Teammate Pairs 2 Consecutive Seasons Home Runs. Saturday, April 25, 2020
The pairs are in order by the most home runs in a season by two teammates in one season, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle in 1961: 61+54=115. They are the only teammates to hit at least 50 home runs in the same season. Combined with their 1960 numbers (39+40=79) they had a total of 194 for two consecutive seasons. However, one other pair of teammates hit more home runs in two consecutive seasons: in 2001 and 2002 Alex Rodriguez and Rafael Palmeiro hit 199 with the Texas Rangers.
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That post contained a table with 11 teammate pairs, including Ken Griffey, whose pairings did not top 199. Here are Griffey's best even considering NON consecutive seasons:
Ken Griffey and Jay Buhner: 189 in 1996 and 1997
Ken Griffey and Alex Rodriguez: 188 in 1998 and 1999.
Each of the other pairs were considered for most total home runs in two NON consecutive seasons. Also examined:
90 Home Runs by two teammates. Saturday, August 17, 2019
24 times. Maris and Mantle are the only teammates to hit at least 50 home runs in the same season. Ruth and Gehrig were the first to combine for at least 100. Ruth and Gehrig hit the most by teammates tied: 46 each in 1931.
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Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig had the third most in one season. In 1927: 60+47=107. Barry Bonds and Rich Aurelia combined for 110 in 2001: 73+37=110. But the next most Aurelia hit for the Giants, or any team, was 22.
Plus, we know that:
Ruth and Gehrig hit the most by teammates tied: 46 each in 1931.
That's 92, plus the 107 in 1927 = 199. That would tie them with:
... in 2001 and 2002 Alex Rodriguez and Rafael Palmeiro hit 199 with the Texas Rangers.
Teammate pairs with most career home runs as TEAMMATES, not blindly adding up their team totals. Saturday, April 18, 2020
That post includes tables broken down by season for each of three teammate pairs. Here are their most combined NON consecutive seasons totals:
Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews:
1959: 39+46=85
1960: 40+39=79
85+79=164
Willie Mays and Willie McCovey:
1965: 52+39=91
1963: 38+44=82
91+82=173
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig:
1927: 60+47=107
1931: 46+46=92
107+92=199
The 194 for Mantle and Maris in 1960 and 1961 is their most even considering NON consecutive seasons.
Like Barry Bonds, neither Mark McGwire nor Sammy Sosa had teammates who hit anywhere enough home runs. So, ...
Ordinarily, they'd be listed in chronological order but since Alex Rodriguez and Rafael Palmeiro did it in consecutive seasons, they are listed first.
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