Has it been done before?

by jonk on Jul 23, 2008 2:56 AM EDT

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.

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?

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