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22+ HR In Team’s First 81 Games Since 1969

Posted by Steve Lombardi on July 5, 2011

Since 1969, how many players have hit at least 22 HR in his team's first 81 games of the season?

Here is the list -

Rk Player Year 5 #Matching   PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP
1 Willie McCovey 1969 23 Ind. Games 98 78 38 5 0 26 48 18 10 .487 .582 1.551 2.133 0 1 9 1 2
2 Rico Petrocelli 1969 21 Ind. Games 85 74 32 4 1 23 36 11 5 .432 .506 1.446 1.952 0 0 1 0 2
3 Reggie Jackson 1969 25 Ind. Games 119 98 52 6 1 34 62 16 16 .531 .610 1.653 2.263 1 0 2 4 1
4 Lee May 1969 19 Ind. Games 86 80 39 3 1 23 42 5 10 .488 .512 1.413 1.924 0 1 0 0 1
5 Harmon Killebrew 1969 21 Ind. Games 94 78 33 1 0 23 51 14 12 .423 .521 1.321 1.842 0 0 1 2 1
6 Frank Howard 1969 25 Ind. Games 111 100 47 3 0 27 49 11 10 .470 .523 1.310 1.833 0 0 1 0 2
7 Carl Yastrzemski 1969 20 Ind. Games 89 80 34 3 1 23 46 9 9 .425 .483 1.350 1.833 0 0 0 0 2
8 Tony Perez 1970 26 Ind. Games 114 99 53 3 0 28 59 11 10 .535 .570 1.414 1.984 0 3 2 1 2
9 Rico Carty 1970 20 Ind. Games 90 77 39 3 1 23 47 12 6 .506 .567 1.468 2.034 0 1 1 0 2
10 Johnny Bench 1970 25 Ind. Games 112 102 49 7 0 26 49 9 18 .480 .518 1.314 1.832 0 1 2 0 0
11 Harmon Killebrew 1970 23 Ind. Games 102 84 37 0 0 25 46 18 12 .440 .539 1.333 1.873 0 0 3 0 5
12 Hank Aaron 1970 23 Ind. Games 107 95 45 5 0 24 54 12 10 .474 .533 1.284 1.817 0 0 2 0 2
13 Dick Allen 1970 21 Ind. Games 92 85 37 4 1 23 48 7 16 .435 .478 1.318 1.796 0 0 2 0 2
14 Billy Williams 1970 23 Ind. Games 110 98 48 5 0 26 54 11 5 .490 .536 1.337 1.873 0 1 1 0 1
15 Willie Stargell 1971 24 Ind. Games 111 97 47 5 0 28 55 13 22 .485 .550 1.402 1.952 0 0 4 1 0
16 Hank Aaron 1971 19 Ind. Games 83 78 36 2 0 22 39 5 6 .462 .494 1.333 1.827 0 0 2 0 0
17 Johnny Bench 1972 21 Ind. Games 97 82 40 4 0 24 46 11 11 .488 .536 1.415 1.951 0 3 5 1 2
18 Willie Stargell 1973 21 Ind. Games 87 76 38 2 0 24 45 11 13 .500 .563 1.474 2.037 0 0 3 0 1
19 Greg Luzinski 1975 20 Ind. Games 88 78 36 3 0 22 38 7 13 .462 .511 1.346 1.858 0 1 2 2 1
20 Mike Schmidt 1976 19 Ind. Games 86 77 30 2 0 23 37 8 17 .390 .453 1.312 1.765 0 0 1 1 2
21 Dave Kingman 1976 21 Ind. Games 94 87 35 3 0 27 52 6 16 .402 .447 1.368 1.815 0 0 2 1 2
22 Steve Garvey 1977 20 Ind. Games 89 85 41 4 1 22 47 4 4 .482 .506 1.329 1.835 0 0 1 0 3
23 Mike Schmidt 1977 23 Ind. Games 103 88 38 2 1 25 46 13 16 .432 .515 1.330 1.844 0 0 1 2 3
24 George Scott 1977 21 Ind. Games 91 85 36 4 0 24 37 3 11 .424 .456 1.318 1.773 1 0 0 2 3
25 George Foster 1977 20 Ind. Games 92 87 35 5 0 24 52 4 16 .402 .424 1.287 1.711 0 1 0 0 2
26 Jim Rice 1978 22 Ind. Games 103 98 45 2 2 23 43 4 16 .459 .485 1.224 1.710 0 0 0 1 1
27 Mike Schmidt 1979 21 Ind. Games 98 72 30 1 0 23 38 23 13 .417 .551 1.389 1.940 0 2 3 1 2
28 Fred Lynn 1979 21 Ind. Games 97 82 36 7 0 24 50 14 10 .439 .515 1.402 1.918 0 1 2 0 1
29 Dave Kingman 1979 26 Ind. Games 114 102 44 5 1 29 54 12 22 .431 .491 1.353 1.844 0 0 3 0 2
30 Reggie Jackson 1980 21 Ind. Games 97 85 41 6 0 22 45 11 10 .482 .546 1.329 1.876 0 0 0 1 0
31 Mike Schmidt 1980 19 Ind. Games 82 74 32 1 0 22 38 8 13 .432 .488 1.338 1.826 0 0 0 0 0
32 Mike Schmidt 1981 22 Ind. Games 101 82 40 2 0 24 44 18 11 .488 .584 1.390 1.974 0 0 6 1 2
33 Andre Dawson 1981 19 Ind. Games 81 75 39 1 1 22 30 5 7 .520 .543 1.440 1.983 0 1 2 0 1
34 Dale Murphy 1982 22 Ind. Games 97 87 36 1 0 23 42 10 8 .414 .474 1.218 1.693 0 0 3 0 1
35 Jim Rice 1983 20 Ind. Games 94 87 37 3 1 23 40 5 10 .425 .468 1.276 1.744 0 0 3 2 6
36 Carlton Fisk 1985 20 Ind. Games 87 74 30 1 0 22 44 8 6 .405 .465 1.311 1.776 1 2 1 2 2
