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Active Leaders & Records for AB per HR
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Statistic Description: At Bats Per Home Run
Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA, 500 games (fielding), 200 stolen base attempts (catchers) or 80 stolen base attempts (baserunners only since 1951) or 100 decisions for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | AB per HR | Bats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ryan Howard (9, 32) | 13.51 | L |
| 2. | Jim Thome (22, 41) | 13.76 | L |
| 3. | Albert Pujols (12, 32) | 14.57 | R |
| 4. | Adam Dunn (12, 32) | 14.60 | L |
| 5. | Manny Ramirez (19, 40) | 14.85 | R |
| 6. | Alex Rodriguez (19, 36) | 14.93 | R |
| 7. | Russell Branyan (14, 36) | 15.12 | L |
| 8. | Prince Fielder (8, 28) | 15.80 | L |
| 9. | David Ortiz (16, 36) | 16.31 | L |
| 10. | Jason Giambi (18, 41) | 16.37 | L |
| 11. | Mark Reynolds (6, 28) | 16.43 | R |
| 12. | Carlos Pena (12, 34) | 16.64 | L |
| 13. | Mark Teixeira (10, 32) | 16.76 | B |
| 14. | Ryan Braun (6, 28) | 17.21 | R |
| 15. | Jose Bautista (9, 31) | 17.31 | R |
| 16. | Lance Berkman (14, 36) | 17.32 | B |
| 17. | Andruw Jones (17, 35) | 17.51 | R |
| 18. | Josh Hamilton (6, 31) | 17.55 | L |
| 19. | Miguel Cabrera (10, 29) | 17.64 | R |
| 20. | Vladimir Guerrero (16, 37) | 18.16 | R |
| 21. | Paul Konerko (16, 36) | 18.29 | R |
| 22. | Alfonso Soriano (14, 36) | 18.66 | R |
| 23. | Travis Hafner (11, 35) | 18.89 | L |
| 24. | Chipper Jones (19, 40) | 19.20 | B |
| 25. | Josh Willingham (9, 33) | 19.32 | R |
| 26. | Dan Uggla (7, 32) | 19.38 | R |
| 27. | Jonny Gomes (10, 31) | 19.46 | R |
| 28. | Joey Votto (6, 28) | 19.54 | L |
| 29. | Aramis Ramirez (15, 34) | 20.07 | R |
| 30. | Curtis Granderson (9, 31) | 20.11 | L |
| 31. | Nick Swisher (9, 31) | 20.29 | B |
| 32. | Jason Bay (10, 33) | 20.37 | R |
| 33. | Edwin Encarnacion (8, 29) | 20.58 | R |
| 34. | Adrian Gonzalez (9, 30) | 20.78 | L |
| 35. | Justin Morneau (10, 31) | 20.85 | L |
| 36. | Eric Chavez (15, 34) | 21.05 | L |
| 37. | Adam LaRoche (9, 32) | 21.11 | L |
| 38. | Matt Holliday (9, 32) | 21.30 | R |
| 39. | Todd Helton (16, 38) | 21.37 | L |
| 40. | Ryan Ludwick (10, 33) | 21.42 | R |
| 41. | Matt Kemp (7, 27) | 21.62 | R |
| 42. | Troy Tulowitzki (7, 27) | 21.64 | R |
| 43. | Carlos Beltran (15, 35) | 21.90 | B |
| 44. | Chase Utley (10, 33) | 22.28 | L |
| 45. | Carlos Lee (14, 36) | 22.30 | R |
| 46. | Corey Hart (9, 30) | 22.36 | R |
| 47. | Brian McCann (8, 28) | 22.48 | L |
| 48. | Jason Kubel (8, 30) | 22.87 | L |
| 49. | Jay Gibbons (9, 35) | 22.97 | L |
| 50. | Adrian Beltre (15, 33) | 23.02 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | AB per HR | Bats |
| 51. | David Wright (9, 29) | 23.25 | R |
| 52. | Jayson Werth (10, 33) | 23.31 | R |
| 53. | Scott Rolen (17, 37) | 23.41 | R |
| 54. | Brad Hawpe (8, 33) | 23.44 | L |
| 55. | Cody Ross (9, 31) | 23.87 | R |
| 56. | Vernon Wells (14, 33) | 24.01 | R |
| 57. | Chris Young (7, 28) | 24.04 | R |
| 58. | Torii Hunter (16, 36) | 24.18 | R |
| 59. | Kevin Youkilis (9, 33) | 24.62 | R |
| 60. | Justin Upton (6, 24) | 24.66 | R |
| 61. | Hanley Ramirez (8, 28) | 24.84 | R |
| 62. | Raul Ibanez (17, 40) | 24.99 | L |
| 63. | Hunter Pence (6, 29) | 25.17 | R |
| 64. | Aubrey Huff (13, 35) | 25.22 | L |
| 65. | Ryan Zimmerman (8, 27) | 25.24 | R |
| 66. | Grady Sizemore (8, 29) | 25.37 | L |
| 67. | Hideki Matsui (10, 38) | 25.38 | L |
| 68. | Rod Barajas (14, 36) | 25.44 | R |
| 69. | Ian Kinsler (7, 30) | 25.57 | R |
| 70. | Miguel Olivo (11, 33) | 26.01 | R |
| 71. | Ty Wigginton (11, 34) | 26.17 | R |
| 72. | Juan Rivera (12, 33) | 26.30 | R |
| 73. | John Buck (9, 31) | 26.53 | R |
| 74. | Rickie Weeks (9, 29) | 26.57 | R |
| 75. | Bill Hall (11, 32) | 26.67 | R |
| 76. | Robinson Cano (8, 29) | 26.73 | L |
| 77. | Adam Jones (7, 26) | 26.96 | R |
| 78. | J.J. Hardy (8, 29) | 27.11 | R |
| 79. | Miguel Tejada (15, 38) | 27.23 | R |
| 80. | Andre Ethier (7, 30) | 27.32 | L |
| 81. | Eric Hinske (11, 34) | 27.54 | L |
| 82. | Michael Cuddyer (12, 33) | 28.22 | R |
| 83. | Nick Johnson (10, 33) | 28.40 | L |
| 84. | Ben Zobrist (7, 31) | 29.00 | B |
| 85. | Xavier Nady (11, 33) | 29.03 | R |
| 86. | Bobby Abreu (17, 38) | 29.08 | L |
| 87. | Austin Kearns (11, 32) | 29.58 | R |
| 88. | Victor Martinez (10, 33) | 29.92 | B |
| 89. | Jorge Cantu (8, 30) | 30.08 | R |
| 90. | B.J. Upton (8, 27) | 30.24 | R |
| 91. | Ramon Hernandez (14, 36) | 30.46 | R |
| 92. | Juan Uribe (12, 32) | 30.50 | R |
| 93. | Kelly Johnson (7, 30) | 30.54 | L |
| 94. | Billy Butler (6, 26) | 30.93 | R |
| Brandon Phillips (11, 31) | 30.93 | R | |
| 96. | Jeff Francoeur (8, 28) | 31.81 | R |
| 97. | Jhonny Peralta (10, 30) | 32.47 | R |
| 98. | Brandon Inge (12, 35) | 32.51 | R |
| 99. | Aaron Hill (8, 30) | 32.73 | R |
| 100. | Alex Gordon (6, 28) | 32.87 | L |
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