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Topnotchsy
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- Aug 7, 2008
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The increase in number of home runs hit this season is well documented, but one thing that has been pretty interesting is that unlike back in the late 90's and early 2000's, the homeruns are spread much more widely. So while there are more players than ever before hitting 10 and 20 homeruns, we do not see nearly as much at the top. Sure Stanton is pushing 60, but he's currently 20 homeruns ahead of the Cody Bellinger, who is second in the NL with 39 homeruns.
We still have a few more games left, so the list may change for this year, but here's the number of players in the Majors with 40 or more homers by season:
2000 - 16
2001 - 12
2002 - 8
2003 - 10
2004 - 9
2005 - 9
2006 - 11
2007 - 5
2008 - 2
2009 - 5
2010 - 2
2011 - 2
2012 - 6
2013 - 2
2014 - 1
2015 - 9
2016 - 8
2017 - 4
We still have a few more games left, so the list may change for this year, but here's the number of players in the Majors with 40 or more homers by season:
2000 - 16
2001 - 12
2002 - 8
2003 - 10
2004 - 9
2005 - 9
2006 - 11
2007 - 5
2008 - 2
2009 - 5
2010 - 2
2011 - 2
2012 - 6
2013 - 2
2014 - 1
2015 - 9
2016 - 8
2017 - 4
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