8. 1932 and 1938 Home Run rates for 58 HR.

Jimmie Foxx and Hank Greenberg each hit 58 home runs in the 1930s after Babe Ruth had set the record at 60 in 1927. Ruth's record wouldn't be challenged again until 1961.

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, ...

In 1931 Ruth led the American League in home runs for the sixth straight year and the 12th and final time. In 1932 37 year old Ruth's total dropped to 41, Ruth's lowest full season total since 41 in 1923. However, Ruth's 41 HR in 1932 were second in MLB and his PctDif a surprisingly close second to the PctDif of Foxx.

qryHomeRunsTopNyearPctDif

yearID	nameFirst	nameLast	PctDif	PctDif#	HR#	HR	AB	P_AB/HR	Group_ AB/HR	Dif	franchID	teamID	lgID
1932	Jimmie	Foxx	49.98%	1	1	58	585	10.08621	20.16	10.08	OAK	PHA	AL
1932	Babe	Ruth	44.72%	2	2	41	457	11.14634	20.16	9.02	NYY	NYA	AL
1932	Mel	Ott	26.13%	3	3	38	566	14.89474	20.16	5.27	SFG	NY1	NL
1932	Chuck	Klein	15.17%	4	3	38	650	17.10526	20.16	3.06	PHI	PHI	NL
1932	Lou	Gehrig	13.06%	5	6	34	596	17.52941	20.16	2.63	NYY	NYA	AL
1932	Al	Simmons	5.06%	6	5	35	670	19.14286	20.16	1.02	OAK	PHA	AL
1932	Earl	Averill	2.21%	7	7	32	631	19.71875	20.16	0.44	CLE	CLE	AL
1932	Hack	Wilson	-3.72%	8	10	23	481	20.91304	20.16	-0.75	LAD	BRO	NL
1932	Mickey	Cochrane	-11.70%	9	10	23	518	22.52174	20.16	-2.36	OAK	PHA	AL
1932	Bill	Terry	-13.89%	10	8	28	643	22.96428	20.16	-2.80	SFG	NY1	NL
1932	Don	Hurst	-19.65%	11	9	24	579	24.125	20.16	-3.96	PHI	PHI	NL
1932	Ripper	Collins	-29.65%	12	12	21	549	26.14286	20.16	-5.98	STL	SLN	NL
1932	Lefty	O'Doul	-40.52%	13	12	21	595	28.33333	20.16	-8.17	LAD	BRO	NL
1932	Eric	McNair	-52.64%	14	15	18	554	30.77778	20.16	-10.61	OAK	PHA	AL
1932	Smead	Jolley	-57.88%	15	15	18	573	31.83333	20.16	-11.67			AL
1932	Charlie	Gehringer	-61.31%	16	14	19	618	32.52632	20.16	-12.36	DET	DET	AL
1932	Hal	Lee	-63.94%	17	15	18	595	33.05556	20.16	-12.89	PHI	PHI	NL

In 1938 Greenberg's PctDif was slightly lower than that of Ruth in 1932 but quite a bit higher than PctDif of 50 HR Foxx in 1938, the first year that two players hit at least 50 HR.

qryHomeRunsTopNyearPctDif

yearID	nameFirst	nameLast	PctDif	PctDif#	HR#	HR	AB	P_AB/HR	Group_ AB/HR	Dif	franchID	teamID	lgID
1938	Hank	Greenberg	44.04%	1	1	58	556	9.586206	17.13	7.54	DET	DET	AL
1938	Jimmie	Foxx	34.04%	2	2	50	565	11.3	17.13	5.83	BOS	BOS	AL
1938	Rudy	York	18.10%	3	5	33	463	14.0303	17.13	3.10	DET	DET	AL
1938	Mel	Ott	14.55%	4	3	36	527	14.63889	17.13	2.49	SFG	NY1	NL
1938	Harlond	Clift	8.32%	5	4	34	534	15.70588	17.13	1.42	BAL	SLA	AL
1938	Bill	Dickey	1.84%	6	10	27	454	16.81482	17.13	0.32	NYY	NYA	AL
1938	Joe	Gordon	-6.94%	7	13	25	458	18.32	17.13	-1.19	NYY	NYA	AL
1938	Joe	DiMaggio	-9.27%	8	6	32	599	18.71875	17.13	-1.59	NYY	NYA	AL
1938	Bob	Johnson	-9.55%	9	7	30	563	18.76667	17.13	-1.64	OAK	PHA	AL
1938	Ival	Goodman	-10.52%	10	7	30	568	18.93333	17.13	-1.80	CIN	CIN	NL
1938	Johnny	Mize	-14.80%	11	10	27	531	19.66667	17.13	-2.54	STL	SLN	NL
1938	Lou	Gehrig	-15.94%	12	9	29	576	19.86207	17.13	-2.73	NYY	NYA	AL
1938	Dolph	Camilli	-23.80%	13	14	24	509	21.20833	17.13	-4.08	LAD	BRO	NL
1938	Tommy	Henrich	-24.98%	14	16	22	471	21.40909	17.13	-4.28	NYY	NYA	AL
1938	Ken	Keltner	-29.32%	15	12	26	576	22.15385	17.13	-5.02	CLE	CLE	AL
1938	Johnny	Rizzo	-40.86%	16	15	23	555	24.13043	17.13	-7.00	PIT	PIT	NL
1938	Zeke	Bonura	-43.28%	17	16	22	540	24.54545	17.13	-7.41	MIN	WS1	AL