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Originally Posted by David Watts
What did the HR leaderboard look like the year Mantle hit 63? Was his 63 homers more than any entire team for the season?
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The Cubs hit the fewest HR that year (1933) with 84. Interestingly enough, HR/AB rate was right around average by 1984 standards that year, but you wouldn't know it from the MLB HR leaderboard:
Mickey Mantle: 63
Gene Tenace: 44
Graig Nettles: 43
Bob O Jones: 40
Tony Horton: 35
Reggie Smith: 34
Dante Bichette: 33
Vince DiMaggio: 32
Jose Canseco: 31
Gary Alexander: 31
Gil Hodges: 31
Jackie Warner: 31
John Kelleher: 30
13 guys with 30 or more HR is about double what you'd expect to see in a sixteen team league basing its numbers on 1984. There were 10 guys with 30 or more HR in RL 1984 in a 26 team league, which works out to about 6 in a 16 team league. I did have Position Player Fatigue on Average though, and I have noticed that there were many more guys with 155+ G, 650+ PA, and 600+ AB then there should be for a 1984 based season. In OOTP20, I've been using High Position Player Fatigue, and it's brought G, and AB back in line, but not PA, which is strange.
