Top 7 Home Runs NON consecutive years for individuals.

Sixth 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 20 players for 7 NON consecutive years (The six leaders have been the same and with the same order since Top 3.):

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Years	FirstName	LastName	SumHR	SumAB	AB/HR	MaxHR	MinHR	HRave	Max-Min	FirstYR	LastYR	NumYR
7	Mark	McGwire	375	3540	9.44	70	39	53.57	31	1987	1999	13
7	Sammy	Sosa	372	4020	10.81	66	40	53.14	26	1996	2003	8
7	Babe	Ruth	369	3615	9.80	60	46	52.71	14	1920	1930	11
7	Barry	Bonds	346	3178	9.18	73	42	49.43	31	1993	2004	12
7	Alex	Rodriguez	342	4239	12.39	57	42	48.86	15	1998	2007	10
7	Ken	Griffey	334	3927	11.76	56	40	47.71	16	1993	2000	8
7	Harmon	Killebrew	323	3833	11.87	49	42	46.14	7	1959	1969	11
7	Willie	Mays	318	4070	12.80	52	38	45.43	14	1954	1965	12
7	Jimmie	Foxx	314	3944	12.56	58	36	44.86	22	1930	1938	9
7	Jim	Thome	310	3583	11.56	52	38	44.29	14	1996	2006	11
7	Albert	Pujols	308	4066	13.20	49	40	44.00	9	2003	2015	13
7	Hank	Aaron	308	4073	13.22	47	40	44.00	7	1957	1971	15
7	Ralph	Kiner	306	3825	12.50	54	35	43.71	19	1947	1953	7
7	Lou	Gehrig	304	4064	13.37	49	35	43.43	14	1927	1937	11
7	Juan	Gonzalez	297	3894	13.11	47	35	42.43	12	1992	2001	10
7	Rafael	Palmeiro	297	4075	13.72	47	39	42.43	8	1995	2002	8
7	Mickey	Mantle	294	3549	12.07	54	34	42.00	20	1955	1964	10
7	Manny	Ramirez	293	3752	12.81	45	37	41.86	8	1998	2005	8
7	Albert	Belle	292	3958	13.55	50	34	41.71	16	1992	1999	8
7	Ernie	Banks	289	4155	14.38	47	32	41.29	15	1955	1968	14

MinHR is the 7th highest and for 12 of the 20 players above it is lower than 40 HR; Banks has the lowest: 32. Ruth has an astonishing MinHR = 46. McGwire and Bonds have the biggest Max-Min: 31. Kiner is the only one with consecutive years.

Best rate (AB/HR) for their seven 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
7	Barry	Bonds	346	3178	9.18	73	42	49.43	31	1993	2004	12
7	Mark	McGwire	375	3540	9.44	70	39	53.57	31	1987	1999	13
7	Babe	Ruth	369	3615	9.80	60	46	52.71	14	1920	1930	11
7	Sammy	Sosa	372	4020	10.81	66	40	53.14	26	1996	2003	8
7	Jim	Thome	310	3583	11.56	52	38	44.29	14	1996	2006	11
7	Ken	Griffey	334	3927	11.76	56	40	47.71	16	1993	2000	8
7	Harmon	Killebrew	323	3833	11.87	49	42	46.14	7	1959	1969	11
7	Aaron	Judge	220	2638	11.99	62	4	31.43	58	2016	2022	7
7	Mickey	Mantle	294	3549	12.07	54	34	42.00	20	1955	1964	10
7	Alex	Rodriguez	342	4239	12.39	57	42	48.86	15	1998	2007	10
7	Ralph	Kiner	306	3825	12.50	54	35	43.71	19	1947	1953	7
7	Jimmie	Foxx	314	3944	12.56	58	36	44.86	22	1930	1938	9
7	Frank	Thomas	283	3562	12.59	43	38	40.43	5	1993	2006	14
7	Willie	Mays	318	4070	12.80	52	38	45.43	14	1954	1965	12
7	Manny	Ramirez	293	3752	12.81	45	37	41.86	8	1998	2005	8
7	Juan	Gonzalez	297	3894	13.11	47	35	42.43	12	1992	2001	10
7	Ryan	Howard	287	3774	13.15	58	25	41.00	33	2006	2016	11
7	Albert	Pujols	308	4066	13.20	49	40	44.00	9	2003	2015	13
7	Hank	Aaron	308	4073	13.22	47	40	44.00	7	1957	1971	15
7	Willie	McCovey	270	3571	13.23	45	31	38.57	14	1963	1970	8

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

Look for subsequent posts: Top 8, Top 9, Top 10.