Top 9 Home Runs NON consecutive years for individuals. Ruth still leads McGwire.

Eighth 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 25 players for 9 NON consecutive years (The five leaders have been the same since Top 3; Killebrew replaced Griffey at #6.):

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Years	FirstName	LastName	SumHR	SumAB	AB/HR	MaxHR	MinHR	HRave	Max-Min	FirstYR	LastYR	NumYR
9	Babe	Ruth	461	4648	10.08	60	46	51.22	14	1920	1931	12
9	Mark	McGwire	447	4347	9.72	70	33	49.67	37	1987	1999	13
9	Sammy	Sosa	444	5226	11.77	66	36	49.33	30	1995	2003	9
9	Barry	Bonds	423	4101	9.70	73	37	47.00	36	1993	2004	12
9	Alex	Rodriguez	419	5394	12.87	57	36	46.56	21	1996	2007	12
9	Harmon	Killebrew	403	4929	12.23	49	39	44.78	10	1959	1970	12
9	Ken	Griffey	399	4946	12.40	56	30	44.33	26	1993	2007	15
9	Willie	Mays	391	5200	13.30	52	36	43.44	16	1954	1966	13
9	Hank	Aaron	387	5094	13.16	47	39	43.00	8	1957	1973	17
9	Jimmie	Foxx	386	5028	13.03	58	36	42.89	22	1930	1940	11
9	Jim	Thome	382	4572	11.97	52	35	42.44	17	1996	2007	12
9	Albert	Pujols	382	5180	13.56	49	37	42.44	12	2001	2015	15
9	Rafael	Palmeiro	373	5250	14.08	47	38	41.44	9	1995	2003	9
9	Lou	Gehrig	370	5253	14.20	49	32	41.11	17	1927	1937	11
9	Manny	Ramirez	365	4753	13.02	45	35	40.56	10	1998	2008	11
9	Adam	Dunn	357	4879	13.67	46	34	39.67	12	2004	2013	10
9	Mike	Schmidt	356	4961	13.94	48	36	39.56	12	1974	1986	13
9	Mickey	Mantle	355	4467	12.58	54	30	39.44	24	1955	1964	10
9	Ralph	Kiner	351	4884	13.91	54	22	39.00	32	1946	1954	9
9	Juan	Gonzalez	351	4791	13.65	47	27	39.00	20	1991	2001	11
9	David	Ortiz	350	4839	13.83	54	31	38.89	23	2003	2016	14
9	Albert	Belle	350	5053	14.44	50	28	38.89	22	1991	1999	9
9	Frank	Thomas	350	4651	13.29	43	32	38.89	11	1991	2006	16
9	Eddie	Mathews	346	4938	14.27	47	32	38.44	15	1953	1965	13
9	Ernie	Banks	346	5204	15.04	47	28	38.44	19	1955	1968	14

Aaron has almost caught Mays. Schmidt passed Mantle. Mathews and Banks are tied.

Only Babe Ruth is still averaging at least 50 HR ... for nine years. McGwire led in HR for Top 2 through Top 7. But Ruth has led for Top 8 and Top 9 with McGwire second. Ruth will probably lead for Top 10. Ruth's MinHR 46 is the only one at least 40:

Sorted on MinHR:

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Years	FirstName	LastName	SumHR	SumAB	AB/HR	MaxHR	MinHR	HRave	Max-Min	FirstYR	LastYR	NumYR
9	Babe	Ruth	461	4648	10.08	60	46	51.22	14	1920	1931	12
9	Harmon	Killebrew	403	4929	12.23	49	39	44.78	10	1959	1970	12
9	Hank	Aaron	387	5094	13.16	47	39	43.00	8	1957	1973	17
9	Rafael	Palmeiro	373	5250	14.08	47	38	41.44	9	1995	2003	9
9	Barry	Bonds	423	4101	9.70	73	37	47.00	36	1993	2004	12
9	Albert	Pujols	382	5180	13.56	49	37	42.44	12	2001	2015	15
9	Sammy	Sosa	444	5226	11.77	66	36	49.33	30	1995	2003	9
9	Alex	Rodriguez	419	5394	12.87	57	36	46.56	21	1996	2007	12
9	Jimmie	Foxx	386	5028	13.03	58	36	42.89	22	1930	1940	11
9	Willie	Mays	391	5200	13.30	52	36	43.44	16	1954	1966	13
9	Mike	Schmidt	356	4961	13.94	48	36	39.56	12	1974	1986	13

Best rate (AB/HR) for their nine highest home run seasons (2 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
9	Barry	Bonds	423	4101	9.70	73	37	47.00	36	1993	2004	12
9	Mark	McGwire	447	4347	9.72	70	33	49.67	37	1987	1999	13
9	Babe	Ruth	461	4648	10.08	60	46	51.22	14	1920	1931	12
9	Sammy	Sosa	444	5226	11.77	66	36	49.33	30	1995	2003	9
9	Jim	Thome	382	4572	11.97	52	35	42.44	17	1996	2007	12
7	Aaron	Judge	220	2638	11.99	62	4	31.43	58	2016	2022	7
9	Harmon	Killebrew	403	4929	12.23	49	39	44.78	10	1959	1970	12
9	Ken	Griffey	399	4946	12.40	56	30	44.33	26	1993	2007	15
9	Mickey	Mantle	355	4467	12.58	54	30	39.44	24	1955	1964	10
9	Alex	Rodriguez	419	5394	12.87	57	36	46.56	21	1996	2007	12
9	Manny	Ramirez	365	4753	13.02	45	35	40.56	10	1998	2008	11
9	Jimmie	Foxx	386	5028	13.03	58	36	42.89	22	1930	1940	11
9	Hank	Aaron	387	5094	13.16	47	39	43.00	8	1957	1973	17

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

Look for the final post: Top 10 and probably an 11th summary post.