Roy Campanella of the Brooklyn Dodgers blasted 55 home runs this season, the fourth highest total of all-time. With teammates Carl Furillo adding 32 and Duke Snider adding 31 home runs, the Brooklyn Dodgers set a new team record for home runs in a season with 197.
Ted Kluszewski of the Reds was second on the home run list with 49, good for second place. Just six active players remain on the career home run leaderboard, and Bob Meusel dropped off the top 20 list this year with 233, after being tied for 20th place at the end of 1949.
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Milestone Watch:
Bill Nicholson needs 14 home runs to pass 400 for his career.
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The 400 Club:
Players who reached the 400 club in OOTP and in real life(4):
Babe Ruth - 500 (715), Lou Gehrig - 482 (493), Jimmy Foxx - 537 (534), Ted Williams - 407 (521)
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:
Duke Snider - 93 (407)
Players who have not debuted yet:
37
Members of my 400 club who didn't hit 400 in real life (4):
Chuck Klein - 438 (300), Bill Dickey - 432 (202), Johnny Mize - 407 (359), Hal Trotsky - 421 (228)
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1950 Home Run Leaders
1) Roy Campanella - BRO - 55
2) Ted Kluszewski - CIN - 49
3) Gil Hodges - WAS - 45
4) Vic Wertz - DET - 38
5) Bobby Thomson - NYG - 37
6) Carl Furillo - BRO - 32
7) Duke Snider - BRO - 32
8) Ted Williams - BOS - 31
9) Yogi Berra - NYY - 29
10) Eddie Robinson - CHA - 29
1950 Rookie Home Run Leader:
Don Lenhardt - SLA - 27
1950 Team Home Run Leader:
Brooklyn Dodgers - 197
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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) Roy Campanella - BRO - 55 (1950)
6) Babe Ruth - NYY - 53 (1925)
7) Lou Gehrig - NYY - 53 (1930)
8) Ted Williams - BOS - 53 (1941)
9) Babe Ruth - NYY - 51 (1923)
10) Lou Gehrig - NYY - 51 (1929)
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) Roy Campanella - BRO - 28 (1948)
9) Wally Berger - BSN - 27 (1930)
10) Don Lenhardt - SLA - 27 (1950)
Single Season Team Home Run Leaders
1) Brooklyn Dodgers - 197 (1950)
2) New York Yankees - 174 (1938)
3) Brooklyn Dodgers - 172 (1949)
4) New York Yankees - 171 (1930)
5) Philadelphia Athletics - 169 (1940)
6) New York Yankees - 168 (1928)
7) New York Yankees - 166 (1936)
8) New York Yankees - 162 (1929)
9) Philadelphia Athletics - 160 (1942)
10) Brooklyn Dodgers - 160 (1948)
11) New York Yankees - 159 (1921)
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Career Home Run Leaders
1) Jimmy Foxx - 537 (1926-1948)
2) Babe Ruth - 500 (1914-1931)
3) Lou Gehrig - 482 (1924-1942)
4) Chuck Klein - 438 (1928-1944)
5) Bill Dickey - 432 (1928-1948)
6) Hal Trosky - 421 (1933-1950)
7) Johnny Mize - 407 (1936-1950)
8) Ted Williams - 407 (1939-1950)
9) Bill Nicholson - 386 (1936-1950)
10) Jim Bottomley - 339 (1922-1939)
11) Joe Hauser - 330 (1922-1936)
12) Hank Greenberg - 308 (1933-1950)
13) Rogers Hornsby - 305 (1915-1936)
14) Al Simmons - 301 (1924-1939)
15) Hack Wilson - 267 (1923-1939)
16) Babe Herman - 265 (1926-1938)
17) Charlie Keller - 249 (1939-1950)
18) Ernie Lombardi - 248 (1931-1948)
19) Tony Lazzeri - 246 (1926-1942)
20) Gabby Hartnett - 244 (1922-1938)