37 Mark McGwire 1987 24 Ind. Games 105 90 42 2 0 30 46 13 15 .467 .543 1.489 2.032 0 0 1 2 0
38 Jack Clark 1987 21 Ind. Games 99 80 38 2 1 25 51 19 14 .475 .576 1.463 2.038 0 0 2 0 1
39 George Bell 1987 22 Ind. Games 94 88 39 2 1 28 56 2 12 .443 .452 1.443 1.895 0 2 0 1 2
40 Eric Davis 1987 21 Ind. Games 97 82 41 4 2 24 59 14 15 .500 .567 1.476 2.043 0 1 2 0 1
41 Dale Murphy 1987 21 Ind. Games 98 79 37 2 0 24 39 18 16 .468 .571 1.405 1.976 0 0 4 1 2
42 Jose Canseco 1988 21 Ind. Games 101 93 31 0 0 23 46 6 15 .333 .376 1.075 1.452 0 1 0 1 1
43 Kevin Mitchell 1989 23 Ind. Games 101 91 44 6 0 26 49 9 12 .484 .525 1.407 1.931 0 1 4 0 0
44 Howard Johnson 1989 21 Ind. Games 95 82 36 4 0 22 37 12 15 .439 .505 1.293 1.798 0 1 1 0 0
45 Ryne Sandberg 1990 21 Ind. Games 95 87 49 6 0 24 40 8 5 .563 .600 1.460 2.060 0 0 4 0 0
46 Darryl Strawberry 1990 21 Ind. Games 91 79 32 0 0 23 40 10 15 .405 .473 1.278 1.751 0 1 2 1 1
47 Cecil Fielder 1990 22 Ind. Games 97 84 42 4 0 27 52 10 15 .500 .557 1.512 2.069 0 1 0 2 3
48 Mark McGwire 1992 25 Ind. Games 106 89 38 3 0 27 44 15 14 .427 .509 1.371 1.880 0 1 3 1 1
49 Matt Williams 1994 27 Ind. Games 122 112 47 1 2 30 57 8 18 .420 .451 1.268 1.719 0 2 2 0 4
50 Ken Griffey 1994 29 Ind. Games 130 119 58 6 0 32 55 11 14 .487 .531 1.345 1.875 0 0 4 0 3
51 Jose Canseco 1994 21 Ind. Games 105 94 46 5 0 24 52 8 18 .489 .543 1.309 1.851 0 0 1 3 1
52 Jeff Bagwell 1994 21 Ind. Games 96 81 45 5 0 26 52 13 12 .556 .604 1.580 2.184 0 2 2 0 2
53 Fred McGriff 1994 21 Ind. Games 94 86 42 4 0 22 46 8 14 .488 .532 1.302 1.834 0 0 1 0 2
54 Frank Thomas 1994 28 Ind. Games 128 98 51 5 0 30 45 28 11 .520 .625 1.490 2.115 0 1 4 1 2
55 Andres Galarraga 1994 20 Ind. Games 88 81 35 2 0 22 41 5 14 .432 .477 1.272 1.749 0 0 3 2 2
56 Albert Belle 1994 24 Ind. Games 114 96 48 10 0 25 52 17 8 .500 .579 1.385 1.964 0 0 3 1 1
57 Tino Martinez 1995 20 Ind. Games 90 79 41 8 0 22 52 10 9 .519 .573 1.456 2.029 1 0 5 0 0
58 Ron Gant 1995 19 Ind. Games 83 76 28 1 0 22 37 5 15 .368 .410 1.250 1.660 0 1 0 1 0
59 Mo Vaughn 1995 23 Ind. Games 103 91 35 0 1 26 46 10 20 .385 .447 1.264 1.710 0 1 2 1 2
60 Mark McGwire 1995 20 Ind. Games 94 70 32 1 0 24 48 21 13 .457 .585 1.500 2.085 0 1 0 2 1
61 Manny Ramirez 1995 20 Ind. Games 93 84 42 4 0 22 41 8 13 .500 .543 1.333 1.877 1 0 0 0 1
62 Larry Walker 1995 20 Ind. Games 94 83 38 3 1 22 38 9 12 .458 .511 1.313 1.824 0 1 2 1 1
63 Frank Thomas 1995 24 Ind. Games 117 98 42 5 0 25 46 17 13 .429 .513 1.245 1.758 0 1 4 1 1
64 Sammy Sosa 1996 21 Ind. Games 96 92 38 1 0 26 49 2 22 .413 .427 1.272 1.699 0 1 1 1 3
65 Ryan Klesko 1996 22 Ind. Games 90 81 38 2 0 22 43 8 18 .469 .511 1.309 1.820 0 1 2 0 1
66 Mo Vaughn 1996 22 Ind. Games 108 92 38 1 1 24 45 14 14 .413 .491 1.228 1.719 0 1 3 1 0
67 Mark McGwire 1996 23 Ind. Games 101 83 36 2 0 25 43 18 20 .434 .535 1.361 1.896 0 0 2 0 2
68 Jose Canseco 1996 22 Ind. Games 112 100 38 7 0 24 42 10 16 .380 .446 1.170 1.616 0 0 0 2 1
69 Henry Rodriguez 1996 21 Ind. Games 94 90 44 8 0 25 54 4 18 .489 .511 1.411 1.922 0 0 0 0 2
70 Greg Vaughn 1996 22 Ind. Games 102 86 37 2 0 24 50 13 12 .430 .500 1.291 1.791 0 2 2 1 1
71 Gary Sheffield 1996 22 Ind. Games 98 85 36 2 0 24 45 13 8 .424 .500 1.294 1.794 0 0 3 0 2
72 Frank Thomas 1996 23 Ind. Games 114 95 43 4 0 23 53 16 15 .453 .518 1.221 1.739 0 3 6 0 1
73 Brady Anderson 1996 24 Ind. Games 120 98 43 4 1 29 46 15 20 .439 .513 1.388 1.900 1 3 0 3 2
74 Barry Bonds 1996 21 Ind. Games 97 81 37 2 1 23 46 16 12 .457 .546 1.358 1.904 0 0 2 0 2
75 Andres Galarraga 1996 19 Ind. Games 86 77 34 4 0 22 47 4 16 .442 .477 1.351 1.827 0 2 0 3 1
