Top 3 Home Runs NON consecutive years for individuals.

 Second of a series.

Top 2 Home Runs NON consecutive years for individuals. Monday, May 29, 2023

First of a series that will examine most Home Runs (HR) hit by players for years that may or may not be consecutive. Through 2022. Subsequent posts will be Top 3, Top 4, ... Top 10...

142 players are included in this study. Criteria was at least 40 home runs in at least one season and at least 200 career home runs. I figured that would give the player a chance to be well represented in the posts for the fewest years. One exception: Pete Alonso was added. Alonso had 146 career home runs through 2022, the last year of this study. Alonso hit 53 as a rookie and 40 in 2022. I thought he deserved a look...

Home Run (AB/HR) rate will be included to provide some context. It's way better than: simply staring at home run totals. Obviously it does not reflect whether a season was more or less likely to have lots of home run hitting.

Click link for the full list of 142 players sorted by SumHR, MaxHR...

If Years = NumYR, the years are consecutive in the full table.

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Top 19 players for 3 NON consecutive years:

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Years	FirstName	LastName	SumHR	SumAB	AB/HR	MaxHR	MinHR	HRave	Max-Min	FirstYR	LastYR	NumYR
3	Mark	McGwire	193	1570	8.13	70	58	64.33	12	1997	1999	3
3	Sammy	Sosa	193	1845	9.56	66	63	64.33	3	1998	2001	4
3	Babe	Ruth	173	1537	8.88	60	54	57.67	6	1920	1927	8
3	Barry	Bonds	168	1495	8.90	73	46	56.00	27	1993	2001	9
3	Alex	Rodriguez	163	1839	11.28	57	52	54.33	5	2001	2007	7
3	Ken	Griffey	161	1786	11.09	56	49	53.67	7	1996	1998	3
3	Jimmie	Foxx	156	1723	11.04	58	48	52.00	10	1932	1938	7
3	Aaron	Judge	153	1662	10.86	62	39	51.00	23	2017	2022	6
3	Ryan	Howard	153	1720	11.24	58	47	51.00	11	2006	2008	3
3	Ralph	Kiner	152	1661	10.93	54	47	50.67	7	1947	1950	4
3	Willie	Mays	152	1759	11.57	52	49	50.67	3	1955	1965	11
3	Mickey	Mantle	148	1566	10.58	54	42	49.33	12	1956	1961	6
3	Jim	Thome	148	1584	10.70	52	47	49.33	5	2001	2003	3
3	Albert	Belle	147	1757	11.95	50	48	49.00	2	1995	1998	4
3	Harmon	Killebrew	146	1684	11.53	49	48	48.67	1	1962	1969	8
3	Lou	Gehrig	145	1742	12.01	49	47	48.33	2	1927	1936	10
3	Hank	Greenberg	143	1652	11.55	58	41	47.67	17	1938	1946	9
3	David	Ortiz	142	1741	12.26	54	41	47.33	13	2004	2006	3
3	Albert	Pujols	142	1695	11.94	49	46	47.33	3	2004	2009	6

Number 35, down from 16 for two years:

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Years	FirstName	LastName	SumHR	SumAB	AB/HR	MaxHR	MinHR	HRave	Max-Min	FirstYR	LastYR	NumYR
3	Roger	Maris	133	1679	12.62	61	33	44.33	28	1960	1962	3

The top four remain the same as for TWO years but the order is different. Sosa moves up from second into a tie with McGwire and Ruth replaces Bonds in third.

Best rate (AB/HR) for their three highest home run seasons (4 players homered fewer than once every 10 AB, down from 7 players for only two years):

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Years	FirstName	LastName	SumHR	SumAB	AB/HR	MaxHR	MinHR	HRave	Max-Min	FirstYR	LastYR	NumYR
3	Mark	McGwire	193	1570	8.13	70	58	64.33	12	1997	1999	3
3	Babe	Ruth	173	1537	8.88	60	54	57.67	6	1920	1927	8
3	Barry	Bonds	168	1495	8.90	73	46	56.00	27	1993	2001	9
3	Sammy	Sosa	193	1845	9.56	66	63	64.33	3	1998	2001	4
3	Mickey	Mantle	148	1566	10.58	54	42	49.33	12	1956	1961	6
3	Jim	Thome	148	1584	10.70	52	47	49.33	5	2001	2003	3
3	Aaron	Judge	153	1662	10.86	62	39	51.00	23	2017	2022	6
3	Ralph	Kiner	152	1661	10.93	54	47	50.67	7	1947	1950	4
3	Jimmie	Foxx	156	1723	11.04	58	48	52.00	10	1932	1938	7
3	Ken	Griffey	161	1786	11.09	56	49	53.67	7	1996	1998	3
3	Ryan	Howard	153	1720	11.24	58	47	51.00	11	2006	2008	3
3	Alex	Rodriguez	163	1839	11.28	57	52	54.33	5	2001	2007	7
3	Harmon	Killebrew	146	1684	11.53	49	48	48.67	1	1962	1969	8
3	Hank	Greenberg	143	1652	11.55	58	41	47.67	17	1938	1946	9
3	Willie	Mays	152	1759	11.57	52	49	50.67	3	1955	1965	11
3	Mike	Trout	126	1483	11.77	45	40	42.00	5	2015	2022	8
3	Jose	Bautista	137	1625	11.86	54	40	45.67	14	2010	2015	6
3	Albert	Pujols	142	1695	11.94	49	46	47.33	3	2004	2009	6
3	Jim	Edmonds	123	1470	11.95	42	39	41.00	3	2000	2004	5
3	Albert	Belle	147	1757	11.95	50	48	49.00	2	1995	1998	4
3	Lou	Gehrig	145	1742	12.01	49	47	48.33	2	1927	1936	10

Number 35:

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Years	FirstName	LastName	SumHR	SumAB	AB/HR	MaxHR	MinHR	HRave	Max-Min	FirstYR	LastYR	NumYR
3	Hank	Aaron	136	1702	12.51	47	44	45.33	3	1957	1971	15

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Look for subsequent posts: Top 4, Top 5, ... Top 10.