8. 1960 AL/NL Home Run rates.

American League (AL):

	1960					G-P	G-P	G-P	G-P	G-P	G-P	1960
HR#	Name	Tm	HR	AB	AB/HR	HR	AB	AB/HR	Dif	PctDif	PctDif#	Name
1	Mickey Mantle#	NYY	40	527	13.175	226	3,316	14.673	1.498	10.21%	3	Mantle#
2	Roger Maris*	NYY	39	499	12.795	227	3,344	14.731	1.936	13.14%	2	Maris*
3	Jim Lemon	WSH	38	528	13.895	228	3,315	14.539	.645	4.43%	4	Lemon
4	Rocky Colavito	DET	35	555	15.857	231	3,288	14.234	-1.623	-11.41%	7	Colavito
5	Harmon Killebrew	WSH	31	442	14.258	235	3,401	14.472	.214	1.48%	5	Killebrew
6	Ted Williams*	BOS	29	310	10.690	237	3,533	14.907	4.218	28.29%	1	Williams*
7	Roy Sievers	CHW	28	444	15.857	238	3,399	14.282	-1.576	-11.03%	6	Sievers
8	Bill Skowron	NYY	26	538	20.692	240	3,305	13.771	-6.921	-50.26%	8	Skowron
	Group		266	3,843	14.447

Williams at 41 in his final season leads in PctDif for the fourth time 1954-1960. Maris is second. Maris AL MVP in his first Yankee season; HR splits: 13 home, 26 road. Mantle leads AL in HR fourth and final time.

National League (NL):

	1960					G-P	G-P	G-P	G-P	G-P	G-P	1960
HR#	Name	Tm	HR	AB	AB/HR	HR	AB	AB/HR	Dif	PctDif	PctDif#	Name
1	Ernie Banks	CHC	41	597	14.561	220	3,832	17.418	2.857	16.40%	2	Banks
2	Hank Aaron	MLN	40	590	14.750	221	3,839	17.371	2.621	15.09%	3	Aaron
3	Eddie Mathews*	MLN	39	548	14.051	222	3,881	17.482	3.431	19.62%	1	Mathews*
4	Ken Boyer	STL	32	552	17.250	229	3,877	16.930	-.320	-1.89%	5	Boyer
5	Frank Robinson	CIN	31	464	14.968	230	3,965	17.239	2.271	13.18%	4	Robinson
6	Willie Mays	SFG	29	595	20.517	232	3,834	16.526	-3.991	-24.15%	7	Mays
7	Joe Adcock	MLN	25	514	20.560	236	3,915	16.589	-3.971	-23.94%	6	Adcock
8	Orlando Cepeda	SFG	24	569	23.708	237	3,860	16.287	-7.421	-45.57%	8	Cepeda
	Group		261	4,429	16.969

Banks leads in HR second and final time but Mathews leads in PctDif.

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1. Ted Williams, Home Run King? Yes, using AB/HR. Wednesday, December 18, 2019

... Home Run hitting by individuals should be judged by more than the total...

... for this new series:
- look at batters in their own league
- subtract the individual's numbers from that of the group of other batters before making the comparison...

Finally, this new series is being done on somewhat of an anecdotal basis using a spreadsheet, not a database of all batters 1920-2019, 100 years as in the recent 2019 series. This time it's only 8 years: 1954-1961.

Why those years? They're interesting. They are before the designated hitter (DH) was introduced in the American League (AL) in 1973 and before modern expansion, except for the AL in 1961 when it added the Angels and new Senators, who later moved to Texas and changed their name to Rangers. Obviously, the years are also way before inter-league play started in 1997...

Players in bold led that league in Home Runs that season.

	AL best PctDif	AL	AL		NL best PctDif	NL	NL
year	Name	HR	PctDif	year	Name	HR	PctDif
1954	Ted Williams*	27	41.37%	1954	Ted Kluszewski*	49	19.35%
1955	Ted Williams*	28	36.53%	1955	Willie Mays	51	17.67%
1956	Mickey Mantle#	52	45.55%	1956	Joe Adcock	38	20.25%
1957	Ted Williams*	38	34.32%	1957	Duke Snider*	40	22.32%
1958	Rocky Colavito	41	23.22%	1958	Ernie Banks	47	31.69%
1959	Harmon Killebrew	42	23.53%	1959	Eddie Mathews*	46	21.82%
1960	Ted Williams*	28	28.29%	1960	Eddie Mathews*	39	19.62%
1961	Mickey Mantle#	54	30.73%	1961	Orlando Cepeda	46	21.03%

* lefty # switch hitter

AB: At Bats
HR: Home Runs
American League (AL) and National League (NL)
Home Run Rate: AB/HR (lower is better)
N: number of AL or NL teams that season
Top home run hitters: N hitters with the most HR, plus any ties at the bottom
Home Run Rate AL or NL: for N hitters: total AB / total HR
Home Run Rate hitters: AB/HR
Dif: Home Run Rate hitter - other Home Run Rate AL or NL N hitters
PctDif: Dif/Home Run Rate AL or NL
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, ...
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