Babe Ruth's seven season streak of leading the league in home runs came to an abrupt end, after missing more than five months of the season with a hip injury. After reaching 400 home runs, he strained his hip just two days later. While missing five months is a long time, Ruth did come back strong, going 5-6 with a double, home run, 2 RBI, and 4 runs in his first game back. In the end it was a disappointing season for Ruth, with just 12 homers in 34 games.
Joe Hauser of the Athletics took advantage of Ruth's absence and led the league with 33 home runs, which was the eleventh highest home run total in a season, and fifth highest non-Ruth total. Hauser is now in third place on the career home run list, trailing only Ruth and Rogers Hornsby.
Another Babe, rookie Babe Herman of Brooklyn tied for the rookie home run lead with Tony Lazzeri of the Yankees, each hitting 18.
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Milestone Watch:
Rogers Hornsby needs 3 home runs to reach 200 for his career.
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The 400 Club:
Players who reached the 400 club in OOTP and in real life:
Babe Ruth - 410 (715)
Active players of the 400 club and where they stand:
Lou Gehrig - 42 (493)
Mel Ott - 2 (511)
Jimmy Foxx - 1 (534)
Players who have not debuted yet:
40
Members of my 400 club who didn't hit 400 in real life:
None yet
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1926 Home Run Leaders
1) Joe Hauser - PHA - 33
2) Hack Wilson - NYG - 25
3) Rogers Hornsby - STL - 24
4) Al Simmons - PHA - 23
5) Gabby Hartnett - CHN - 22
6) Bob Meusel - NYY - 20
7) Bill Terry - NYG - 20
8) George Grantham - CHN - 18
9) Babe Herman - BRO - 18
10) Tony Lazzeri - NYY - 18
1926 Rookie Home Run Leader:
Babe Herman - BRO/Tony Lazzeri - NYY - 18
1926 Team Home Run Leader:
New York Yankees - 114
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Single Season Home Run Leaders
1) Babe Ruth - NYY - 82 (1921)
2) Babe Ruth - NYY - 55 (1922)
3) Babe Ruth - NYY - 53 (1925)
4) Babe Ruth - NYY - 51 (1923)
5) Babe Ruth - NYY - 50 (1920)
6) Babe Ruth - NYY - 49 (1924)
7) Rogers Hornsby - SLN - 37 (1922)
8) Jim Bottomley - STL - 36 (1923)
9) Hack Wilson - NYG - 35 (1924)
10) Joe Hauser - PHA - 34 (1922)
11) Joe Hauser - PHA - 33 (1926)
12) Joe Hauser - PHA - 32 (1923)
13) Joe Hauser - PHA - 32 (1924)
14) Bob Meusel - NYY - 30 (1922)
15) Babe Ruth - BOS - 29 (1919)
16) Jim Bottomley - STL - 29 (1924)
17) Gabby Hartnett - CHN - 29 (1924)
18) Jim Bottomley - STL - 29 (1925)
19) George Kelly - NYG - 28 (1922)
20) Gabby Hartnett - CHN - 28 (1923)
Rookie Home Run Record - Single Season
1) Joe Hauser - PHA - 34 (1922)
2) Jim Bottomley - STL - 24 (1922)
3) Mandy Brooks - CHN - 24 (1925)
4) Al Simmons - PHA - 21 (1924)
5) Glenn Wright - PIT - 21 (1924)
6) Frank Parkinson - PHI - 19 (1921)
7) Hack Wilson - NYG - 19 (1923)
8) George Grantham - CHN - 18 (1922)
9) Babe Herman - BRO - 18 (1926)
10) Tony Lazzeri - NYY - 18 (1926)
Single Season Team Home Run Leaders
1) New York Yankees - 159 (1921)
2) New York Yankees - 145 (1925)
3) Chicago White Stockings - 142 (1884)
4) New York Yankees - 127 (1922)
5) New York Giants - 124 (1923)
6) New York Yankees - 121 (1924)
7) St. Louis Cardinals - 119 (1925)
8) New York Yankees - 118 (1923)
9) New York Yankees - 117 (1920)
10) New York Yankees - 114 (1926)
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Career Home Run Leaders
1) Babe Ruth - 410 (1914-1926)
2) Rogers Hornsby - 197 (1915-1926)
3) Joe Hauser - 150 (1922-1926)
4) Cy Williams - 143 (1912-1926)
5) Bob Meusel - 141 (1920-1926)
6) Roger Connor - 138 (1880-1897)
7) Jim Bottomley - 132 (1922-1926)
8) Joe Jackson - 128 (1908-1926)
9) Sam Thompson - 127 (1885-1906)
10) Harry Stovey - 122 (1880-1893)
11) Zack Wheat - 121 (1909-1926)
12) Elmer Smith - 120 (1914-1926)
13) Gavvy Cravath - 118 (1908-1920)
14) Happy Felsch - 118 (1915-1926)
15) Gabby Hartnett - 118 (1922-1926)
16) Jimmy Ryan - 118 (1885-1903)
17) George Sisler - 118 (1915-1926)
18) George Kelly - 110 (1915-1926)
19) Dan Brouthers - 106 (1879-1904)
20) Hugh Duffy - 106 (1888-1906)
21) Goose Goslin - 106 (1921-1926)
22) Harry Heilmann - 106 (1914-1926)
23) Mike Tiernan - 106 (1887-1899)