76 Albert Belle 1996 23 Ind. Games 100 87 39 5 0 26 49 12 12 .448 .510 1.402 1.912 0 1 1 0 4
77 Tino Martinez 1997 24 Ind. Games 115 103 49 4 0 28 54 11 13 .476 .522 1.330 1.852 0 1 0 0 3
78 Mark McGwire 1997 26 Ind. Games 115 98 49 7 0 28 47 16 19 .500 .565 1.429 1.994 0 1 5 0 0
79 Larry Walker 1997 20 Ind. Games 94 71 41 4 0 24 39 16 11 .577 .681 1.648 2.329 0 0 1 7 3
80 Ken Griffey 1997 26 Ind. Games 124 102 44 3 0 29 55 19 15 .431 .516 1.314 1.830 0 2 7 1 2
81 Jim Thome 1997 22 Ind. Games 98 76 34 3 0 24 42 20 16 .447 .551 1.434 1.985 0 2 1 0 1
82 Jeff Bagwell 1997 21 Ind. Games 97 72 33 3 1 22 37 22 14 .458 .598 1.444 2.042 0 0 5 3 0
83 Vinny Castilla 1998 21 Ind. Games 90 85 38 2 0 23 49 4 10 .447 .467 1.282 1.749 0 1 2 0 2
84 Sammy Sosa 1998 25 Ind. Games 113 103 47 2 0 32 56 9 22 .456 .496 1.408 1.903 0 1 1 0 4
85 Rafael Palmeiro 1998 22 Ind. Games 103 96 43 4 1 22 40 7 9 .448 .485 1.198 1.683 0 0 0 0 2
86 Mark McGwire 1998 32 Ind. Games 153 121 51 3 0 37 73 32 30 .421 .542 1.364 1.906 0 0 7 0 1
87 Ken Griffey 1998 28 Ind. Games 128 109 47 6 1 31 54 14 16 .431 .508 1.358 1.866 0 1 4 4 4
88 Juan Gonzalez 1998 21 Ind. Games 100 93 43 4 0 24 63 5 17 .462 .490 1.280 1.770 0 1 0 1 4
89 Jose Canseco 1998 20 Ind. Games 88 80 29 1 0 23 33 7 17 .363 .409 1.238 1.647 0 1 0 0 0
90 Greg Vaughn 1998 22 Ind. Games 95 84 38 3 0 26 50 10 13 .452 .516 1.417 1.932 0 0 2 1 0
91 Andres Galarraga 1998 21 Ind. Games 94 85 42 2 0 25 47 8 13 .494 .543 1.400 1.943 0 0 1 1 3
92 Alex Rodriguez 1998 24 Ind. Games 116 110 51 5 1 27 44 4 21 .464 .491 1.264 1.755 0 0 0 2 1
93 Sammy Sosa 1999 30 Ind. Games 139 125 55 2 0 32 56 14 31 .440 .496 1.224 1.720 0 0 0 0 3
94 Mark McGwire 1999 23 Ind. Games 106 83 37 3 0 26 48 23 15 .446 .566 1.422 1.988 0 0 5 0 3
95 Manny Ramirez 1999 22 Ind. Games 99 87 38 1 1 22 51 11 13 .437 .495 1.230 1.725 0 1 1 0 3
96 Larry Walker 1999 20 Ind. Games 94 82 44 4 0 24 49 5 9 .537 .574 1.463 2.038 0 2 2 5 2
97 Ken Griffey 1999 24 Ind. Games 115 97 47 2 1 27 60 17 10 .485 .565 1.361 1.926 0 0 5 1 0
98 Juan Gonzalez 1999 19 Ind. Games 85 81 34 2 0 23 46 3 14 .420 .435 1.296 1.732 0 1 0 0 0
99 Jose Canseco 1999 28 Ind. Games 135 119 48 5 1 30 53 14 33 .403 .467 1.218 1.685 0 1 0 1 2
100 Jeromy Burnitz 1999 22 Ind. Games 99 86 35 4 1 24 45 11 23 .407 .465 1.314 1.779 0 2 0 0 1
101 Jeff Bagwell 1999 21 Ind. Games 98 78 36 2 0 26 48 19 11 .462 .571 1.487 2.059 0 0 5 1 1
102 Jay Bell 1999 20 Ind. Games 98 83 43 6 1 22 44 13 13 .518 .588 1.410 1.997 1 0 0 1 1
103 Vladimir Guerrero 2000 20 Ind. Games 91 81 47 5 2 23 45 9 8 .580 .626 1.543 2.170 0 0 5 1 0
104 Troy Glaus 2000 20 Ind. Games 85 73 35 4 0 23 34 12 12 .479 .553 1.479 2.032 0 0 1 0 1
105 Tony Batista 2000 20 Ind. Games 87 83 40 6 1 22 42 4 14 .482 .506 1.373 1.879 0 0 0 0 1
106 Steve Finley 2000 22 Ind. Games 93 83 36 3 0 24 47 7 8 .434 .473 1.337 1.810 0 2 0 1 1
107 Richard Hidalgo 2000 22 Ind. Games 96 85 37 10 0 23 41 8 14 .435 .490 1.365 1.854 0 1 0 2 0
108 Rafael Palmeiro 2000 21 Ind. Games 96 81 36 2 0 22 42 14 8 .444 .531 1.284 1.815 0 0 3 1 2
109 Mike Piazza 2000 23 Ind. Games 100 87 41 4 0 24 51 13 13 .471 .540 1.345 1.885 0 0 1 0 2
110 Mark McGwire 2000 27 Ind. Games 124 100 41 2 0 30 54 23 26 .410 .524 1.330 1.854 0 0 5 1 3
111 Ken Griffey 2000 23 Ind. Games 104 84 35 3 0 26 52 17 13 .417 .510 1.381 1.891 0 2 5 1 1
112 Jim Thome 2000 21 Ind. Games 94 82 37 6 0 23 34 11 21 .451 .511 1.366 1.876 0 1 0 0 0
113 Jim Edmonds 2000 21 Ind. Games 100 81 40 5 0 22 38 16 26 .494 .570 1.370 1.940 0 2 1 1 2
114 Jeff Kent 2000 21 Ind. Games 102 84 40 8 0 23 51 15 11 .476 .549 1.393 1.942 0 2 1 1 2
