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Lots of Homers, not Enough Fear

In 1961 Roger Maris hit 61 homeruns without being intentionally walked. Since then only 1 player has hit more homeruns with being intentionally walked than Carlos Quentin did in 2008. Here are the leaders since 1961.

1 Roger Maris 61 0 1961 26 NYY AL 161 698 590 132 159 16 4 142 94 67 7 0 7 16 0 0 .269 .372 .620 .992 *98
2 Alex Rodriguez 42 0 1998 22 SEA AL 161 748 686 123 213 35 5 124 45 121 10 3 4 12 46 13 .310 .360 .560 .920 *6/D
3 Carlos Quentin 36 0 2008 25 CHW AL 130 569 480 96 138 26 1 100 66 80 20 0 3 16 7 3 .288 .394 .571 .965 *7
4 Andruw Jones 36 0 2000 23 ATL NL 161 729 656 122 199 36 6 104 59 100 9 0 5 12 21 6 .303 .366 .541 .907 *8
5 Geronimo Berroa 36 0 1996 31 OAK AL 153 643 586 101 170 32 1 106 47 122 4 0 6 16 0 3 .290 .344 .532 .876 *D97
6 Tony Armas 36 0 1983 29 BOS AL 145 613 574 77 125 23 2 107 29 131 2 0 8 31 0 1 .218 .254 .453 .707 *8D
7 Eric Karros 34 0 1999 31 LAD NL 153 639 578 74 176 40 0 112 53 119 2 0 6 18 8 5 .304 .362 .550 .912 *3
8 Vernon Wells 32 0 2006 27 TOR AL 154 677 611 91 185 40 5 106 54 90 3 0 9 13 17 4 .303 .357 .542 .899 *8/D
9 Ellis Burks 32 0 1997 32 COL NL 119 477 424 91 123 19 2 82 47 75 3 1 2 17 7 2 .290 .363 .571 .934 *8*7
10 Ron Gant 32 0 1990 25 ATL NL 152 631 575 107 174 34 3 84 50 86 1 1 4 8 33 16 .303 .357 .539 .896 *87/9

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I guess larry is correct.

Maybe we do need Andruw Jones. He gets no respect, either.

Whoosh!

by winningugly on Nov 7, 2008 2:00 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

so you think we need ron gant?

fair enough.

Cashing checks and having sex.

by MarketMaker on Nov 8, 2008 1:32 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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