As we discussed earlier, Chuck Klein became the fourth baseball player to reach 400 home runs, finishing the season with 419 for his career. He is third among active players, although Gehrig seems to be serving as a player/coach role for the Yankees, not getting more than a couple at-bats per year.
Two players debuted on the career home run list, Johnny Mize and Joe DiMaggio. Riggs Stephenson (192) and Harry Heilmann (187) dropped off the list.
Ed Morgan retired with 213 career home runs in 17th place. Morgan had a season high 24 home runs in 1933. In real life Morgan hit 52 home runs in seven seasons.
Mel Ott retired with just 150 career home runs. In an injury riddled career, Ott never could find his power stroke, with a season high of 27 home runs. In real life Ott was a Hall of Famer, and hit 511 career home runs. He will become the first member of the real life 400 home run club to fail to reach that plateau, finishing 361 home runs short of his career total.
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Milestone Watch:
Lou Gehrig needs 18 home runs to pass 500 for his career.
Bill Dickey needs 44 home runs to pass 400 for his career.
Hal Trosky needs 32 home runs to pass 300 for his career.
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The 400 Club:
Players who reached the 400 club in OOTP and in real life(3):
Babe Ruth - 500 (715)
Lou Gehrig - 482 (493)
Jimmy Foxx - 448 (534)
Players who reached the 400 club in real life, but not OOTP(1):
Mel Ott - 150 (511)
Active players of the 400 club and where they stand:
Ted Williams - 157 (521)
Stan Musial - 17 (475)
Players who have not debuted yet:
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Members of my 400 club who didn't hit 400 in real life (1):
Chuck Klein - 419 (300)
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1942 Home Run Leaders
1) Bill Nicholson - PHA - 42
2) Jimmy Foxx - PHA - 37
3) Ted Williams - BOS - 36
4) Joe Gordon - NYY - 34
5) Hank Greenberg - DET - 28
6) Bill Dickey - NYY - 27
7) Johnny Mize - STL - 27
8) Babe Young - NYG - 26
9) Joe Gallagher - SLA - 24
10) Chuck Klein - PHI - 23
1942 Rookie Home Run Leader:
Willard Marshall - NYG - 12
1942 Team Home Run Leader:
Philadelphia Athletics - 160
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Single Season Home Run Leaders
1) Babe Ruth - NYY - 82 (1921)
2) Bill Nicholson - PHA - 62 (1940)
3) Chuck Klein - PHI - 56 (1929)
4) Babe Ruth - NYY - 55 (1922)
5) Babe Ruth - NYY - 53 (1925)
6) Lou Gehrig - NYY - 53 (1930)
7) Ted Williams - BOS - 53 (1941)
8) Babe Ruth - NYY - 51 (1923)
9) Lou Gehrig - NYY - 51 (1929)
10) Babe Ruth - NYY - 50 (1920)
Rookie Home Run Record - Single Season
1) Chuck Klein - PHI - 47 (1928)
2) Ted Williams - BOS - 38 (1939)
3) Joe Hauser - PHA - 34 (1922)
4) Don Hurst - PHI - 32 (1928)
5) Wally Berger - BSN - 27 (1930)
6) Dale Alexander - DET - 25 (1929)
7) Bob Johnson - PHA - 25 (1933)
8) Ken Keltner - CLE - 25 (1937)
9) Jim Bottomley - STL - 24 (1922)
10) Mandy Brooks - CHN - 24 (1925)
11) Hal Trosky - CLE - 24 (1933)
12) Sam Chapman - PHA - 24 (1938)
Single Season Team Home Run Leaders
1) New York Yankees - 174 (1938)
2) New York Yankees - 171 (1930)
3) Philadelphia Athletics - 169 (1940)
4) New York Yankees - 168 (1928)
5) New York Yankees - 166 (1936)
6) New York Yankees - 162 (1929)
7) Philadelphia Athletics - 160 (1942)
8) New York Yankees - 159 (1921)
9) Philadelphia Phillies - 156 (1930)
10) St. Louis Cardinals - 155 (1939)
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Career Home Run Leaders
1) Babe Ruth - 500 (1914-1931)
2) Lou Gehrig - 482 (1924-1942)
3) Jimmy Foxx - 448 (1926-1942)
4) Chuck Klein - 419 (1928-1942)
5) Bill Dickey - 356 (1928-1942)
6) Jim Bottomley - 339 (1922-1939)
7) Joe Hauser - 330 (1922-1936)
8) Rogers Hornsby - 305 (1915-1936)
9) Al Simmons - 301 (1924-1939)
10) Hal Trosky - 268 (1933-1942)
11) Hack Wilson - 267 (1923-1939)
12) Babe Herman - 265 (1926-1938)
13) Tony Lazzeri - 246 (1926-1942)
14) Gabby Hartnett - 244 (1922-1938)
15) Bob Meusel - 233 (1920-1934)
16) Don Hurst - 232 (1928-1940)
17) Ed Morgan - 213 (1928-1942)
18) Johnny Mize - 207 (1936-1942)
19) Joe DiMaggio - 195 (1936-1942)
20) Les Bell - 193 (1923-1940)