Most HRs by players with 2X as many HRs as doubles

leatherman · Jun 18, 2012

Not even close. Big Mac didn't hit many doubles. In 2001, he had 29 HRs and just 4 doubles. Only one other time in history (Wes Covington, with 21 in 1957) did a player hit more than 16 HRs in a season with 4 or fewer doubles.

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Rk           Player  HR  2B    G
1      Mark McGwire 583 252 1874
2       Earl Wilson  35  12  405
3     Wayne Belardi  28  13  263
4    Danny Gardella  24  12  169
5     Jack Harshman  21   7  258
6    Kevin Roberson  20  10  165
7       Norm Sherry  18   9  194
8       Luis Medina  10   1   51

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sportscardtheory · Jun 18, 2012

McGwire was the very definition of "one trick pony". But boy was he fun to watch.

markakis8 · Jun 18, 2012

Didn't he have a season where he had more RBI's than hits too?

leatherman · Jun 18, 2012

markakis8 said:
Didn't he have a season where he had more RBI's than hits too?

Actually, he had FOUR of them. Here are the players with more than 30 RBIs that had more RBIs than hits:

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Rk             Player RBI   H Year  Tm   G
1        Mark McGwire 147 145 1999 STL 153
2        Jason Giambi 113 113 2006 NYY 139
3        Mark McGwire  90  87 1995 OAK 104
4       Paul Sorrento  79  76 1995 CLE 104
5        Mark McGwire  73  72 2000 STL  89
6        Mark McGwire  64  56 2001 STL  97
7      Eddie Robinson  42  36 1955 NYY  88
8         Greg Norton  37  37 2002 COL 113
9      Charlie Keller  36  36 1947 NYY  45
10   Archi Cianfrocco  31  31 1995 SDP  51

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leatherman · Jun 18, 2012

Oh, and Adam Dunn is trying to make the list. He currently has 52 hits and 52 RBIs.

uniquebaseballcards · Jun 18, 2012

I can't believe those stats! Could you submit them to ESPN or somewhere??!

UMich92 · Jun 18, 2012

There can't be too many lists that start with McGwire and have a pitcher 2nd.

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