commanding lead over number 2 Mark McGwire who has a big lead over number three. Ruth also has the biggest number for a single season. Ruth's entire 15 years will be in a subsequent post. Here are all 99 sorted by PctDifAve:
| FirstN | LastN | Years | Bat | YearMin | YearMax | DifSum | PctDifMax | PctDifMin | PctDifAve | PctDif#Ave | HR#Ave | HRmax | HRmin | AB/HRmin | AB/HRmax | Nmax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babe | Ruth | 15 | L | 1920 | 1934 | 18674.93% | 76.34% | 11.15% | 49.70% | 1.47 | 2.20 | 60 | 22 | 8.46 | 16.59 | 16 |
| Mark | McGwire | 10 | R | 1987 | 1999 | 5313.97% | 49.17% | 11.78% | 33.93% | 2.10 | 2.60 | 70 | 32 | 7.27 | 17.19 | 30 |
| Ralph | Kiner | 8 | R | 1946 | 1953 | 3781.31% | 45.73% | 0.60% | 25.58% | 2.88 | 2.38 | 54 | 23 | 10.17 | 21.83 | 16 |
| Barry | Bonds | 15 | L | 1990 | 2007 | 5593.48% | 52.52% | -4.30% | 24.59% | 5.07 | 9.00 | 73 | 28 | 6.52 | 15.73 | 30 |
| Jimmie | Foxx | 13 | R | 1929 | 1941 | 6405.71% | 49.99% | -25.79% | 24.44% | 3.92 | 4.15 | 58 | 19 | 10.09 | 25.63 | 16 |
| Mike | Schmidt | 13 | R | 1974 | 1987 | 5841.09% | 42.81% | 4.31% | 23.47% | 3.54 | 2.92 | 48 | 31 | 11.42 | 16.64 | 26 |
| Hank | Greenberg | 8 | R | 1934 | 1947 | 3488.50% | 48.31% | -22.14% | 21.72% | 3.63 | 3.75 | 58 | 25 | 9.59 | 22.81 | 16 |
| Harmon | Killebrew | 12 | R | 1959 | 1972 | 4207.82% | 35.80% | 1.27% | 20.77% | 3.83 | 4.33 | 49 | 26 | 11.33 | 17.86 | 24 |
| Willie | McCovey | 11 | L | 1963 | 1977 | 4115.94% | 32.73% | -0.55% | 20.67% | 4.45 | 8.18 | 45 | 22 | 10.91 | 17.96 | 26 |
| Dave | Kingman | 10 | R | 1972 | 1986 | 3847.90% | 42.43% | -11.21% | 19.91% | 4.90 | 5.00 | 48 | 22 | 11.08 | 19.73 | 26 |
| Ted | Williams | 15 | L | 1939 | 1960 | 5223.54% | 43.78% | -27.82% | 17.98% | 4.87 | 7.47 | 43 | 23 | 10.69 | 24.39 | 16 |
| Lou | Gehrig | 14 | L | 1925 | 1938 | 4746.21% | 41.00% | -24.03% | 16.86% | 5.14 | 4.57 | 49 | 16 | 11.82 | 35.75 | 16 |
| Cy | Williams | 7 | L | 1920 | 1927 | 2738.13% | 49.93% | -9.97% | 15.77% | 4.86 | 4.43 | 41 | 15 | 13.05 | 39.33 | 16 |
| Adam | Dunn | 9 | L | 2004 | 2013 | 2169.86% | 21.35% | 2.76% | 14.73% | 6.78 | 5.67 | 46 | 34 | 12.35 | 15.44 | 30 |
| Mel | Ott | 17 | L | 1928 | 1945 | 5706.09% | 44.31% | -22.26% | 14.54% | 4.82 | 5.24 | 42 | 18 | 12.98 | 25.22 | 16 |
| Jim | Thome | 11 | L | 1994 | 2008 | 2424.25% | 40.73% | -10.14% | 14.41% | 8.00 | 10.45 | 52 | 20 | 9.23 | 16.05 | 30 |
| Edwin | Encarnacion | 8 | R | 2012 | 2019 | 1830.51% | 27.27% | 1.79% | 13.48% | 7.13 | 10.75 | 42 | 32 | 12.29 | 15.63 | 30 |
