Judge & Stanton 50 home run seasons v. Mantle & Maris 1961.

The previous post may have seemed like it was stacked against the 2021 stats of Yankees Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton:

Yankees BB/SO & HR ratios: 2021 v. 1961: Judge & Stanton v. Mantle & Maris. Tuesday, September 14, 2021

BB team totals are in the same ballpark but SO ... Wow. Roger Maris hit 61 home runs with only 67 strike outs. And Maris famously had zero intentional BB, probably because he usually had Mickey Mantle batting right behind him. For home runs 60 and 61 Mantle was injured and on deck were Hector Lopez and Yogi Berra respectively.

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Roger Maris

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left  •  Throws: Right

6-0, 197lb (183cm, 89kg)

Born: September 10, 1934 in Hibbing, MN us

So, this post will use stats for Judge and Stanton from their 50 home run seasons, both in 2017:

Judge: 52 home runs with the Yankees

Stanton: 59 home runs with the Marlins

There, that should give them a chance against the legendary M&M boys from 60 years ago: Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris.

	BB	SO	BB/SO	BB/PA	SO/PA	HR	AB	PA	AB/HR	PA/HR	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Mantle	126	112	1.13	19.50%	17.34%	54	514	646	9.52	11.96	.317	.448	.687	1.135	Mantle
Maris	94	67	1.40	13.47%	9.60%	61	590	698	9.67	11.44	.269	.372	.620	.993	Maris
	BB	SO	BB/SO	BB/PA	SO/PA	HR	AB	PA	AB/HR	PA/HR	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Judge	127	208	.61	18.73%	30.68%	52	542	678	10.42	13.04	.284	.422	.627	1.049	Judge
Stanton	85	163	.52	12.28%	23.55%	59	597	692	10.12	11.73	.281	.376	.631	1.007	Stanton
	BB	SO	BB/SO	BB/PA	SO/PA	HR	AB	PA	AB/HR	PA/HR	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Judge 9/14/21	66	142	.46	11.76%	25.31%	34	489	561	14.38	16.50	.292	.378	.544	.922	Judge 9/14/21
Stanton 9/14/21	59	138	.43	11.59%	27.11%	28	445	509	15.89	18.18	.272	.360	.541	.900	Stanton 9/14/21

Of the four, Judge had the most BB and SO and the highest percent of PA that were SO: 30.68%.

Maris had by far the fewest SO and the lowest percent of PA that were SO: 9.60%.

Mantle had the fewest AB and PA and the best AB/HR. Maris had the best PA/HR.

Mantle swept the average stats: BA, OBP, SLG, OPS. Maris had the lowest in each of those four.

Other than Judge in BB, did Judge or Stanton have the best stat in any category ? No.