Most HR in a season by a batter who bats RH but throws LH
Posted by Andy on August 17, 2008
Move over Rickey...
Cnt Player **HR** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Ryan Ludwick 31 2008 29 STL NL 116 471 411 82 125 27 3 92 48 3 107 5 1 6 6 4 2 .304 .379 .611 .990 *97/8 2 Rickey Henderson 28 1990 31 OAK AL 136 594 489 119 159 33 3 61 97 2 60 4 2 2 13 65 10 .325 .439 .577 1.016 *7D 3 Rickey Henderson 28 1986 27 NYY AL 153 701 608 130 160 31 5 74 89 2 81 2 0 2 12 87 18 .263 .358 .469 .827 *87/D 4 Jason Lane 26 2005 28 HOU NL 145 561 517 65 138 34 4 78 32 1 105 7 0 5 10 6 2 .267 .316 .499 .815 *9/87 5 Rickey Henderson 24 1985 26 NYY AL 143 654 547 146 172 28 5 72 99 1 65 3 0 5 8 80 10 .314 .419 .516 .935 *8/7D 6 Rickey Henderson 21 1993 34 TOT AL 134 610 481 114 139 22 2 59 120 7 65 4 1 4 9 53 8 .289 .432 .474 .906 *7D 7 Rickey Henderson 18 1991 32 OAK AL 134 578 470 105 126 17 1 57 98 7 73 7 0 3 7 58 18 .268 .400 .423 .823 *7D 8 Cody Ross 17 2008 27 FLA NL 109 368 331 43 85 19 3 57 27 1 78 5 0 5 4 4 1 .257 .318 .486 .804 *897/D 9 Mark Carreon 17 1995 31 SFG NL 117 426 396 53 119 24 0 65 23 1 37 4 0 3 7 0 1 .301 .343 .490 .833 *39/7 10 Rickey Henderson 17 1987 28 NYY AL 95 440 358 78 104 17 3 37 80 1 52 2 0 0 10 41 8 .291 .423 .497 .920 87D 11 Carl Warwick 17 1962 25 TOT NL 143 551 500 67 132 17 1 64 40 1 79 0 5 6 11 4 3 .264 .315 .404 .719 *897 12 Hal Chase 17 1915 32 BUF FL 145 596 567 85 165 31 10 89 20 0 50 1 8 0 0 23 0 .291 .316 .471 .787 *3/9 13 Rickey Henderson 16 1984 25 OAK AL 142 597 502 113 147 27 4 58 86 1 81 5 1 3 7 66 18 .293 .399 .458 .857 *7/8 14 Jason Lane 15 2006 29 HOU NL 112 345 288 44 58 10 0 45 49 0 75 2 2 4 6 1 2 .201 .318 .392 .710 *9/783 15 Damon Hollins 15 2006 32 TBD AL 121 355 333 37 76 20 0 33 19 1 64 0 2 1 4 3 3 .228 .269 .423 .692 *987/D 16 Brian Hunter 15 1994 26 TOT NL 85 278 256 34 60 16 1 57 17 2 56 0 0 5 3 0 0 .234 .277 .480 .757 *3/79 17 Rickey Henderson 15 1992 33 OAK AL 117 500 396 77 112 18 3 46 95 5 56 6 0 3 5 48 11 .283 .426 .457 .883 *7/D 18 Hal Breeden 15 1973 29 MON NL 102 290 258 36 71 10 6 43 29 3 45 2 1 0 7 0 1 .275 .353 .535 .888 *3 19 Ryan Ludwick 14 2007 28 STL NL 120 339 303 42 81 22 0 52 26 1 72 7 3 0 1 4 4 .267 .339 .479 .818 79/8 20 Rickey Henderson 14 1998 39 OAK AL 152 670 542 101 128 16 1 57 118 0 114 5 2 3 5 66 13 .236 .376 .347 .723 *78
But the season record is still safe among the (much more common) set of players who batted LH and threw RH:
Cnt Player **HR** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Roger Maris 61 1961 26 NYY AL 161 698 590 132 159 16 4 142 94 0 67 7 0 7 16 0 0 .269 .372 .620 .992 *98 2 Luis Gonzalez 57 2001 33 ARI NL 162 728 609 128 198 36 7 142 100 24 83 14 0 5 14 1 1 .325 .429 .688 1.117 *7 3 Jim Thome 52 2002 31 CLE AL 147 613 480 101 146 19 2 118 122 18 139 5 0 6 5 1 2 .304 .445 .677 1.122 *3D 4 Johnny Mize 51 1947 34 NYG NL 154 664 586 137 177 26 2 138 74 0 42 4 0 0 6 2 0 .302 .384 .614 .998 *3 5 Prince Fielder 50 2007 23 MIL NL 158 681 573 109 165 35 2 119 90 21 121 14 0 4 9 2 2 .288 .395 .618 1.013 *3/D 6 Jim Thome 49 2001 30 CLE AL 156 644 526 101 153 26 1 124 111 14 185 4 0 3 9 0 1 .291 .416 .624 1.040 *3/D 7 Larry Walker 49 1997 30 COL NL 153 664 568 143 208 46 4 130 78 14 90 14 0 4 15 33 8 .366 .452 .720 1.172 *9/38D 8 Jim Thome 47 2003 32 PHI NL 159 698 578 111 154 30 3 131 111 11 182 4 0 5 5 0 3 .266 .385 .573 .958 *3/D 9 Eddie Mathews 47 1953 21 MLN NL 157 681 579 110 175 31 8 135 99 0 83 2 1 0 6 1 3 .302 .406 .627 1.033 *5 10 Adam Dunn 46 2004 24 CIN NL 161 681 568 105 151 34 0 102 108 11 195 5 0 0 8 6 1 .266 .388 .569 .957 *73/D 11 Eddie Mathews 46 1959 27 MLN NL 148 682 594 118 182 16 8 114 80 2 71 3 3 2 6 2 1 .306 .390 .593 .983 *5 12 Carlos Delgado 44 1999 27 TOR AL 152 681 573 113 156 39 0 134 86 7 141 15 0 7 11 1 1 .272 .377 .571 .948 *3/D 13 Tino Martinez 44 1997 29 NYY AL 158 685 594 96 176 31 2 141 75 14 75 3 0 13 15 3 1 .296 .371 .577 .948 *3/D 14 Mo Vaughn 44 1996 28 BOS AL 161 752 635 118 207 29 1 143 95 19 154 14 0 8 17 2 0 .326 .420 .583 1.003 *3D 15 Carl Yastrzemski 44 1967 27 BOS AL 161 680 579 112 189 31 4 121 91 11 69 4 1 5 5 10 8 .326 .418 .622 1.040 *7/8 16 Jason Giambi 43 2000 29 OAK AL 152 664 510 108 170 29 1 137 137 6 96 9 0 8 9 2 0 .333 .476 .647 1.123 *3D 17 Duke Snider 43 1956 29 BRO NL 151 652 542 112 158 33 2 101 99 26 101 1 6 4 16 3 3 .292 .399 .598 .997 *8 18 Ted Williams 43 1949 30 BOS AL 155 730 566 150 194 39 3 159 162 0 48 2 0 0 22 1 1 .343 .490 .650 1.140 *7 19 Johnny Mize 43 1940 27 STL NL 155 666 579 111 182 31 13 137 82 0 49 5 0 0 10 7 0 .314 .404 .636 1.040 *3 20 Chuck Klein 43 1929 24 PHI NL 149 679 616 126 219 45 6 145 54 0 61 0 9 0 0 5 0 .356 .407 .657 1.064 *98
August 17th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
It looks like 2006 was the Golden Age of BRTL, what with Ludwick, Lane, Ross & Hollins all getting significant playing time. I think it's rare for more than one or two BRTL to be semi-regulars at the same time, excluding pitchers.