| Frank | Howard | 7 | R | 1962 | 1971 | 1642.01% | 27.84% | -16.74% | 13.22% | 6.29 | 7.29 | 48 | 26 | 12.33 | 21.12 | 24 |
| Nelson | Cruz | 9 | R | 2009 | 2019 | 1884.11% | 20.55% | 1.91% | 12.79% | 6.67 | 9.67 | 44 | 27 | 11.07 | 16.38 | 30 |
| Ken | Williams | 8 | L | 1920 | 1927 | 2249.01% | 37.62% | -45.66% | 12.40% | 5.00 | 6.13 | 39 | 10 | 15.00 | 52.10 | 16 |
| Dick | Allen | 8 | R | 1964 | 1974 | 1807.45% | 32.71% | -26.77% | 12.05% | 7.13 | 8.88 | 40 | 23 | 13.10 | 21.79 | 24 |
| Jason | Giambi | 7 | L | 2000 | 2008 | 1222.19% | 16.43% | 0.36% | 11.68% | 7.57 | 13.71 | 43 | 32 | 11.86 | 14.31 | 30 |
| Ken | Griffey | 10 | L | 1992 | 2007 | 1648.54% | 27.88% | -11.53% | 11.65% | 8.00 | 7.70 | 56 | 27 | 10.82 | 20.93 | 30 |
| Hank | Sauer | 7 | R | 1948 | 1957 | 1443.18% | 21.49% | -0.29% | 11.57% | 5.14 | 5.86 | 41 | 26 | 12.68 | 17.50 | 16 |
| Darryl | Strawberry | 9 | L | 1983 | 1991 | 1831.17% | 28.53% | -7.22% | 11.23% | 8.33 | 12.78 | 39 | 26 | 13.55 | 20.08 | 26 |
| Willie | Stargell | 13 | L | 1965 | 1979 | 2541.09% | 41.14% | -11.11% | 10.75% | 8.54 | 11.69 | 48 | 20 | 10.65 | 21.40 | 26 |
| Ryan | Howard | 7 | L | 2006 | 2014 | 975.81% | 32.16% | -28.26% | 9.76% | 10.86 | 8.86 | 58 | 23 | 10.02 | 24.74 | 30 |
| Manny | Ramirez | 11 | R | 1995 | 2008 | 1555.37% | 17.74% | -4.16% | 9.63% | 8.73 | 11.64 | 45 | 31 | 11.55 | 15.61 | 30 |
| Sammy | Sosa | 12 | R | 1993 | 2004 | 1590.66% | 34.35% | -18.46% | 9.51% | 10.00 | 8.75 | 66 | 25 | 9.02 | 18.12 | 30 |
| David | Ortiz | 11 | L | 2003 | 2016 | 1685.28% | 28.36% | -8.42% | 9.46% | 9.36 | 10.82 | 54 | 29 | 10.33 | 18.10 | 30 |
| Mickey | Mantle | 12 | B | 1952 | 1967 | 1640.09% | 33.22% | -24.69% | 9.38% | 6.42 | 7.58 | 54 | 22 | 9.52 | 23.87 | 20 |
| Johnny | Mize | 9 | L | 1936 | 1948 | 1806.35% | 38.88% | -22.15% | 9.15% | 6.44 | 6.11 | 51 | 19 | 11.49 | 22.40 | 16 |
| Jose | Canseco | 9 | R | 1986 | 1999 | 1461.41% | 26.55% | -30.39% | 9.00% | 9.44 | 9.67 | 46 | 26 | 12.65 | 20.32 | 30 |
| Hank | Aaron | 17 | R | 1955 | 1973 | 2684.68% | 45.38% | -42.89% | 8.47% | 7.00 | 5.35 | 47 | 27 | 9.80 | 22.30 | 24 |
| Juan | Gonzalez | 9 | R | 1991 | 2001 | 1227.31% | 27.61% | -14.05% | 8.42% | 9.56 | 11.67 | 47 | 27 | 11.51 | 20.19 | 30 |
| Mike | Trout | 7 | R | 2012 | 2019 | 840.25% | 25.03% | -23.44% | 8.18% | 10.43 | 11.43 | 45 | 27 | 10.44 | 21.81 | 30 |
| Reggie | Jackson | 16 | L | 1968 | 1985 | 2306.53% | 33.03% | -12.14% | 7.69% | 9.13 | 10.00 | 47 | 15 | 11.68 | 22.27 | 26 |
| Frank | Thomas | 10 | R | 1991 | 2006 | 980.05% | 27.95% | -27.25% | 7.31% | 10.60 | 9.20 | 43 | 24 | 10.50 | 23.88 | 30 |
