Career Home Runs 1955-1959.

Eddie Mathews and Mickey Mantle are among the all time leaders starting in 1957: numbers 38 and 42 respectively. Willie Mays joins them in 1958 and Ernie Banks in 1959.

In 1958 Ted Williams is only 11 behind Lou Gehrig but hits only 10 in 1959, his most disappointing season. Williams spent 1954-1959 in the number 5 position. Williams turned 41 August 30, 1959. The next post will deal with 1960-1964 and Williams final season.

This is the second in a series of posts that will trace career home run leaders for seasons 1950-1974 when Hank Aaron passes Babe Ruth in career home runs. It will highlight the seven big boppers of the 1950s and 1960s: Mantle, Mays, Mathews, Banks, Aaron, Robinson and Killebrew. By 1972 all seven will be in the top ten all time.

The data below is spread horizontally so that year to year changes can be seen. Even with only three fields per year, five years is about the most that could be displayed on one page (I hope).

Full data is contained in this link. It's pretty cool. The second tab contains more fields but is a long vertical list of 1,158 records, which served as the source data. It was derived from the Lahman database.

	1955			1956			1957			1958			1959
R	NameL	HR	R	NameL	HR	R	NameL	HR	R	NameL	HR	R	NameL	HR
1	Ruth	714	1	Ruth	714	1	Ruth	714	1	Ruth	714	1	Ruth	714
2	Foxx	534	2	Foxx	534	2	Foxx	534	2	Foxx	534	2	Foxx	534
3	Ott	511	3	Ott	511	3	Ott	511	3	Ott	511	3	Ott	511
4	Gehrig	493	4	Gehrig	493	4	Gehrig	493	4	Gehrig	493	4	Gehrig	493
5	Williams	394	5	Williams	418	5	Williams	456	5	Williams	482	5	Williams	492
6	Kiner	369	6	Kiner	369	6	Musial	381	6	Musial	398	6	Musial	412
7	DiMaggio	361	7	DiMaggio	361	7	Kiner	369	7	Kiner	369	7	Kiner	369
8	Mize	359	8	Mize	359	8	DiMaggio	361	8	DiMaggio	361	8	DiMaggio	361
9	Greenberg	331	9	Musial	352	9	Mize	359	9	Mize	359	9	Mize	359
10	Musial	325	10	Greenberg	331	10	Greenberg	331	10	Greenberg	331	10	Snider	354
11	Simmons	307	11	Simmons	307	11	Snider	316	11	Snider	331	11	Hodges	345
12	Hornsby	301	12	Hornsby	301	12	Simmons	307	12	Hodges	320	12	Greenberg	331
13	Klein	300	13	Klein	300	13	Hornsby	301	13	Simmons	307	13	Simmons	307
14	Johnson	288	14	Johnson	288	14	Klein	300	14	Hornsby	301	14	Berra	303
15	York	277	15	York	277	15	Hodges	298	15	Klein	300	15	Hornsby	301
16	Gordon	253	16	Snider	276	16	Johnson	288	16	Johnson	288	16	Klein	300
17	Williams	251	17	Hodges	271	17	Ennis	283	17	Sauer	287	17	Mathews	299
18	Goslin	248	18	Ennis	259	18	York	277	18	Ennis	286	18	Sauer	288
19	Stephens	247	19	Gordon	253	19	Sauer	275	19	Berra	284	18	Ennis	288
20	Wilson	244	20	Williams	251	20	Berra	262	20	York	277	18	Johnson	288
21	Sauer	244	21	Sauer	249	21	Gordon	253	21	Kluszewski	255	21	Mantle	280
22	Berger	242	22	Goslin	248	22	Williams	251	22	Mathews	253	22	York	277
23	Hodges	239	23	Stephens	247	23	Kluszewski	251	22	Doby	253	23	Kluszewski	259
24	Camilli	239	24	Kluszewski	245	24	Goslin	248	22	Gordon	253	24	Thomson	259
25	Averill	238	25	Wilson	244	25	Stephens	247	25	Williams	251	25	Gordon	253
26	Hartnett	236	26	Berger	242	26	Wilson	244	26	Mantle	249	26	Doby	253
27	Nicholson	235	27	Camilli	239	27	Campanella	242	27	Thomson	248	27	Williams	251
28	Snider	233	28	Berra	238	28	Berger	242	27	Goslin	248	28	Mays	250
28	Ennis	233	28	Averill	238	29	Doby	240	29	Stephens	247	29	Goslin	248
30	Trosky	228	30	Hartnett	236	30	Camilli	239	30	Wilson	244	30	Stephens	247
31	Doerr	223	31	Nicholson	235	31	Averill	238	31	Campanella	242	31	Wilson	244
32	Bottomley	219	32	Campanella	229	32	Hartnett	236	31	Berger	242	32	Campanella	242
33	Kluszewski	210	33	Trosky	228	33	Nicholson	235	33	Camilli	239	32	Berger	242
34	Campanella	209	34	Doby	226	34	Trosky	228	34	Averill	238	34	Camilli	239
35	Berra	208	35	Doerr	223	35	Thomson	227	35	Hartnett	236	35	Averill	238
36	Medwick	205	36	Bottomley	219	36	Zernial	225	36	Nicholson	235	36	Zernial	237
37	Gordon	202	37	Thomson	215	37	Doerr	223	37	Zernial	230	37	Hartnett	236
37	Doby	202	38	Medwick	205	38	Mathews	222	38	Trosky	228	38	Nicholson	235
37	Dickey	202	39	Gordon	202	39	Bottomley	219	39	Doerr	223	39	Wertz	228
			39	Dickey	202	40	Wertz	218	40	Wertz	221	39	Banks	228
			41	Pafko	201	41	Pafko	209	41	Bottomley	219	39	Trosky	228
						42	Mantle	207	42	Mays	216	42	Doerr	223
						43	Medwick	205	43	Pafko	212	43	Bottomley	219
						44	Gordon	202	44	Medwick	205	44	Sievers	215
						44	Dickey	202	45	Gordon	202	45	Pafko	213
									45	Dickey	202	46	Medwick	205
												47	Gordon	202
												47	Dickey	202
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