Thursday, May 14, 2020

"500" home run hitters: team totals.

For the 29 who hit at least 493 career home runs, this post adds up the number hit for their team(s). The previous post in this series is pertinent:

"500" home runs by hitter by team. Wednesday, May 13, 2020

27 of the current 30 teams had at least one home run hit by one of these 29 top home run hitters. Teams absent: Rockies, D'Backs, Nationals/Expos.

Query1
theTeam HR Hitters
Yankees 2259 6
Giants 2212 4
Red Sox 1549 5
Braves 1426 5
Cubs 1127 5
Athletics 978 4
Orioles/Browns 789 6
Cardinals 665 2
Phillies 656 3
Twins/Senators 654 3
Indians 637 4
White Sox 614 5
Mariners 606 2
Reds 534 2
Rangers 499 3
Angels 387 4
Dodgers 270 5
Padres 179 3
Pirates 176 1
Blue Jays 154 2
Marlins 122 1
Rays 99 1
Mets 67 3
Tigers 53 2
Brewers 43 2
Royals 14 1
Astros 10 1

The top five teams had at least 1,000 home runs hit by some of the 29. Here are those players:

Query2
theTeam Fname Lname HRteam Year1 YearL HR
Yankees Babe Ruth 659 1920 1934 714
Yankees Mickey Mantle 536 1951 1968 536
Yankees Lou Gehrig 493 1923 1938 493
Yankees Alex Rodriguez 351 2004 2016 696
Yankees Reggie Jackson 144 1977 1981 563
Yankees Gary Sheffield 76 2004 2006 509


Query2
theTeam Fname Lname HRteam Year1 YearL HR
Giants Willie Mays 646 1951 1971 660
Giants Barry Bonds 586 1993 2007 762
Giants Mel Ott 511 1927 1946 511
Giants Willie McCovey 469 1959 1980 521

In 1972 before being traded to the Mets, Mays had zero HR with the Giants in 49 AB.

Query2
theTeam Fname Lname HRteam Year1 YearL HR
Red Sox Ted Williams 521 1939 1960 521
Red Sox David Ortiz 483 2003 2016 541
Red Sox Manny Ramirez 274 2001 2008 555
Red Sox Jimmie Foxx 222 1936 1942 534
Red Sox Babe Ruth 49 1915 1919 714


Query2
theTeam Fname Lname HRteam Year1 YearL HR
Braves Hank Aaron 733 1954 1974 755
Braves Eddie Mathews 493 1952 1966 512
Braves Fred McGriff 130 1993 1997 493
Braves Gary Sheffield 64 2002 2003 509
Braves Babe Ruth 6 1935 1935 714


Query2
theTeam Fname Lname HRteam Year1 YearL HR
Cubs Sammy Sosa 545 1992 2004 609
Cubs Ernie Banks 512 1953 1971 512
Cubs Fred McGriff 42 2001 2002 493
Cubs Rafael Palmeiro 25 1986 1988 569
Cubs Jimmie Foxx 3 1942 1942 534

Babe Ruth homered for three of the top five teams: Yankees, Red Sox and Braves.

Among the hitters on those top five teams, only these hit all their home runs for one and only one team:
Mantle: Yankees 536
Williams: Red Sox 521
Banks: Cubs 512
Ott: Giants 511
Gehrig: Yankees 493

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