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.