| Alex | Rodriguez | 15 | R | 1996 | 2015 | 1325.78% | 34.93% | -20.40% | 5.46% | 12.07 | 11.27 | 57 | 30 | 10.80 | 17.40 | 30 |
| Rogers | Hornsby | 10 | R | 1921 | 1931 | 978.64% | 45.24% | -66.21% | 5.42% | 6.60 | 6.60 | 42 | 11 | 12.92 | 47.91 | 16 |
| Greg | Luzinski | 7 | R | 1973 | 1983 | 653.80% | 16.63% | -17.24% | 5.36% | 10.57 | 7.29 | 39 | 21 | 14.21 | 25.38 | 26 |
| Fred | McGriff | 9 | L | 1988 | 2002 | 958.89% | 19.22% | -30.03% | 5.23% | 11.44 | 10.00 | 37 | 27 | 12.47 | 19.56 | 30 |
| Chuck | Klein | 8 | L | 1929 | 1936 | 727.21% | 18.25% | -20.16% | 4.20% | 7.13 | 6.38 | 43 | 20 | 14.33 | 24.04 | 16 |
| Darrell | Evans | 7 | L | 1973 | 1987 | 393.41% | 28.85% | -31.08% | 3.85% | 10.29 | 9.86 | 41 | 22 | 12.63 | 25.77 | 26 |
| Cecil | Fielder | 7 | R | 1990 | 1996 | 539.68% | 34.97% | -19.85% | 3.59% | 13.14 | 10.29 | 51 | 28 | 11.24 | 19.10 | 28 |
| Norm | Cash | 9 | L | 1961 | 1972 | 448.26% | 21.91% | -15.15% | 3.17% | 8.67 | 11.78 | 41 | 22 | 13.00 | 22.18 | 24 |
| Albert | Belle | 9 | R | 1991 | 1999 | 458.97% | 27.39% | -40.38% | 3.02% | 12.11 | 9.67 | 50 | 28 | 10.92 | 21.13 | 30 |
| Eddie | Mathews | 12 | L | 1952 | 1965 | 606.57% | 26.22% | -26.16% | 2.95% | 7.67 | 6.75 | 47 | 25 | 11.90 | 21.12 | 20 |
| Boog | Powell | 8 | L | 1963 | 1975 | 331.37% | 36.76% | -32.73% | 2.91% | 9.88 | 12.63 | 39 | 21 | 10.87 | 25.00 | 24 |
| George | Foster | 9 | R | 1975 | 1984 | 443.91% | 30.34% | -23.05% | 2.80% | 12.33 | 10.22 | 52 | 22 | 11.83 | 23.04 | 26 |
| Willie | Mays | 16 | R | 1954 | 1970 | 687.87% | 39.60% | -29.14% | 2.61% | 9.19 | 7.81 | 52 | 22 | 10.73 | 22.09 | 24 |
| Joe | DiMaggio | 11 | R | 1936 | 1950 | 465.64% | 26.38% | -42.03% | 2.44% | 6.91 | 5.55 | 46 | 20 | 13.50 | 29.05 | 16 |
| Johnny | Bench | 9 | R | 1969 | 1980 | 453.21% | 28.04% | -26.15% | 2.24% | 11.22 | 11.67 | 45 | 24 | 13.44 | 22.28 | 26 |
| Albert | Pujols | 15 | R | 2001 | 2016 | 381.93% | 24.30% | -21.73% | 1.83% | 13.93 | 9.93 | 49 | 28 | 10.92 | 22.61 | 30 |
| Gary | Sheffield | 9 | R | 1992 | 2005 | 239.35% | 18.16% | -18.62% | 1.54% | 13.56 | 13.78 | 43 | 27 | 11.65 | 17.18 | 30 |
| Jeff | Bagwell | 8 | R | 1994 | 2003 | 110.58% | 29.62% | -18.27% | 1.01% | 13.88 | 11.00 | 47 | 31 | 10.26 | 18.42 | 30 |
| Frank | Robinson | 15 | R | 1956 | 1974 | 191.35% | 29.27% | -34.26% | 0.42% | 8.93 | 8.27 | 49 | 22 | 11.76 | 21.68 | 24 |
| Carlos | Delgado | 11 | L | 1997 | 2008 | 68.04% | 8.08% | -14.92% | 0.40% | 14.27 | 14.00 | 44 | 30 | 13.02 | 17.30 | 30 |
| Mark | Teixeira | 9 | B | 2004 | 2015 | -16.04% | 20.76% | -31.94% | -0.41% | 15.00 | 12.67 | 43 | 30 | 12.65 | 19.03 | 30 |