115 Jason Giambi 2000 19 Ind. Games 89 73 36 5 1 22 53 13 8 .493 .562 1.493 2.055 0 2 0 1 1
116 Ivan Rodriguez 2000 21 Ind. Games 92 89 44 7 2 25 47 3 10 .494 .511 1.461 1.972 0 0 0 0 6
117 Gary Sheffield 2000 23 Ind. Games 110 88 42 3 0 27 49 20 10 .477 .573 1.432 2.005 0 1 3 1 0
118 Garret Anderson 2000 22 Ind. Games 95 92 31 3 1 22 40 3 9 .337 .358 1.109 1.467 0 0 0 0 0
119 Frank Thomas 2000 20 Ind. Games 89 75 41 4 0 23 43 13 10 .547 .607 1.520 2.127 0 1 3 0 1
120 Eric Karros 2000 21 Ind. Games 100 89 33 5 0 23 44 9 18 .371 .420 1.202 1.622 0 2 0 0 2
121 Edgar Martinez 2000 22 Ind. Games 102 88 41 4 0 23 54 13 8 .466 .529 1.295 1.825 0 1 1 0 1
122 David Justice 2000 20 Ind. Games 85 77 32 4 0 22 41 7 11 .416 .459 1.325 1.783 0 1 1 0 4
123 Carlos Delgado 2000 24 Ind. Games 110 96 41 1 0 27 50 12 18 .427 .500 1.281 1.781 0 0 2 2 3
124 Carl Everett 2000 23 Ind. Games 99 89 37 7 0 24 46 8 19 .416 .465 1.303 1.768 0 1 1 1 3
125 Barry Bonds 2000 26 Ind. Games 115 93 47 8 1 28 49 20 10 .505 .583 1.516 2.099 0 2 3 0 1
126 Alex Rodriguez 2000 20 Ind. Games 94 80 39 1 0 22 40 11 14 .488 .543 1.325 1.868 0 2 1 1 2
127 Todd Helton 2001 23 Ind. Games 106 92 48 9 0 25 60 13 7 .522 .585 1.435 2.020 0 0 2 1 0
128 Sammy Sosa 2001 23 Ind. Games 105 83 38 3 0 27 55 19 15 .458 .552 1.470 2.022 0 2 3 1 0
129 Manny Ramirez 2001 21 Ind. Games 101 87 45 3 0 25 45 14 21 .517 .584 1.414 1.998 0 0 9 0 1
130 Luis Gonzalez 2001 25 Ind. Games 115 104 47 2 0 32 60 11 11 .452 .504 1.394 1.899 0 0 4 0 4
131 Larry Walker 2001 24 Ind. Games 109 94 47 4 1 25 51 10 13 .500 .560 1.362 1.921 0 1 0 4 1
132 Lance Berkman 2001 19 Ind. Games 85 75 38 4 0 22 39 8 7 .507 .565 1.440 2.005 0 0 0 2 1
133 Jim Thome 2001 21 Ind. Games 88 73 32 5 0 22 41 14 18 .438 .523 1.411 1.934 0 1 4 0 0
134 Barry Bonds 2001 34 Ind. Games 154 112 54 6 0 39 62 39 17 .482 .610 1.580 2.191 0 2 11 1 0
135 Alex Rodriguez 2001 19 Ind. Games 86 76 38 3 1 23 49 9 10 .500 .547 1.474 2.020 0 1 0 0 3
136 Sammy Sosa 2002 26 Ind. Games 114 93 41 4 1 28 44 20 21 .441 .544 1.409 1.952 0 0 4 1 1
137 Lance Berkman 2002 22 Ind. Games 100 92 38 2 0 27 55 6 14 .413 .450 1.315 1.765 0 1 1 1 0
138 Jim Thome 2002 23 Ind. Games 95 78 33 2 0 25 46 16 17 .423 .526 1.410 1.937 0 0 2 1 0
139 Barry Bonds 2002 21 Ind. Games 94 66 35 1 0 25 45 27 5 .530 .670 1.682 2.352 0 0 11 1 1
140 Alex Rodriguez 2002 20 Ind. Games 91 78 36 2 0 24 42 12 14 .462 .538 1.410 1.949 0 0 3 1 2
141 Richie Sexson 2003 20 Ind. Games 92 80 33 4 0 22 41 8 10 .413 .467 1.288 1.755 0 2 1 2 1
142 Mike Lowell 2003 21 Ind. Games 99 89 37 6 0 24 46 10 15 .416 .475 1.292 1.767 0 0 3 0 2
143 Jim Edmonds 2003 21 Ind. Games 100 87 41 10 0 25 45 10 12 .471 .540 1.448 1.988 0 0 2 3 0
144 Jason Giambi 2003 19 Ind. Games 87 70 31 1 0 22 41 14 10 .443 .540 1.400 1.940 0 1 1 2 0
145 Gary Sheffield 2003 21 Ind. Games 91 76 42 6 0 22 38 13 3 .553 .604 1.500 2.104 0 2 2 0 1
146 Carlos Delgado 2003 23 Ind. Games 104 84 38 3 0 26 56 16 13 .452 .538 1.417 1.955 0 2 5 2 1
147 Bret Boone 2003 20 Ind. Games 94 88 41 5 0 22 44 6 12 .466 .500 1.273 1.773 0 0 2 0 2
148 Barry Bonds 2003 21 Ind. Games 92 71 30 0 0 22 31 20 8 .423 .554 1.352 1.906 0 0 6 1 1
149 Albert Pujols 2003 21 Ind. Games 94 88 40 7 0 23 44 2 11 .455 .479 1.318 1.797 0 1 0 3 1
150 Adam Dunn 2003 21 Ind. Games 81 64 29 2 0 23 40 14 17 .453 .556 1.563 2.118 0 1 1 2 0
151 Manny Ramirez 2004 21 Ind. Games 93 81 40 4 0 22 39 11 13 .494 .548 1.358 1.906 0 1 4 0 3
152 Jim Thome 2004 25 Ind. Games 111 95 40 3 0 27 44 14 18 .421 .495 1.305 1.801 0 1 9 1 2
153 Hank Blalock 2004 20 Ind. Games 96 86 38 7 1 22 42 8 16 .442 .500 1.314 1.814 0 0 0 2 1
