Comments on: 5-year home run leaders

By: vonhayes

vonhayes — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:50:17 +0000

McGriff never had huge HR totals, but he did lead the AL a couple of years in a row back in '88 and '89, if I'm not mistaken.

By: birtelcom

birtelcom — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:35:04 +0000

Also, confirming your recollection, the highest Jim Rice appears in any of these periods is third, where he appears in the 1976-1980 and 1977-81 periods.

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:11:33 +0000

Thanks for doing that, britelcom.

By: birtelcom

birtelcom — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:05:09 +0000

Fun list. So much fun, in fact, I added some more years. Starting with the first full five year period after World War II (1946-50) and going forward to where you stopped:
46-50: Ralph Kiner 215
47-51: Kiner 234
48-52: Kiner 220
49-53: Kiner 215
50-54: Kiner 183
51-55: Duke Snider 174
52-56: Eddie Mathews 190
53-57: Snider 207
54-58: Mantle/Mays 192
55-59: Ernie Banks 207
56-60: Banks 204
57-61: Banks 205
58-62: Rocky Colavito 200
59-63: Harmon Killebrew 212
60-64: Killebrew 219
61-65: Wille Mays 226
62-66: Mays 223

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:38:47 +0000

Griffey is hurt by injuries. Only once in his career--1996 to 2000--has he had 5 consecutive years with 500 or more ABs. Amazing that he led 93 to 97 given that in 1995 he had only 17 HR.

By: AMusingFool

AMusingFool — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:59:57 +0000

I think the most surprising part, to me, is that Schmidt's years have lower totals than during the 60's. I was also a bit surprised that Griffey only led for one 5-yr span.