"500" home run hitters victims.

The 29 hitters with at least 493 career home runs hit them against 3,405 different pitchers. Partly because of scheduling changes and almost twice as many teams (30 to 16) and starting pitchers throwing way more innings and complete games in the 1920s, ... old timers hit many more home runs against fewer pitchers. Babe Ruth hit 714 home runs off 216 pitchers; Ruth's top two victims:

Rube Walberg	17
Hooks Dauss	14

Fred McGriff hit many fewer home runs than Ruth but against many more pitchers: 350. McGriff had the lowest maximum victim home runs in this group, only five:

Darryl Kile	5
Jose Rijo	5
Mark Portugal	5

Ruth homered against 12 opponents. McGriff 29. McGriff played for six teams, splitting between the NL and AL. Ruth played his final season in NL: 6 home runs in 72 AB (92 PA). 659 home runs in 7,217 AB (9,200 PA) for the Yanks. Oh, and some for the Red Sox.

Pitchers who allowed the most home runs to this group of hitters:

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Pitcher	HRtot	HR1Date	HRlastDate
Don Drysdale	58	Saturday, September 1, 1956	Saturday, April 27, 1968
Bob Friend	53	Thursday, August 30, 1951	Saturday, May 21, 1966
Vern Law	50	Thursday, August 30, 1951	Monday, September 5, 1966
Jamie Moyer	50	Monday, June 23, 1986	Friday, July 21, 2006
Robin Roberts	49	Saturday, September 6, 1952	Tuesday, August 2, 1966
Larry Jackson	49	Monday, May 30, 1955	Thursday, August 29, 1968
Brad Radke	44	Friday, May 19, 1995	Sunday, July 31, 2005
Don Cardwell	42	Thursday, May 30, 1957	Thursday, October 2, 1969
Mike Mussina	41	Sunday, August 4, 1991	Thursday, April 17, 2008
Lew Burdette	41	Sunday, May 29, 1955	Saturday, June 3, 1967

Seven of the ten gave up his first home run to them in the 1950s.

25 most home runs by these hitters against individual pitchers: Mays hit 18 against Spahn, who gave up a total of 33 to hitters in this group, including the 18 to Mays (Ouch!):

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Hitter	HRpit	Pitcher	HRPitgroup
Willie Mays	18	Warren Spahn	33
Hank Aaron	17	Don Drysdale	58
Babe Ruth	17	Rube Walberg	29
Jimmie Foxx	16	Red Ruffing	25
Jimmie Foxx	16	General Crowder	30
Jimmie Foxx	16	Tommy Bridges	26
Ernie Banks	15	Robin Roberts	49
Willie Mays	15	Vern Law	50
Hank Aaron	14	Claude Osteen	32
Jimmie Foxx	14	Ted Lyons	33
Jimmie Foxx	14	Willis Hudlin	23
Jimmie Foxx	14	Lefty Gomez	16
Lou Gehrig	14	Lloyd Brown	26
Lou Gehrig	14	Earl Whitehill	35
Eddie Mathews	14	Bob Friend	53
Babe Ruth	14	Hooks Dauss	15
Jimmie Foxx	13	Bump Hadley	25
Lou Gehrig	13	George Blaeholder	27
Mickey Mantle	13	Early Wynn	22
Eddie Mathews	13	Robin Roberts	49
Willie Mays	13	Don Drysdale	58
Mel Ott	13	Lon Warneke	13
Babe Ruth	13	Howard Ehmke	17
Babe Ruth	13	Milt Gaston	25
Babe Ruth	13	Lefty Stewart	29

Pitchers on the list twice:
Don Drysdale: Aaron, Mays
Robin Roberts: Banks, Mathews

Distribution matrix in a future post.

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