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Through August 18, Marcus Thames had 21 homeruns and 58 hits. Only 2 players in history have completed a season with more than 20 homeruns and less than 60 hits.
Cnt Player Year HR H Age Tm Lg G PA AB R 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+----+--+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Art Shamsky 1966 21 54 24 CIN NL 96 271 234 41 5 0 47 32 1 45 0 3 2 5 0 2 .231 .321 .521 .842 79 2 Mark McGwire 2001 29 56 37 STL NL 97 364 299 48 4 0 64 56 3 118 3 0 6 7 0 0 .187 .316 .492 .808 *3
Of course, Thames still has a little less than a quarter of the season left.
Here are the players with the fewest hits with at least 25 homeruns:
1 Mark McGwire 56 29 2001 37 STL NL 97 364 299 48 4 0 64 56 3 118 3 0 6 7 0 0 .187 .316 .492 .808 *3 2 Mark McGwire 72 32 2000 36 STL NL 89 321 236 60 8 0 73 76 12 78 7 0 2 5 1 0 .305 .483 .746 1.229 *3/467 3 Paul Sorrento 76 25 1995 29 CLE AL 104 378 323 50 14 0 79 51 6 71 0 0 4 10 1 1 .235 .336 .511 .847 *3D 4 Johnny Mize 76 25 1950 37 NYY AL 90 305 274 43 12 0 72 29 0 24 2 0 0 4 0 1 .277 .351 .595 .946 *3 5 Rob Deer 80 25 1991 30 DET AL 134 539 448 64 14 2 64 89 1 175 0 0 2 3 1 3 .179 .314 .386 .700 *9/D 6 Adam Dunn 82 27 2003 23 CIN NL 116 469 381 70 12 1 57 74 8 126 10 0 4 4 8 2 .215 .354 .465 .819 *73/9D 7 Gus Triandos 85 25 1959 28 BAL AL 126 468 393 43 7 1 73 65 6 56 3 4 3 12 0 0 .216 .330 .430 .760 *2 8 Ken Phelps 86 27 1987 32 SEA AL 120 424 332 68 13 1 68 80 5 75 8 0 4 7 1 1 .259 .410 .548 .958 *D/3 9 Wily Mo Pena 87 26 2004 22 CIN NL 110 364 336 45 10 1 66 22 1 108 6 0 0 7 5 2 .259 .316 .527 .843 98/7 10 Mark McGwire 87 39 1995 31 OAK AL 104 422 317 75 13 0 90 88 5 77 11 0 6 9 1 1 .274 .441 .685 1.126 *3D
Carlos Pena 2008 comes up at 13th (Of course that could be changing as I type).
Thames 2006 is 14th.
Here and the fewest hits among players with at least 30 homeruns:
1 Mark McGwire 72 32 2000 36 STL NL 89 321 236 60 8 0 73 76 12 78 7 0 2 5 1 0 .305 .483 .746 1.229 *3/467 2 Mark McGwire 87 39 1995 31 OAK AL 104 422 317 75 13 0 90 88 5 77 11 0 6 9 1 1 .274 .441 .685 1.126 *3D 3 Adam Dunn 93 32 2008 28 TOT NL 120 492 394 61 16 0 77 87 7 126 6 0 5 4 2 1 .236 .378 .520 .898 *7/9D 4 Barry Bonds 93 34 1999 34 SFG NL 102 434 355 91 20 2 83 73 9 62 3 0 3 6 15 2 .262 .389 .617 1.006 *7/D 5 Jose Valentin 97 30 2004 34 CHW AL 125 504 450 73 20 3 70 43 4 139 3 6 2 5 8 6 .216 .287 .473 .760 *6/D
and 40:
1 Hank Aaron 118 40 1973 39 ATL NL 115 465 392 84 12 1 96 68 13 51 1 0 4 7 1 1 .301 .402 .643 1.045 *79 2 Matt Williams 119 43 1994 28 SFG NL 112 483 445 74 16 3 96 33 7 87 2 0 3 11 1 0 .267 .319 .607 .926 *5 3 Jay Buhner 123 40 1995 30 SEA AL 126 539 470 86 23 0 121 60 7 120 1 2 6 15 0 1 .262 .343 .566 .909 *9/D 4 Mark McGwire 125 42 1992 28 OAK AL 139 571 467 87 22 0 104 90 12 105 5 0 9 10 0 1 .268 .385 .585 .970 *3 5 Darrell Evans 125 40 1985 38 DET AL 151 594 505 81 17 0 94 85 12 85 1 1 2 5 0 4 .248 .356 .519 .875 *3D/5
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October 13th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Have you ever looked at Marcus Thames's stats with the bases loaded? It seems like, at least for a while, you could count on a grand slam every time.