Top 5 Home Runs NON consecutive years for individuals.

Fourth of a series: 2, 3, 4, 5, ..., 10.

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 24 players for 5 NON consecutive years:

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Years	FirstName	LastName	SumHR	SumAB	AB/HR	MaxHR	MinHR	HRave	Max-Min	FirstYR	LastYR	NumYR
5	Mark	McGwire	294	2550	8.67	70	49	58.80	21	1987	1999	13
5	Sammy	Sosa	292	3005	10.29	66	49	58.40	17	1998	2002	5
5	Babe	Ruth	276	2591	9.39	60	49	55.20	11	1920	1930	11
5	Barry	Bonds	259	2288	8.83	73	45	51.80	28	1993	2003	11
5	Alex	Rodriguez	258	3051	11.83	57	47	51.60	10	2001	2007	7
5	Ken	Griffey	254	2974	11.71	56	45	50.80	11	1993	1999	7
5	Jimmie	Foxx	241	2847	11.81	58	41	48.20	17	1932	1938	7
5	Willie	Mays	240	2902	12.09	52	41	48.00	11	1954	1965	12
5	Harmon	Killebrew	237	2740	11.56	49	45	47.40	4	1961	1969	9
5	Ralph	Kiner	234	2747	11.74	54	40	46.80	14	1947	1951	5
5	Jim	Thome	232	2582	11.13	52	42	46.40	10	2001	2006	6
5	Lou	Gehrig	232	2942	12.68	49	41	46.40	8	1927	1936	10
5	Ryan	Howard	231	2893	12.52	58	33	46.20	25	2006	2011	6
5	Albert	Pujols	227	2873	12.66	49	42	45.40	7	2003	2010	8
5	Mickey	Mantle	225	2610	11.60	54	37	45.00	17	1955	1961	7
5	Hank	Aaron	224	2936	13.11	47	44	44.80	3	1957	1971	15
5	Juan	Gonzalez	223	2800	12.56	47	42	44.60	5	1992	1998	7
5	Albert	Belle	222	2961	13.34	50	37	44.40	13	1993	1999	7
5	Ernie	Banks	220	2993	13.60	47	41	44.00	6	1955	1960	6
5	Hank	Greenberg	219	2865	13.08	58	36	43.80	22	1935	1946	12
5	Rafael	Palmeiro	219	2884	13.17	47	39	43.80	8	1995	2002	8
5	Manny	Ramirez	218	2744	12.59	45	41	43.60	4	1998	2005	8
5	David	Ortiz	217	2806	12.93	54	37	43.40	17	2004	2016	13
5	Eddie	Mathews	213	2696	12.66	47	39	42.60	8	1953	1960	8

Same four players lead as in all the previous posts in this series. Same five lead players as in all except the first (Top 2),

Aaron has pulled to within one of Mantle but with many more At Bats. See their rates (AB/HR) below.

Best rate (AB/HR) for their five highest home run seasons (3 players homered fewer than once every 10 AB, down from 7 players for Top 2):

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Years	FirstName	LastName	SumHR	SumAB	AB/HR	MaxHR	MinHR	HRave	Max-Min	FirstYR	LastYR	NumYR
5	Mark	McGwire	294	2550	8.67	70	49	58.80	21	1987	1999	13
5	Barry	Bonds	259	2288	8.83	73	45	51.80	28	1993	2003	11
5	Babe	Ruth	276	2591	9.39	60	49	55.20	11	1920	1930	11
5	Sammy	Sosa	292	3005	10.29	66	49	58.40	17	1998	2002	5
5	Jim	Thome	232	2582	11.13	52	42	46.40	10	2001	2006	6
5	Harmon	Killebrew	237	2740	11.56	49	45	47.40	4	1961	1969	9
5	Mickey	Mantle	225	2610	11.60	54	37	45.00	17	1955	1961	7
5	Ken	Griffey	254	2974	11.71	56	45	50.80	11	1993	1999	7
5	Ralph	Kiner	234	2747	11.74	54	40	46.80	14	1947	1951	5
5	Jimmie	Foxx	241	2847	11.81	58	41	48.20	17	1932	1938	7
5	Alex	Rodriguez	258	3051	11.83	57	47	51.60	10	2001	2007	7
5	Aaron	Judge	207	2453	11.85	62	27	41.40	35	2017	2022	6
5	Willie	Mays	240	2902	12.09	52	41	48.00	11	1954	1965	12

Number 30:

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Years	FirstName	LastName	SumHR	SumAB	AB/HR	MaxHR	MinHR	HRave	Max-Min	FirstYR	LastYR	NumYR
5	Hank	Aaron	224	2936	13.11	47	44	44.80	3	1957	1971	15

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

Look for subsequent posts: Top 6, Top 7, ... Top 10.