154 David Ortiz 2004 21 Ind. Games 99 88 40 7 0 22 49 11 10 .455 .515 1.284 1.799 0 0 1 0 0
155 Barry Bonds 2004 21 Ind. Games 91 62 37 4 0 22 39 28 2 .597 .725 1.726 2.451 0 0 12 1 0
156 Adam Dunn 2004 20 Ind. Games 87 69 33 3 0 24 38 18 19 .478 .586 1.565 2.151 0 0 3 0 0
157 Morgan Ensberg 2005 20 Ind. Games 86 75 31 3 0 22 42 9 16 .413 .477 1.333 1.810 0 1 1 1 0
158 Mark Teixeira 2005 18 Ind. Games 83 72 32 5 0 22 42 8 4 .444 .518 1.431 1.949 0 0 1 3 0
159 Derrek Lee 2005 20 Ind. Games 92 78 49 6 2 25 52 11 8 .628 .652 1.718 2.370 0 3 4 0 0
160 Carlos Lee 2005 19 Ind. Games 84 76 37 7 0 22 51 7 8 .487 .524 1.447 1.971 0 1 1 0 0
161 Andruw Jones 2005 23 Ind. Games 103 91 39 3 0 26 45 8 10 .429 .466 1.319 1.785 0 3 1 1 2
162 Travis Hafner 2006 20 Ind. Games 93 73 40 4 0 22 52 18 11 .548 .634 1.507 2.141 0 1 3 1 1
163 Ryan Howard 2006 23 Ind. Games 100 88 35 1 1 28 51 10 17 .398 .450 1.386 1.836 0 2 4 0 0
164 Manny Ramirez 2006 19 Ind. Games 89 74 34 3 1 23 46 13 14 .459 .528 1.459 1.988 0 2 0 0 1
165 Lance Berkman 2006 20 Ind. Games 92 76 31 1 0 22 44 13 9 .408 .478 1.289 1.768 0 3 1 0 2
166 Justin Morneau 2006 19 Ind. Games 81 73 35 2 0 22 44 8 8 .479 .531 1.411 1.942 0 0 1 0 2
167 Jim Thome 2006 26 Ind. Games 106 92 42 6 0 27 48 13 26 .457 .528 1.402 1.930 0 0 2 1 0
168 Jason Giambi 2006 22 Ind. Games 99 80 36 1 0 25 47 17 20 .450 .556 1.400 1.956 0 0 0 2 1
169 David Ortiz 2006 25 Ind. Games 114 95 46 5 0 27 52 18 11 .484 .570 1.389 1.960 0 0 3 1 3
170 Carlos Lee 2006 24 Ind. Games 107 97 38 4 0 25 42 8 7 .392 .430 1.206 1.636 0 2 0 0 2
171 Carlos Delgado 2006 21 Ind. Games 99 85 35 2 0 22 35 9 21 .412 .495 1.212 1.707 0 0 2 5 0
172 Carlos Beltran 2006 22 Ind. Games 109 93 40 3 0 24 44 15 18 .430 .505 1.237 1.741 0 1 2 0 0
173 Alfonso Soriano 2006 21 Ind. Games 95 86 34 5 0 24 45 8 8 .395 .453 1.291 1.743 0 0 1 1 1
174 Albert Pujols 2006 25 Ind. Games 112 97 46 8 0 28 58 14 9 .474 .536 1.423 1.958 0 1 2 0 1
175 Adam Dunn 2006 25 Ind. Games 114 98 35 4 0 26 47 15 25 .357 .439 1.194 1.632 0 1 1 0 1
176 Prince Fielder 2007 24 Ind. Games 108 98 38 3 0 27 42 9 20 .388 .444 1.245 1.689 0 0 1 1 3
177 Alex Rodriguez 2007 24 Ind. Games 119 100 46 5 0 28 60 17 17 .460 .538 1.350 1.888 0 1 2 1 1
178 Adam Dunn 2007 20 Ind. Games 88 73 31 3 1 23 38 14 18 .425 .511 1.438 1.950 0 1 1 0 3
179 Dan Uggla 2008 19 Ind. Games 83 69 36 8 0 23 40 12 16 .522 .590 1.638 2.228 0 1 3 1 0
180 Chase Utley 2008 20 Ind. Games 90 77 36 1 0 22 43 11 9 .468 .522 1.338 1.860 0 2 1 0 1
181 Raul Ibanez 2009 20 Ind. Games 90 84 36 7 0 22 40 5 14 .429 .456 1.298 1.753 0 1 0 0 5
182 Mark Reynolds 2009 21 Ind. Games 96 90 33 5 0 23 42 6 29 .367 .406 1.189 1.595 0 0 0 0 0
183 Carlos Pena 2009 22 Ind. Games 99 87 30 3 1 23 40 10 27 .345 .414 1.195 1.610 0 1 1 1 0
184 Albert Pujols 2009 23 Ind. Games 101 85 43 4 0 30 53 16 10 .506 .584 1.612 2.196 0 0 6 0 2
185 Adrian Gonzalez 2009 22 Ind. Games 97 78 33 1 0 24 39 19 13 .423 .536 1.359 1.895 0 0 2 0 2
186 Adam Dunn 2009 20 Ind. Games 86 73 32 3 0 22 42 13 20 .438 .523 1.384 1.907 0 0 1 0 0
187 Matt Kemp 2011 21 Ind. Games 93 85 42 4 1 22 44 8 19 .494 .538 1.341 1.879 0 0 3 0 0
188 Mark Teixeira 2011 23 Ind. Games 104 92 32 2 0 25 49 9 9 .348 .404 1.185 1.589 0 2 0 1 2
189 Jose Bautista 2011 20 Ind. Games 94 73 37 4 1 24 36 21 8 .507 .617 1.575 2.192 0 0 5 0 0
190 Curtis Granderson 2011 21 Ind. Games 96 84 35 2 1 22 42 10 20 .417 .484 1.250 1.734 1 0 0 1 1
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It's fun to see some of these guys who got off to hot starts in the HR department...and then didn't get close to 50 HR on the season.

