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Has it been done before?

I was skimming through the last 30 years of stats and then got bored, so, I figured I'd ask if anyone else out there knows:

Has there been a year where the top 3 homerun guys are all from the same team? 

The answer is yes, but with an *.

Home Runs

Ruth-NYY 60
Gehrig-NYY 47
Lazzeri-NYY 18
Williams-SLB 17
Simmons-PHA 15

While they did lead the league, times were a different back then and I really don't put much credence into this when the top guy hits 42 more homeruns than the 3rd guy.  Maybe I should rephrase the question to modern days.

Star-divide

A few teams come to mind like the 20s Yanks or the Big Red Machine or the late 90s Colorado teams.  It seems that just in my skimming, the closest was a team that didn't even have one guy lead the league. 

The 1973 Atlanta Braves had the #2, #3 and #4 guy in homeruns. 

Stargell-PIT 44
Johnson-ATL 43
Evans-ATL 41
Aaron-ATL 40

That was pretty close too.

The 1997 Rockies were close too...

Walker-COL 49
Bagwell-HOU 43
Galarraga-COL 41
Bonds-SFG 40
Castilla-COL 40

Anyway, I bring this up because the Phils have an outside chance (it's always outside with this stuff and how Pat only plays 2/3rd of the games) to do it and not just in the league (as the Yankees did) but in all of MLB.

Howard-PHI 29
Dunn-CIN 28
Burrell-PHI 25
Utley-PHI 25

Get your punk ass out of there Dunn.  Ok, there are 2 guys at 24 and while I suspect Howard will keep up the pace, I am not so sure about Pat and Chase.  That is quite a lot of power coming from the middle of our order.

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Ruth & Gehrig

Their numbers for that year are incredible compared to the rest of the league. Could it be they benefitted that much from the extremely short porch in RF at Yankee Stadium?

"Giving up a 97-yard drive with less than 2 minutes to Brian Fucking Griese is one of the most epic collapses you will ever see." - sdf

by Bo Diddle on Jul 23, 2008 9:54 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think they were just really good.

by taco pal on Jul 23, 2008 12:16 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think they were just different type players. Teams weren’t looking for Ruths and Gehrigs, they were looking for Doug Glanvilles.

For Who? My teammates.

For What? To Win.

How Much? Where do I sign?

by jonk on Jul 24, 2008 3:06 AM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We need the Reds to trade Dunn to the AL, and then we’d be set.

by dajafi on Jul 23, 2008 11:49 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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