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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 (8, 32) | 13.27 | L |
| 2. | Jim Thome (22, 41) | 13.70 | L |
| 3. | Albert Pujols (12, 32) | 14.38 | R |
| 4. | Adam Dunn (12, 32) | 14.60 | L |
| 5. | Alex Rodriguez (19, 36) | 14.75 | R |
| 6. | Manny Ramirez (19, 40) | 14.85 | R |
| 7. | Russell Branyan (14, 36) | 15.12 | L |
| 8. | Prince Fielder (8, 28) | 15.61 | L |
| 9. | Carlos Pena (12, 34) | 16.19 | L |
| 10. | Jason Giambi (18, 41) | 16.24 | L |
| 11. | Mark Reynolds (6, 28) | 16.32 | R |
| 12. | David Ortiz (16, 36) | 16.45 | L |
| 13. | Mark Teixeira (10, 32) | 16.68 | B |
| 14. | Lance Berkman (14, 36) | 17.26 | B |
| 15. | Ryan Braun (6, 28) | 17.47 | R |
| 16. | Andruw Jones (17, 35) | 17.49 | R |
| 17. | Jose Bautista (9, 31) | 17.99 | R |
| 18. | Paul Konerko (16, 36) | 18.07 | R |
| 19. | Vladimir Guerrero (16, 37) | 18.16 | R |
| 20. | Miguel Cabrera (10, 29) | 18.32 | R |
| 21. | Dan Uggla (7, 32) | 18.74 | R |
| 22. | Alfonso Soriano (14, 36) | 18.87 | R |
| 23. | Chipper Jones (19, 40) | 18.95 | B |
| 24. | Travis Hafner (11, 35) | 19.02 | L |
| 25. | Justin Morneau (10, 31) | 19.96 | L |
| 26. | Nick Swisher (9, 31) | 20.05 | B |
| 27. | Adrian Gonzalez (9, 30) | 20.06 | L |
| 28. | Jason Bay (10, 33) | 20.17 | R |
| 29. | Aramis Ramirez (15, 34) | 20.26 | R |
| 30. | Josh Willingham (9, 33) | 20.33 | R |
| 31. | Curtis Granderson (9, 31) | 20.97 | L |
| 32. | Matt Holliday (9, 32) | 21.10 | R |
| 33. | Todd Helton (16, 38) | 21.20 | L |
| 34. | Matt Kemp (7, 27) | 21.31 | R |
| 35. | Eric Chavez (15, 34) | 21.34 | L |
| 36. | Carlos Lee (14, 36) | 21.56 | R |
| 37. | Troy Tulowitzki (7, 27) | 21.61 | R |
| 38. | Adam LaRoche (9, 32) | 21.81 | L |
| 39. | Carlos Beltran (15, 35) | 21.88 | B |
| 40. | Edwin Encarnacion (8, 29) | 21.98 | R |
| Chase Utley (9, 33) | 21.98 | L | |
| 42. | Jayson Werth (10, 33) | 22.22 | R |
| 43. | Ryan Ludwick (10, 33) | 22.52 | R |
| 44. | Brian McCann (8, 28) | 22.61 | L |
| 45. | Corey Hart (9, 30) | 22.84 | R |
| 46. | Jay Gibbons (9, 35) | 22.97 | L |
| 47. | David Wright (9, 29) | 23.01 | R |
| 48. | Scott Rolen (17, 37) | 23.21 | R |
| 49. | Brad Hawpe (8, 33) | 23.44 | L |
| 50. | Adrian Beltre (15, 33) | 23.56 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | AB per HR | Bats |
| 51. | Torii Hunter (16, 36) | 23.68 | R |
| 52. | Chris Young (7, 28) | 23.76 | R |
| 53. | Vernon Wells (14, 33) | 24.06 | R |
| 54. | Hunter Pence (6, 29) | 24.42 | R |
| 55. | Ian Kinsler (7, 30) | 24.70 | R |
| 56. | Hanley Ramirez (8, 28) | 24.76 | R |
| 57. | Kevin Youkilis (9, 33) | 24.95 | R |
| 58. | Raul Ibanez (17, 40) | 24.98 | L |
| 59. | Hideki Matsui (10, 38) | 25.01 | L |
| 60. | Aubrey Huff (13, 35) | 25.10 | L |
| 61. | Rod Barajas (14, 36) | 25.19 | R |
| 62. | Jason Kubel (8, 30) | 25.22 | L |
| 63. | Grady Sizemore (8, 29) | 25.37 | L |
| 64. | Juan Rivera (12, 33) | 25.92 | R |
| 65. | J.J. Hardy (8, 29) | 26.00 | R |
| 66. | Miguel Olivo (11, 33) | 26.08 | R |
| 67. | Ty Wigginton (11, 34) | 26.17 | R |
| 68. | Ryan Zimmerman (8, 27) | 26.32 | R |
| 69. | John Buck (9, 31) | 26.43 | R |
| 70. | Rickie Weeks (9, 29) | 26.63 | R |
| 71. | Bill Hall (11, 32) | 26.66 | R |
| 72. | Andre Ethier (7, 30) | 26.67 | L |
| 73. | Miguel Tejada (15, 38) | 27.23 | R |
| 74. | Eric Hinske (11, 34) | 27.30 | L |
| 75. | Nick Johnson (10, 33) | 28.23 | L |
| 76. | Robinson Cano (8, 29) | 28.47 | L |
| 77. | Xavier Nady (11, 33) | 28.63 | R |
| 78. | Bobby Abreu (17, 38) | 28.91 | L |
| 79. | Austin Kearns (11, 32) | 29.00 | R |
| 80. | Michael Cuddyer (12, 33) | 29.01 | R |
| 81. | Kelly Johnson (7, 30) | 29.42 | L |
| 82. | Victor Martinez (10, 33) | 29.92 | B |
| 83. | Jorge Cantu (8, 30) | 30.08 | R |
| 84. | Ramon Hernandez (14, 36) | 30.10 | R |
| 85. | Juan Uribe (12, 32) | 30.17 | R |
| 86. | Brandon Phillips (11, 31) | 30.81 | R |
| 87. | Jeff Francoeur (8, 28) | 31.60 | R |
| 88. | Jhonny Peralta (10, 30) | 31.83 | R |
| 89. | Billy Butler (6, 26) | 32.45 | R |
| 90. | Brandon Inge (12, 35) | 32.48 | R |
| 91. | Lyle Overbay (12, 35) | 32.64 | L |
| 92. | B.J. Upton (8, 27) | 33.26 | R |
| 93. | Nick Markakis (7, 28) | 34.23 | L |
| 94. | Aaron Hill (8, 30) | 35.20 | R |
| 95. | Corey Patterson (12, 32) | 35.35 | L |
| 96. | Alex Gonzalez (14, 35) | 36.11 | R |
| 97. | Mark DeRosa (15, 37) | 36.35 | R |
| 98. | Alex Rios (9, 31) | 36.89 | R |
| 99. | Dustin Pedroia (7, 28) | 37.81 | R |
| 100. | Russell Martin (7, 29) | 37.92 | R |
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