He enjoyed two straight years of clobbering 30-plus dingers, with 2013 being the culmination of it all. The Orioles in 2019 allowed 305 home runs, beating the old record (2016 Reds) by a whopping 18 percent. He slashed .302/.401/.551 with 36 home runs and 126 RBI. His two most powerful months came in August and September when he combined to hit 20 homers (10 in each month). Even though it was a shortened campaign due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he made the most of his opportunity to get paid. Cody Bellinger in 2017 hit 39 home runs, breaking a National League rookie record that stood for 87 years. Its Abreus fifth 100-RBI season in his first six Major League seasons. If you buy something from an SB Nation link, Vox Media may earn a commission. All those changes have fueled the spike in home runs this year, and also made for an interesting first season for Triple-A to use baseballs with the same specifications as major league baseballs. Or write about sports? Most Home Runs in a Season: The Rest. New York Mets MLB Professional sport Baseball Sports. Thats up from 2017 and 2018, but not at nearly the same rate as the home run explosion. The first baseman won his first Gold Glove Award and Silver Slugger Award, along with reaching his first All-Star Game and finishing second in NL MVP voting. Entering 2019, the Mets were one of nine teams to never have a player lead the Majors in home runs. See terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. In 2018 the Yankees set a major league record with 267 home runs. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. The Twins won their first American League Central title in nine years thanks to an absurdly powerful lineup that hit 307 home runs. In addition to breaking the rookie home run record, he also broke the Mets rookie and overall single-season record while winning the 2019 home run crown. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. Hes not only among the franchises single-season home run leaders, but hes also within the top 20 of the teams all-time home run leaders. Since then, he hasnt hit fewer than nine. SB. Part of the Baseball Almanac Family, Current Through End of 2023 Regular Season. While the Yankees and Twins put the all-time team record into a different stratosphere with their 300-plus home run seasons, 24 teams hit at least 200 homers this year. Inside the long list of home run records set in 2019, Yankees put Judge on injured list with hip strain, Harper ready: 'Body has been very good to me', Braves OF Acuna (shoulder) day-to-day after HBP, Giants place SS Crawford, OF Yastrzemski on IL, Astros' Urquidy lands on IL, Garcia exits start, Dodgers shortstop Rojas returns from injured list, What the longest game in MLB history says about baseball today, Mexico City's uphill climb toward landing an MLB franchise. New York won 17 of 19 games against Baltimore, and hit a record 61 home runs versus the Orioles this year, blasting the old standard of 48, a mark set by the 1956 Yankees against the As in 22 games. The five-timers club Before this year, 12 teams boasted four players with 30 or. Dave Winfield. This year, seven teams reached the 250 mark. It was his first of three straight seasons with 130-plus RBI. As the 2018 season was winding down, Pete Alonso hoped to make his big-league debut for the New York Mets as a September call-up. By the time 2015 rolled around, Chris Davis had already experienced his breakout, which came in 2013 for the Baltimore Orioles. The 2019 Minnesota Twins hit their 267th home run on Aug. 31 and continued crushing long balls to the . Year-by-Year Top-Tens Leaders & Records for Home Runs 58 players hit 30 or more home runs, beating the old record of 47 set in 2000. But Cole finished 26 strikeouts ahead of Verlander's even 300, including an MLB-high 21 games with double-digit whiffs. In 2021, he never posted a month with a wRC+ below 128 or an OPS below .830, but June and July was easily the peak of his season. NL/MLB -- Anthony Rendon (WSH): 126In the Nationals first year without Bryce Harper, Rendon helped pave the way to a postseason appearance for Washington. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. How can we be sure that Chris Carters calling card was hitting tanks? Enter Alonso. Once he passed Roger Maris Yankees franchise record, September became his fourth month with double-digit homers. Davis compiled a total of 12.0 fWAR throughout his 13 years in the big leagues, and he combined for 12.5 fWAR between 2013 and 2015 alone. The proliferation of versatility and baseballs top teams sporting unreal depth led to more players than ever hitting 10 or more home runs. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. If you want to tell the story of the Year of the Home Run in one game, look no further than the June 10 contest between the Diamondbacks and Phillies, which featured a major league record 13 home runs. Hes the first Astros pitcher to lead the league in saves since Jos Valverde in 2008, when the Astros were in the NL. See our ethics statement. Carlson's last episode aired Friday, April 21, 2023. No one was better this season than Robles, who was seven OAA above the next-closest NL outfielder (Milwaukee's Lorenzo Cain). All rights reserved. To put this in perspective, heres what he did the year prior for the St. Louis Cardinals in 549 plate appearances (130 games played): .241/.328/.472 line with 29 home runs and 89 RBI, good for 110 wRC+ and 2.6 fWAR. Is Bartolo Colon the worst batter ever to hit a home run? Become a Stathead today and run queries with our, Most Unique Players by Age by Similarity Scores, Most Games without a World Series Appearance, Most Games without a Postseason Appearance, Highest Career and Single-Season Salaries, Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball, Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE.