Ted Williams continued to dominate, leading the league with 34 home runs on his way past 300 for his career. Williams finished the season with 317 career home runs in 11th place on the career list.
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Milestone Watch:
Hank Greenberg needs 35 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 - 537 (534)
Players who reached the 400 club in real life, but not OOTP(2):
Mel Ott - 150 (511), Stan Musial - 73 (475)
Active players of the 400 club and where they stand:
Ted Williams - 317 (521)
Duke Snider - 3 (407)
Players who have not debuted yet:
37
Members of my 400 club who didn't hit 400 in real life (2):
Chuck Klein - 438 (300), Bill Dickey - 426 (202)
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1947 Home Run Leaders
1) Ted Williams - BOS - 34
2) Johnny Mize - STL - 33
3) Hank Greenberg - DET - 29
4) Yogi Berra - NYY - 27
5) Bobby Thomson - PIT - 27
6) Bill Nicholson - PHA - 26
7) Wally Judnich - SLA - 25
8) Ralph Kiner - PIT - 24
9) Del Ennis - PHI - 21
10) Eddie Robinson - CHA - 21
1947 Rookie Home Run Leader:
Ted Kluszewski - CIN - 20
1947 Team Home Run Leader:
New York Yankees - 129
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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) Yogi Berra - NYY - 31 (1946)
6) Ralph Kiner - PIT - 29 (1946)
7) Bobby Thomson - PIT - 28 (1946)
8) Wally Berger - BSN - 27 (1930)
9) Dale Alexander - DET - 25 (1929)
10) Bob Johnson - PHA - 25 (1933)
11) Ken Keltner - CLE - 25 (1937)
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) Jimmy Foxx - 537 (1926-1947)
2) Babe Ruth - 500 (1914-1931)
3) Lou Gehrig - 482 (1924-1942)
4) Chuck Klein - 438 (1928-1944)
5) Bill Dickey - 427 (1928-1947)
6) Hal Trosky - 350 (1933-1947)
7) Johnny Mize - 343 (1936-1947)
8) Jim Bottomley - 339 (1922-1939)
9) Joe Hauser - 330 (1922-1936)
10) Bill Nicholson - 326 (1936-1947)
11) Ted Williams - 317 (1939-1947)
12) Rogers Hornsby - 305 (1915-1936)
13) Al Simmons - 301 (1924-1939)
14) Hack Wilson - 267 (1923-1939)
15) Babe Herman - 265 (1926-1938)
16) Hank Greenberg - 265 (1933-1947)
17) Tony Lazzeri - 246 (1926-1942)
18) Ernie Lombardi - 246 (1931-1947)
19) Gabby Hartnett - 244 (1922-1938)
20) Bob Meusel - 233 (1920-1934)