More HR leaders
Posted by Andy on February 26, 2009
Following up on yesterday's post, here are the all-time leaders in HR for guys who played for at least 5 franchises:
Cnt Player **HR** Tms From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams +----+-----------------+-------+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+ 1 Frank Robinson 586 5 1956 1976 20-40 2808 11743 10006 1829 2943 528 72 1812 1420 218 1532 198 17 102 269 204 77 .294 .389 .537 .926 97D3/85 CIN-BAL-LAD-CAL-CLE 2 Eddie Murray 504 5 1977 1997 21-41 3026 12817 11336 1627 3255 560 35 1917 1333 222 1516 18 2 128 316 110 43 .287 .359 .476 .835 *3D/57 BAL-LAD-NYM-CLE-BAL-ANA 3 Gary Sheffield 499 7 1988 2008 19-39 2476 10635 8949 1592 2615 454 25 1633 1435 127 1125 133 9 109 225 251 103 .292 .394 .516 .910 957D/63 MIL-SDP-FLA-LAD-ATL-NYY-DET 4 Fred McGriff 493 6 1986 2004 22-40 2460 10174 8757 1349 2490 441 24 1550 1305 171 1882 39 2 71 226 72 38 .284 .377 .509 .886 *3D TOR-SDP-ATL-TBD-CHC-LAD 5 Dave Winfield 465 6 1973 1995 21-43 2971 12358 11003 1669 3110 540 88 1833 1216 172 1686 25 19 95 319 223 96 .283 .353 .475 .828 *97D8/35 SDP-NYY-CAL-TOR-MIN-CLE 6 Jose Canseco 462 7 1985 2001 20-36 1887 8129 7057 1186 1877 340 14 1407 906 64 1942 84 1 81 178 200 88 .266 .353 .515 .868 D97/81 OAK-TEX-BOS-OAK-TOR-TBD-NYY-CHW 7 Dave Kingman 442 7 1971 1986 22-37 1941 7429 6677 901 1575 240 25 1210 608 72 1816 53 16 75 139 85 49 .236 .302 .478 .780 37D59/1 SFG-NYM-SDP-NYY-CAL-CHC-OAK 8 Mike Piazza 427 5 1992 2007 23-38 1912 7745 6911 1048 2127 344 8 1335 759 146 1113 30 0 45 229 17 20 .308 .377 .545 .922 *2D/3 LAD-NYM-FLA-SDP-OAK 9 Andres Galarraga 399 7 1985 2004 24-43 2257 8916 8096 1195 2333 444 32 1425 583 106 2003 178 1 58 179 128 81 .288 .347 .499 .846 *3/D5 MON-STL-COL-ATL-TEX-SFG-MON-ANA 10 Joe Carter 396 6 1983 1998 23-38 2189 9154 8422 1170 2184 432 53 1445 527 86 1387 90 10 105 132 231 66 .259 .306 .464 .770 7983D/45 CHC-CLE-SDP-TOR-SFG-BAL
You can see that Sheffield is the leader for guys playing for at least 7 franchises, so let's see about 8:
Cnt Player **HR** Tms From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams +----+-----------------+-------+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+ 1 Bobby Bonds 332 8 1968 1981 22-35 1849 8090 7043 1258 1886 302 66 1024 914 75 1757 53 16 64 107 461 169 .268 .353 .471 .824 *98/D7 SFG-NYY-CAL-TEX-CHW-CLE-STL-CHC 2 Ron Gant 321 8 1987 2003 22-38 1832 7320 6449 1080 1651 302 50 1008 770 38 1411 32 12 57 98 243 102 .256 .336 .468 .804 *784/5D9 ATL-CIN-STL-PHI-ANA-OAK-COL-SDP 3 Ruben Sierra 306 9 1986 2006 20-40 2186 8782 8044 1084 2152 428 59 1322 610 102 1239 7 1 120 193 142 52 .268 .315 .450 .765 *9D7/8 TEX-OAK-NYY-DET-TOR-CIN-CHW-TEX-SEA-NYY-MIN 4 Reggie Sanders 305 8 1991 2007 23-39 1777 7043 6241 1037 1666 341 60 983 674 49 1614 71 14 43 121 304 115 .267 .343 .487 .830 *978/D CIN-SDP-ATL-ARI-SFG-PIT-STL-KCR 5 Steve Finley 304 8 1989 2007 24-42 2583 10460 9397 1443 2548 449 124 1167 844 69 1299 53 91 75 152 320 118 .271 .332 .442 .774 *89/7D1 BAL-HOU-SDP-ARI-LAD-LAA-SFG-COL 6 Rickey Henderson 297 9 1979 2003 20-44 3081 13346 10961 2295 3055 510 66 1115 2190 61 1694 98 30 67 172 1406 335 .279 .401 .419 .820 *78D/9 OAK-NYY-TOR-OAK-SDP-ANA-NYM-SEA-SDP-BOS-LAD 7 Bobby Bonilla 287 8 1986 2001 23-38 2113 8255 7213 1084 2010 408 61 1173 912 128 1204 28 5 97 169 45 57 .279 .358 .472 .830 5973/D81 PIT-CHW-PIT-NYM-BAL-FLA-LAD-ATL-STL 8 Matt Stairs 254 11 1992 2008 24-40 1662 5709 4937 737 1313 283 13 864 674 54 1037 54 5 39 107 28 24 .266 .358 .483 .841 9D37/84 MON-BOS-OAK-CHC-MIL-PIT-KCR-TEX-DET-TOR-PHI 9 Todd Zeile 253 11 1989 2004 23-38 2158 8649 7573 986 2004 397 23 1110 945 47 1279 42 8 81 223 53 51 .265 .346 .423 .769 *532/D71 STL-CHC-PHI-BAL-LAD-TEX-FLA-NYM-COL-MON-NYY 10 Deron Johnson 245 8 1960 1976 21-37 1765 6620 5941 706 1447 247 33 923 585 54 1318 20 13 61 164 11 18 .244 .311 .420 .731 35D7/98 NYY-KCA-CIN-ATL-PHI-OAK-MIL-BOS-CHW
Wow, so, Matt Stairs is the leader for guys playing for at least 11 franchises. How about 12, then?
Cnt Player **HR** Tms From To Ages G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams +----+-----------------+-------+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+ 1 Mike Morgan 0 12 1978 2002 18-42 597 573 497 13 54 3 1 15 13 0 151 1 59 3 5 0 0 .109 .132 .119 .251 *1 OAK-NYY-TOR-SEA-BAL-LAD-CHC-STL-CIN-MIN-CHC-TEX-ARI
These searches are all from 1901 to present, and Morgan is the only guy who registers as having played with 12 franchises. Even kicking it back to 1871, Morgan is the only one. So does he count as a record holder even though he didn't hit any homers? Well, at least he is the leader for most every other offensive stat--such as career leader in RBI (15) for guys playing with 12 teams.
February 26th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Deacon McGuire played for 12 teams (unless some of the teams that look different on his page really count as the same) and hit 45 home runs. I expect he beats Morgan on all the other offensive stats as well.
In January 2002 David Vincent found just two players who had hit home runs for 10 teams, Tom Brown and Dan Brouthers. Have Stairs & Zeile hit homers for all 11 teams they've played for?
February 27th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Zeile hit 5+ HR for all 11 teams.
Stairs only hit HR for 10 teams.
McGuire's 1891 Washington team in the AA moved to the NL and that was the team he played for from 1892 to part of 1899. So only 11 teams.