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47 Responses to “22+ HR In Team’s First 81 Games Since 1969”

  1. Mustachioed Repetition Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    I think you could use a touch of formatting on this.

  2. Steve Lombardi Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 3:10 pm

    Fixed. 🙂

  3. Mustachioed Repetition Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 3:23 pm

    190 times in 43 seasons, pretty common. Looks like the only seasons no one did it were '74, '84, '86, '91, '93 (surprise), and '10.

    14 players had 30+ HR in the first 81 games, led by Bonds's 39 in '01. The only ones who did it outside the "steroid era" were Reggie, who famously had 34 in '69, and McGwire, with 30 in '87.

    I was going to say how odd it is that none of these guys hit many doubles or triples, then I remembered that these stats are limited to the specific games in which they homered.

  4. Mustachioed Repetition Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 3:27 pm

    Can someone calculate how many homers each of these guys finished with? (Can you find that by searching off this saved report? Not sure....) That would be a nifty example of regression toward the mean.

  5. Axl Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    How did you set the criteria to come up with these results? I tried something similar and apparently did it wrong.

  6. Mustachioed Repetition Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 3:32 pm

    This doesn't directly answer my #4, but I can say that for 1969-2010, there were 60 full seasons of 44+ HR, compared to the 186 half-seasons of 22+. Just goes to show what "on pace for" talk means, even this far into a season. Sure, sometimes players have reached new talent levels (Bautista, Granderson?), but your best bet is to assume the player will continue at his previously established performance level.

  7. Mustachioed Repetition Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    Axl, use the Batting Game Finder. Click "Find players with most matching games in a season." Set years 1969-2011. Under Additional Criteria, set HR >= 1. At the bottom right, choose "in team's first 81 games." That will give you a list of the most games in which the player homered. Then you resort the table for total number of HR.

  8. Steve Lombardi Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 3:40 pm

    Axl - it's tricky. At first, I wanted to do since 1919 - but that was too much to slice and dice the way I wanted it.

    Here's what I did on this one. Since 1969, looked at all players with at least 1 HR in a game within his team's first 81 games of the season. Then, I sorted it by most HR - since a player could have hit more than one HR in a game that was pulled in the query. Then, I cut off anyone with less than 22 total HR. And, then, I sorted it by year.

  9. Steve Lombardi Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 3:43 pm

    Mustachioed Repetition - this help?

    http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/kR0LG

  10. Mustachioed Repetition Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    Well I think that's pulling up seasons besides the one in your initial list, because it's searching their whole careers. Is it? It's hard to tell. But if I threw them both in Excel, I suppose I could delete lines and match them up by years. That might work. Will try it later, unless someone beats me to it.

  11. josh blue Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 4:03 pm

    "The only ones who did it outside the "steroid era" were Reggie, who famously had 34 in '69, and McGwire, with 30 in '87"

    and of course, 1987 was the year of the juiced ball

  12. Axl Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 4:04 pm

    Thanks Steve, I'll give it another shot.

  13. kenh Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 4:05 pm

    Amazing that Bautista did not accomplish this last year. He had one helluva 2nd half in 2010.

  14. Cyril Morong Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 4:13 pm

    In his last 68 games in 1999, McGwire hit 37 HRs (with a SLG of .810). He hit 30 in the first 70 games in 2000. So 67 HRs in 138 games.

    How many players since 1969 have hit 22+ HRs in the team's last 81 games?