| Prince | Fielder | 7 | L | 2007 | 2013 | -159.56% | 30.93% | -41.24% | -0.87% | 15.00 | 11.29 | 50 | 25 | 11.46 | 24.96 | 30 |
| Rocky | Colavito | 9 | R | 1957 | 1966 | -183.02% | 27.41% | -28.15% | -0.95% | 9.67 | 8.78 | 45 | 25 | 11.93 | 22.77 | 20 |
| Dolph | Camilli | 8 | L | 1935 | 1942 | 60.99% | 23.64% | -23.80% | -0.96% | 8.50 | 8.38 | 34 | 23 | 15.56 | 24.08 | 16 |
| Mike | Piazza | 10 | R | 1993 | 2002 | -144.68% | 9.82% | -22.56% | -1.17% | 14.60 | 17.10 | 40 | 24 | 12.68 | 17.53 | 30 |
| Jay | Buhner | 7 | R | 1991 | 1997 | -179.53% | 21.87% | -30.84% | -1.26% | 13.43 | 15.14 | 44 | 21 | 11.75 | 21.72 | 28 |
| Duke | Snider | 9 | L | 1949 | 1957 | -510.47% | 19.07% | -30.27% | -1.79% | 9.00 | 7.56 | 43 | 21 | 12.60 | 25.43 | 16 |
| Dale | Murphy | 9 | R | 1980 | 1990 | -342.90% | 17.47% | -35.77% | -1.84% | 13.33 | 9.22 | 44 | 24 | 12.86 | 24.67 | 26 |
| Jack | Clark | 10 | R | 1978 | 1991 | -479.30% | 23.19% | -27.96% | -2.25% | 13.80 | 17.30 | 35 | 17 | 11.97 | 23.68 | 26 |
| Ernie | Banks | 11 | R | 1955 | 1968 | -481.45% | 20.10% | -29.32% | -2.49% | 10.00 | 7.36 | 47 | 23 | 13.09 | 24.91 | 20 |
| Rudy | York | 11 | R | 1937 | 1947 | -1031.26% | 41.57% | -48.10% | -3.69% | 8.55 | 7.73 | 35 | 17 | 10.71 | 34.06 | 16 |
| Miguel | Cabrera | 11 | R | 2004 | 2016 | -626.49% | 28.62% | -26.71% | -3.70% | 17.27 | 11.45 | 44 | 25 | 12.61 | 24.44 | 30 |
| Alfonso | Soriano | 8 | R | 2002 | 2013 | -415.36% | 27.10% | -21.56% | -3.93% | 17.38 | 12.38 | 46 | 29 | 12.88 | 17.95 | 30 |
| Andres | Galarraga | 7 | R | 1988 | 1998 | -649.34% | 11.82% | -31.25% | -4.52% | 15.71 | 10.71 | 47 | 23 | 12.61 | 24.87 | 30 |
| Bobby | Bonds | 8 | R | 1969 | 1978 | -897.60% | 15.92% | -28.82% | -5.86% | 14.00 | 9.63 | 39 | 21 | 16.00 | 27.00 | 26 |
| Bob | Johnson | 10 | R | 1933 | 1944 | -1255.15% | 13.84% | -25.96% | -5.93% | 9.30 | 8.90 | 34 | 17 | 16.09 | 30.88 | 16 |
| Mo | Vaughn | 7 | L | 1993 | 2000 | -679.48% | 6.23% | -21.44% | -6.62% | 17.71 | 14.29 | 44 | 26 | 14.10 | 18.59 | 30 |
| Rafael | Palmeiro | 13 | L | 1991 | 2003 | -1758.10% | 18.47% | -47.30% | -7.68% | 16.92 | 13.23 | 47 | 22 | 12.02 | 27.64 | 30 |
| Jim | Rice | 10 | R | 1975 | 1985 | -1551.46% | 20.47% | -32.85% | -7.79% | 16.30 | 10.40 | 46 | 17 | 14.72 | 26.53 | 26 |
| Gil | Hodges | 9 | R | 1949 | 1957 | -1130.12% | 19.06% | -38.33% | -8.04% | 10.22 | 7.78 | 42 | 23 | 13.79 | 25.91 | 16 |
| Joe | Gordon | 8 | R | 1938 | 1948 | -1561.77% | 4.72% | -20.23% | -8.68% | 9.75 | 8.13 | 32 | 17 | 17.19 | 31.94 | 16 |
