Top 10 Home Runs NON consecutive years for individuals. Ruth!

Ninth and final post in this 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 10 NON consecutive years (The six leaders have been the same since Top 3.):

Babe Ruth

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Years	FirstName	LastName	SumHR	SumAB	AB/HR	MaxHR	MinHR	HRave	Max-Min	FirstYR	LastYR	NumYR
10	Babe	Ruth	502	5170	10.30	60	41	50.20	19	1920	1931	12
10	Mark	McGwire	479	4897	10.22	70	32	47.90	38	1987	1999	13
10	Sammy	Sosa	479	5704	11.91	66	35	47.90	31	1995	2004	10
10	Barry	Bonds	460	4653	10.12	73	37	46.00	36	1993	2004	12
10	Alex	Rodriguez	455	5995	13.18	57	36	45.50	21	1996	2007	12
10	Harmon	Killebrew	434	5371	12.38	49	31	43.40	18	1959	1970	12
10	Ken	Griffey	426	5511	12.94	56	27	42.60	29	1992	2007	16
10	Willie	Mays	426	5785	13.58	52	35	42.60	17	1954	1966	13
10	Hank	Aaron	426	5694	13.37	47	39	42.60	8	1957	1973	17
10	Jimmie	Foxx	421	5495	13.05	58	35	42.10	23	1930	1940	11
10	Albert	Pujols	419	5759	13.74	49	37	41.90	12	2001	2015	15
10	Jim	Thome	416	5075	12.20	52	34	41.60	18	1996	2008	13
10	Rafael	Palmeiro	410	5847	14.26	47	37	41.00	10	1993	2003	11
10	Lou	Gehrig	400	5788	14.47	49	30	40.00	19	1927	1937	11
10	Manny	Ramirez	398	5303	13.32	45	33	39.80	12	1996	2008	13
10	Mike	Schmidt	391	5475	14.00	48	35	39.10	13	1974	1986	13
10	Adam	Dunn	384	5260	13.70	46	27	38.40	19	2003	2013	11
10	Mickey	Mantle	382	5010	13.12	54	27	38.20	27	1954	1964	11
10	David	Ortiz	380	5357	14.10	54	30	38.00	24	2003	2016	14
10	Frank	Thomas	379	5236	13.82	43	29	37.90	14	1991	2006	16
10	Carlos	Delgado	378	5422	14.34	44	32	37.80	12	1998	2008	11
10	Eddie	Mathews	377	5484	14.55	47	31	37.70	16	1953	1965	13
10	Juan	Gonzalez	375	5118	13.65	47	24	37.50	23	1991	2003	13
10	Ernie	Banks	374	5816	15.55	47	28	37.40	19	1955	1968	14

Only Ruth still averaging at least 50 HR ... for ten years.

Sosa is the only player above for consecutive years.

Sorted on MinHR:

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Years	FirstName	LastName	SumHR	SumAB	AB/HR	MaxHR	MinHR	HRave	Max-Min	FirstYR	LastYR	NumYR
10	Babe	Ruth	502	5170	10.30	60	41	50.20	19	1920	1931	12
10	Hank	Aaron	426	5694	13.37	47	39	42.60	8	1957	1973	17
10	Albert	Pujols	419	5759	13.74	49	37	41.90	12	2001	2015	15
10	Rafael	Palmeiro	410	5847	14.26	47	37	41.00	10	1993	2003	11
10	Barry	Bonds	460	4653	10.12	73	37	46.00	36	1993	2004	12
10	Alex	Rodriguez	455	5995	13.18	57	36	45.50	21	1996	2007	12
10	Willie	Mays	426	5785	13.58	52	35	42.60	17	1954	1966	13
10	Sammy	Sosa	479	5704	11.91	66	35	47.90	31	1995	2004	10
10	Jimmie	Foxx	421	5495	13.05	58	35	42.10	23	1930	1940	11
10	Mike	Schmidt	391	5475	14.00	48	35	39.10	13	1974	1986	13
10	Jim	Thome	416	5075	12.20	52	34	41.60	18	1996	2008	13
10	Manny	Ramirez	398	5303	13.32	45	33	39.80	12	1996	2008	13
10	Carlos	Delgado	378	5422	14.34	44	32	37.80	12	1998	2008	11
10	Mark	McGwire	479	4897	10.22	70	32	47.90	38	1987	1999	13

Only Ruth still has his 10th highest HR (MinHR) at least 40. Among the top five Aaron has the lowest HRave: 43.50; Aaron's Max-Min is only 8: 47-39.

Best rate (AB/HR) for their ten highest home run seasons (3 players homered fewer than once every 11 AB):

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Years	FirstName	LastName	SumHR	SumAB	AB/HR	MaxHR	MinHR	HRave	Max-Min	FirstYR	LastYR	NumYR
10	Barry	Bonds	460	4653	10.12	73	37	46.00	36	1993	2004	12
10	Mark	McGwire	479	4897	10.22	70	32	47.90	38	1987	1999	13
10	Babe	Ruth	502	5170	10.30	60	41	50.20	19	1920	1931	12
10	Sammy	Sosa	479	5704	11.91	66	35	47.90	31	1995	2004	10
7	Aaron	Judge	220	2638	11.99	62	4	31.43	58	2016	2022	7
10	Jim	Thome	416	5075	12.20	52	34	41.60	18	1996	2008	13
10	Harmon	Killebrew	434	5371	12.38	49	31	43.40	18	1959	1970	12
10	Ken	Griffey	426	5511	12.94	56	27	42.60	29	1992	2007	16
10	Jimmie	Foxx	421	5495	13.05	58	35	42.10	23	1930	1940	11
10	Mickey	Mantle	382	5010	13.12	54	27	38.20	27	1954	1964	11
10	Alex	Rodriguez	455	5995	13.18	57	36	45.50	21	1996	2007	12
10	Manny	Ramirez	398	5303	13.32	45	33	39.80	12	1996	2008	13
10	Hank	Aaron	426	5694	13.37	47	39	42.60	8	1957	1973	17
4	Pete	Alonso	146	1963	13.45	53	16	36.50	37	2019	2022	4
10	Willie	Mays	426	5785	13.58	52	35	42.60	17	1954	1966	13

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

Look for a summary post on all this.