  15. Josh Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 4:32 pm

    It happened 15 times in the 1980s. Fifteen times in the whole decade. Yet 24 different players accomplished it in 2000 alone. Insane.

  16. Dr. Doom Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 4:55 pm

    @15 -

    And a third of those in the 80s were from the "juiced ball" year of 1987. That it only happened ten times in the other nine years is truly unbelievable.

  17. Dr. Doom Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 5:01 pm

    Jose Canseco, 1999. Huh?!?!? Does anyone else have NO recollection whatsoever of him having 30 HRs at the mid-point? Because I can't for the life of me remember that. Bizarre. I guess in the wake of 1998, it generated that little buzz. But still, it's a little disturbing to me that I don't remember that.

  18. Cyril Morong Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 5:04 pm

    I do remember Canseco doing well in 1999

  19. Jacob Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    Canseco got hurt and missed most of July and the first half of August; he only hit 4 homers the rest of the season and finished with 34.

  20. Malachi Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 6:03 pm

    Is that the year he hurt his arm pitching?

  21. Malachi Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    I the year 2000 it got out of hand!! Guess pitchers had to fight fire with fire after that.

  22. Raphy Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 7:10 pm

    There are a few more additions to the list above:

    Rk Player Year #Matching PA AB H 2B 3B HR ▾ RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP
    1 Shawn Green 2002 18 Ind. Games 80 70 30 1 0 25 41 9 12 .429 .488 1.514 2.002 0 1 2 0 3
    2 Ken Griffey 1996 18 Ind. Games 86 73 32 4 0 23 43 12 10 .438 .523 1.438 1.962 0 0 1 1 1
    3 Javy Lopez 2003 17 Ind. Games 69 67 36 3 1 23 44 2 6 .537 .551 1.642 2.193 0 0 0 0 4
    4 Ben Oglivie 1980 18 Ind. Games 79 70 36 3 0 22 41 7 9 .514 .544 1.500 2.044 0 2 4 0 0
    5 Willie McCovey 1970 18 Ind. Games 89 63 27 3 0 22 46 26 12 .429 .596 1.524 2.119 0 0 9 0 0
    6 Dave Kingman 1984 18 Ind. Games 80 72 27 1 0 22 48 6 13 .375 .413 1.306 1.718 0 2 0 0 1
    7 Troy Glaus 2006 18 Ind. Games 80 71 32 5 0 22 37 8 14 .451 .513 1.451 1.963 0 0 0 1 1
    8 Cecil Fielder 1993 18 Ind. Games 79 63 32 2 0 22 42 16 11 .508 .608 1.587 2.195 0 0 3 0 0
    9 Adrian Beltre 2004 18 Ind. Games 77 72 35 2 0 22 41 4 9 .486 .506 1.431 1.937 0 1 0 0 0
    10 Mark McGwire 1990 17 Ind. Games 77 67 29 1 0 22 38 8 6 .433 .494 1.433 1.926 0 1 3 1 1
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    Generated 7/5/2011.

    and...

  23. Raphy Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 7:13 pm
    Rk Player Year #Matching PA AB H 2B 3B HR ▾ RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP
    1 Carlos Delgado 2001 15 Ind. Games 71 61 30 2 0 22 32 9 15 .492 .563 1.607 2.170 0 0 1 1 1
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    Generated 7/5/2011.
  24. mccombe35 Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 7:34 pm

    @14

    Belle's '98 season comes to mind.

    Just looking at his #s after the AS break:

    76 games: 31 HRs & 86 RBIs

    .387 / .451 / .816

  25. Cyril Morong Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 7:37 pm

    I remember that season. When the White Sox got Belle before the 1997 season, I was pretty excited. His first half in 1998 was good but not great. Then he finally started to hit the way Sox fans had hoped but by then the Sox were out of the race.

  26. Cyril Morong Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 7:45 pm

    In 1996, Belle had a WAR of 4.9. It was 6.6 the year before. In 1997, his first year on the Sox, it was 0.9! They only finished 6 games out. Maybe if he had a WAR of 6.0 that year, they take the division. Maybe they win 1-2 more games against the Indians to get them ahead.

    Then in 1998, when they have no chance, he has this great 2nd half and finishes with a WAR of 7.4. His OPS in the first half was .871 and in the the 2nd half it jumped to 1.267.

    He sure picked a bad time to have in 1997 to have such a huge dip in performance.

  27. Mustachioed Repetition Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 8:22 pm

    Belle's '98 season comes to mind.

    That reminds me of his '95: .322/.415/.787, 36 HR, 75 RBI, 69 R in 76 games.

    That's why I was never gung ho about his MVP candidacy that season. Cleveland already had about a 30-game lead by the time he started going crazy. (But Mo Vaughan was a poor choice.)

  28. Nash Bruce Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 8:26 pm

    This feat, was accomplished 63 times(a third of this list!!) between 1996-2000. During those five years, Minnesota had a total of zero players hit 22 home runs, in a complete season.

  29. Nash Bruce Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 8:30 pm

    (not including Raphy's additions; that gives us 64 players, out of 201 overall.)

  30. Nash Bruce Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 8:31 pm

    *instances, not players, arrggh

  31. mccombe35 Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 9:00 pm

    For those that actually were watching: What happened to Reggie in the 2nd half of the '69 season?

  32. John Autin Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 9:13 pm

    Speaking of Albert Belle ... and without addressing the question of value ... I wonder if his career might be viewed differently if he'd had four 50-HR seasons, instead of one.

    -- In 1994, he was on a 52-HR pace when the season was halted.
    -- In 1996, he had 44 at the end of August, with 27 games left on the schedule, but he finished 2 short.
    -- In 1998, he had 45 HRs with 19 games left, but fell 1 short.