| Bob | Allison | 7 | R | 1959 | 1968 | -953.60% | 15.53% | -35.32% | -8.96% | 12.57 | 12.57 | 35 | 22 | 15.06 | 21.32 | 20 |
| Lee | May | 10 | R | 1968 | 1978 | -1663.06% | 21.60% | -34.90% | -9.24% | 15.80 | 12.70 | 39 | 22 | 14.18 | 25.41 | 26 |
| Andre | Dawson | 8 | R | 1978 | 1992 | -1446.96% | 18.69% | -31.63% | -9.48% | 17.25 | 12.88 | 49 | 22 | 12.67 | 24.64 | 26 |
| Vern | Stephens | 7 | R | 1942 | 1950 | -1432.47% | 18.01% | -59.24% | -9.64% | 9.86 | 7.29 | 39 | 14 | 15.64 | 41.07 | 16 |
| Dave | Winfield | 7 | R | 1978 | 1992 | -1268.49% | 19.22% | -32.17% | -9.74% | 17.86 | 12.43 | 37 | 24 | 14.57 | 24.46 | 26 |
| Ron | Cey | 7 | R | 1975 | 1984 | -1323.40% | 1.92% | -30.89% | -10.30% | 17.43 | 16.57 | 30 | 23 | 17.39 | 24.21 | 26 |
| Vladimir | Guerrero | 9 | R | 1998 | 2010 | -1468.90% | 7.60% | -28.29% | -11.04% | 20.67 | 15.33 | 44 | 29 | 12.98 | 20.45 | 30 |
| Andruw | Jones | 7 | R | 1998 | 2006 | -1137.20% | 23.21% | -33.85% | -11.70% | 20.43 | 16.57 | 51 | 31 | 11.49 | 18.77 | 30 |
| Graig | Nettles | 7 | L | 1971 | 1981 | -1698.57% | 18.13% | -40.71% | -12.62% | 17.00 | 13.43 | 37 | 15 | 15.92 | 27.67 | 26 |
| Eddie | Murray | 12 | B | 1977 | 1993 | -2645.11% | 13.96% | -41.76% | -13.22% | 18.58 | 13.67 | 33 | 22 | 17.18 | 22.63 | 28 |
| Billy | Williams | 10 | L | 1963 | 1975 | -2401.05% | 17.00% | -37.33% | -13.39% | 15.70 | 9.60 | 42 | 23 | 15.14 | 24.48 | 24 |
| Ron | Santo | 7 | R | 1963 | 1969 | -1925.86% | 1.87% | -41.37% | -15.80% | 15.57 | 12.00 | 33 | 25 | 18.42 | 25.20 | 24 |
| Joe | Carter | 9 | R | 1986 | 1994 | -2460.99% | 2.50% | -52.89% | -15.92% | 20.89 | 11.67 | 35 | 24 | 16.11 | 26.42 | 28 |
| Tony | Perez | 9 | R | 1967 | 1980 | -2840.56% | 7.77% | -34.68% | -16.45% | 18.22 | 13.78 | 40 | 19 | 14.68 | 27.74 | 26 |
| Orlando | Cepeda | 9 | R | 1958 | 1970 | -2575.63% | 10.24% | -49.23% | -17.33% | 13.89 | 11.33 | 46 | 24 | 12.72 | 24.12 | 24 |
| Al | Simmons | 10 | R | 1925 | 1934 | -4868.45% | 9.72% | -81.06% | -21.73% | 10.10 | 9.40 | 36 | 14 | 15.39 | 43.21 | 16 |
| Stan | Musial | 12 | L | 1943 | 1957 | -6156.95% | 13.15% | -69.58% | -23.71% | 12.42 | 10.00 | 39 | 13 | 15.67 | 47.46 | 16 |
| High Pockets | Kelly | 7 | R | 1920 | 1926 | -4955.36% | 13.78% | -49.95% | -25.09% | 11.00 | 8.71 | 23 | 11 | 25.52 | 53.64 | 16 |
| Del | Ennis | 7 | R | 1946 | 1955 | -3212.87% | -8.84% | -38.12% | -25.31% | 13.43 | 10.43 | 31 | 17 | 19.19 | 31.76 | 16 |
| Goose | Goslin | 7 | L | 1924 | 1936 | -4459.58% | 7.40% | -82.75% | -25.32% | 11.57 | 9.71 | 37 | 12 | 15.78 | 48.25 | 16 |
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