Many thanks to him. The slugging outfielder collected his 58th and 59th home runs in Milwaukee on September 18th. He spent time in Triple-A for the Angels and Twins in 2018 but then moved to the Mexican League in 2019, where he slugged 49 home runs in just 120 games played. It was a prolific year for long balls. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Solers campaign is one of nine 70-barrel seasons since 2015. The Yankees had a record 14 players reach double digits in home runs, including four Gio Urshela, Edwin Encarnacion, Clint Frazier, Mike Ford, and Cameron Maybin who werent even on the roster on opening day. This performance broke Mark McGwires longstanding rookie home run record of 49 dingers, which he accomplished in 1987. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. The most impressive Alonso feat was that he led the majors in home runs. As many know, he had some quite terrible years to finish out his career, but we wont talk about those today. A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season. NL -- Christian Yelich (MIL): .329Last year, Yelich became the first player in Brewers history to win a batting title. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Ralph Kiner with seven straight seasons from 1946 to 1952. There were 113 such games during the streak, an average of three per day. Players in bold face are active as of the 2023 Major League Baseball season (including free agents), with the number in parenthesis designating the number of home runs they have hit during the 2023 season. May and June were particularly powerful for Arenado, slugging exactly half of his season-long total (21 homers), but it was September that put him over the edge. + - Indicates Hall of Famer. Here's a look at the leaders in each category this season: NL/MLB -- Pete Alonso (NYM): 53No rookie had ever led his league in home runs outright before 2019. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. Prior to the midsummer classic, he slugged 26 homers with 58 RBI and 60 runs scored in 369 plate appearances. Nelson Cruz (41 homers), Max Kepler (36), Miguel Sano (34), Eddie Rosario (32), and Mitch Garver (31) became the first quintet of teammates with 30 bombs in the same year. In 2015, he out-performed all those metrics in just 665 plate appearances, slugging those 42 homers with 130 RBI while compiling 4.5 fWAR. Join our linker program. The majority of his work came before the All-Star break (24 of his 36 homers), but July easily stands out as his most successful. BRUGBY on Instagram: "Foreign duo to leave Glasgow Warriors _ The Salvador Perez had to watch Solers power surge from the sidelines for all of 2019 because of an elbow injury. Statcast Home Run Tracker No Doubters: Out at All 30 Stadiums, Mostly Gone: Out at 8 to 29 Stadiums, Doubters: Out at 7 Stadiums or Fewer xHR: Ballparks Gone At/30 * Environmental variables (elevation/weather/wind/etc.) 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. A blank field indicates a tie. - MLB Daily Dingers. A fitting total for a man known as Big Meat Pete. Unlike his teammate from two years prior, Perez absolutely feasted on left-handed pitching. Did you know that three times in baseball history, the home run champion was traded the following year to the team that had the reigning home run champ in the other league?