    On second thought, it probably wouldn't have made any difference; although 50-HR seasons were still rare in 1996, any glow Belle might have gotten from racking up 4 of them would have been washed away in the deluge to come.

  33. Mustachioed Repetition Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 9:16 pm

    I took all the players (including Raphy's additions) and eliminated those from '81, '94, and '95. Their average for the first 81 games was 24.6 HR. Their complete season average was 42.6, so they hit 18.0 HR in the final 81 games, a 27% reduction.

    The players who hit 30+ averaged 32.5 first half, 21.5 second half.
    The players who hit 25-29 averaged 26.5 first half, 19.0 second half.
    The players who hit 22-24 averaged 22.8 first half, 17.2 second half.

  34. Timmy p Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 9:23 pm

    Lance Berkman did it 10 years ago and he's still lighting it up, got another one tonight and I think probably just missed this list by a few games.

  35. Mustachioed Repetition Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    From 8/1/95 to 7/28/96 (which I believe is 162 team games), Belle batted .326/.424/.736, 66 HR, 161 RBI, 146 R, 46 2B, 100 BB. And 10/11 SB.

  36. Timmy p Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Lot of steroid users on this list Twisto!

  37. Timmy p Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 10:17 pm

    Adam Dunn has struck out 3 times tonight and left 5 men stranded. Ozzie has him hitting 3rd in front of Konerko and that's a disaster. I know Dunn normally walks a lot, but I don't think you can afford a stiff like Dunn striking out 108 times in 72 games hitting in the 3 hole. It's stupid! This last time Juan Pierre managed to draw a walk which is rare to say the least. Then Pierre steals second even though the Sox are down by 2 with 2 outs. It's special ed all the way for the Sox.

  38. Mustachioed Repetition Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 10:37 pm

    Good god, that would be 112 extra base hits for Belle, only topped by Ruth and Gehrig in their best individual seasons. Not to mention the 66 HR which would have set the record at that time.

    ***

    You have to expect Dunn will come around, but I agree you can't keep hitting him 3rd right now. He's been awful.

  39. Joseph Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 11:15 pm

    This thread reminds me of how my favorite player broke my junior high school heart in 1973, by hitting about 19 HR's by about the All Star break, including a three HR game right before the break--and only 3 HR's the rest of the season after, even though he played another 70 games. Thanks for the memories (smile). That's got to be the craziest 2nd half power drop ever.

  40. Dvd Avins Says:
    July 5th, 2011 at 11:52 pm

    The only Yankees to make this list are Tino and Texeira. Hardly their best power hitters relative to the league.

  41. Raphy Says:
    July 6th, 2011 at 12:09 am

    @ 40 There are 7 Yankees on the list:

    Rk Player Year #Matching PA AB H 2B 3B HR ▾ RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP
    1 Alex Rodriguez 2007 24 Ind. Games 119 100 46 5 0 28 60 17 17 .460 .538 1.350 1.888 0 1 2 1 1
    2 Tino Martinez 1997 24 Ind. Games 115 103 49 4 0 28 54 11 13 .476 .522 1.330 1.852 0 1 0 0 3
    3 Mark Teixeira 2011 23 Ind. Games 104 92 32 2 0 25 49 9 9 .348 .404 1.185 1.589 0 2 0 1 2
    4 Jason Giambi 2006 22 Ind. Games 99 80 36 1 0 25 47 17 20 .450 .556 1.400 1.956 0 0 0 2 1
    5 Reggie Jackson 1980 21 Ind. Games 97 85 41 6 0 22 45 11 10 .482 .546 1.329 1.876 0 0 0 1 0
    6 Curtis Granderson 2011 21 Ind. Games 96 84 35 2 1 22 42 10 20 .417 .484 1.250 1.734 1 0 0 1 1
    7 Jason Giambi 2003 19 Ind. Games 87 70 31 1 0 22 41 14 10 .443 .540 1.400 1.940 0 1 1 2 0
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    Generated 7/6/2011.
  42. Doug Says:
    July 6th, 2011 at 12:58 am

    @31

    "What happened to Reggie in '69?"

    Nothing seems to stand out from the second half of that season. Other than the HR totals (and, consequently, his RBI, SLG and OPS), his first and second half numbers were remarkably similar.

    Reggie did miss 9 straight games in mid-September. And, he played both ends of a double-header 18 times that year. Maybe he just wore down.

  43. Doug Says:
    July 6th, 2011 at 1:13 am

    More on Reggie's '69 season.

    Since 1969, only 11 players have had more multi-HR games in a FULL season, than the 8 multi-HR games Jackson had in the first half of '69.

  44. Thomas Court Says:
    July 6th, 2011 at 1:36 am

    @31 and 42, 43.

    My dad has claimed to me on several occasions since my youth that Reggie was told by his coaches not to swing for the fences in the second half of that remarkable season.

    I find this ascertation hard to believe on several levels. It's hard to believe that his coaches would say it, and even harder to believe that Reggie would have listened.

    There is a time to dispute things with dad, and there are times to let it go. This is one of those instances. One the phone yesterday he stated that in a "clutch" situation he wants Jeter up at the plate. I was about to say, "It's fine to want that as long as you don't let the evidence get in the way." Then I thought about it, and figured, "Why say it?" Does it do any good to say that Jeter (right now) is probably the Yankees 7th or 8th best option at the plate in such a situation? (Unless we need a ground out to short)

  45. @Thomas Court Says:
    July 6th, 2011 at 8:16 am

    A fellow DT fan I see!

  46. Rich Says:
    July 6th, 2011 at 8:18 am

    In a biography of Reggie, it was stated that the pressure for the home run record combimed with his young age of 22 just got to him.

  47. Johnny Twisto Says:
    July 17th, 2011 at 2:23 am

    test

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