The Home Run 2

[NYY #23]

Random Debut:



It was a busy year as Phil Nevin reached 400 career home runs. Nevin hit 208 home runs in real life and will now qualify for the home run derby for the first time.



Barry Bonds finished second in the league this season with 44 home runs, and moved well passed the 300 home run mark, finishing with 342 home runs.



Dave Orr also hit his 300th this season. Orr hit just 37 home runs in real life.



Akira Eto made his debut on the watch list after hitting 37 home runs this season and has hit 205 through the age of 24. Eto ranks 20th in career home runs in the *** with 354.



Billy Ashley hit 40 this season and also makes his debut on the watch list. Ashely hit 28 home runs in real life and now has 98 at the age of 20.

Greg Brock hit 110 home runs in real life and made his debut on the watch list after hitting 40 home runs this season.

Nick Delvecchio retired from baseball with 367 home runs. Also calling it quits was Fred Mann, who hit 353 career homers.

Player Watch
Chet Cochrane (37) - 561
Leo Ostenberg (44) - 498
Jeromy Burnitz (37) - 465
Phil Nevin (34) - 412
Dick Buckley (38) - 380
David Justice (35) - 371
Will Clark (34) - 347
Henry Larkin (35) - 347
Henry Jones (31) - 346
Barry Bonds (26) - 342
Jim Breazeale (36) - 334
Dave Orr (30) - 328
Von Hayes (31) - 288
Sam Thompson (28) - 278
Akira Eto (24) - 205
Mark Teixeira (23) - 141
Billy Ashley (20) - 98
Nick Johnson (20) - 82

Season Leaders
1. Javy Lopez - 48
2. Barry Bonds - 44
3. Billy Ashley - 40
4. Greg Brock - 40
5. Akira Eto - 37
6. Phil Nevin - 36
7. Masayuki Kakefu - 34

400 Club Retired
Mike Schmidt - 673
Joe Munson - 538
Oyster Burns - 453
Albert Dalrymple - 451
Jim Thome - 451
Hanley Ramirez - 435
Jody Davis - 401

[NYY #23]

5 Year Recalc:



Yogi Berra hit 35 home runs this season and passed 400 home runs for his career. Berra hit 358 home runs in real life.



Real life member of the 400 home run club Mickey Mantle also reached 400 home runs for his career at the age of 29.



Joe DiMaggio retired from baseball with 367 home runs. While it was six better than his real life total, I was hoping he would get there.



Ralph Kiner also retired with 348 home runs. Sam Thompson passed 300 career home runs this year.

Rocky Colavito made his debut on the watch list. Colavito hit 374 homers in real life, and has 184 home runs at the age of 27.



Real life 400 club member Carl Yastrzemski also made his debut this year.

Player Watch
Ted Williams (42) - 787
Stan Musial (39) - 472
Duke Snider (35) - 466
Yogi Berra (35) - 407
Mickey Mantle (29) - 400
Gil Hodges (36) - 395
Larry Doby (36) - 326
Willie Mays (29) - 297
Eddie Mathews (29) - 294
Ernie Banks (29) - 252
Hank Aaron (26) - 237
Rocky Colavito (27) - 184
Harmon Killebrew (24) - 172
Frank Robinson (26) - 155
Willie McCovey (22) - 67
Billy Williams (22) - 55
Carl Yastrzemski (22) - 0

Season Leaders
1. Rocky Colavito - 40
2. Mickey Mantle - 39
3. Jim Gentile - 38
4. Yogi Berra - 35
5. Hank Aaron - 32
6. Willie McCovey - 31
7. Stan Musial - 31

400 Club Retired
Babe Ruth - 728
Jimmie Foxx - 663
Mel Ott - 637
Johnny Mize - 546
Lou Gehrig - 508
Hank Greenberg - 440

[NYY #23]

Random Debut:



Javy Lopez continued his recent run of success after passing 400 career home runs. Javy Lopez hit 260 home runs in real life and now has seen success in rounds two and four.

Leo Ostenberg finished the season with 505 home runs, joining the 500 home run club. Ostenberg didn't hit any home runs in real life.



Jeromy Burnitz hit 315 home runs in real life, and retired with 465 career home runs.



Von Hayes became the latest player to pass 300 career home runs. At 32 years old Hayes now has 320 home runs.

Player Watch
Chet Cochrane (38) - 581
Phil Nevin (35) - 442
Barry Bonds (27) - 386
Dick Buckley (39) - 384
David Justice (36) - 377
Henry Larkin (36) - 364
Henry Jones (32) - 361
Dave Orr (31) - 358
Jim Breazeale (37) - 356
Will Clark (35) - 355
Von Hayes (32) - 320
Sam Thompson (29) -320
Akira Eto (25) - 241
Mark Teixeira (24) - 159
Billy Ashley (21) - 124
Nick Johnson (21) - 109

Season Leaders
1. Barry Bonds - 44
2. Sam Thompson - 42
3. Chuck Buheller - 41
4. Javy Lopez - 38
5. Akira Eto - 36
6. Tim Jordan - 34
7. Corey Koskie - 33

400 Club Retired
Mike Schmidt - 673
Joe Munson - 538
Leo Ostenberg - 505
Jeromy Burnitz - 465
Oyster Burns - 453
Albert Dalrymple - 451
Jim Thome - 451
Hanley Ramirez - 435
Jody Davis - 401

[NYY #23]

5 Year Recalc:



Ted Williams continues to exceed expectations, hitting the 800th home run of his career and finishing the season with 815 home runs. 800 is a pretty big number in it's own right, and Williams not only did that but also passed Albert Pujols and his 803 home runs from my first time through.



Gil Hodges joined the 400 home run club and now qualifies for the final home run derby. Hodges hit 370 home runs in real life.



Willie Mays finished the season with 337 home runs, passing 300 and at 30 years old should be a lock for 400.



Fellow 30 year old Eddie Mathews also passed 300, finishing with 315 and also should get to 400.



Mickey Mantle led the league with 50 home runs, and of course 1961 means expansion time so things should get hectic soon.

Player Watch
Ted Williams (43) - 815
Stan Musial (40) - 485
Duke Snider (36) - 476
Mickey Mantle (30) - 450
Yogi Berra (36) - 427
Gil Hodges (37) - 401
Willie Mays (30) - 337
Larry Doby (37) - 330
Eddie Mathews (30) - 315
Ernie Banks (30) - 289
Hank Aaron (27) - 275
Rocky Colavito (28) - 216
Harmon Killebrew (25) - 204
Frank Robinson (27) - 190
Willie McCovey (23) - 110
Billy Williams (23) - 110
Carl Yastrzemski (23) - 22

Season Leaders
1. Mickey Mantle - 50
2. Willie McCovey - 43
3. Willie Mays - 40
4. Hank Aaron - 38
5. Johnny Blanchard - 38
6. Ernie Banks - 37
7. Frank Robinson - 35

400 Club Retired
Babe Ruth - 728
Jimmie Foxx - 663
Mel Ott - 637
Johnny Mize - 546
Lou Gehrig - 508
Hank Greenberg - 440

[NYY #23]

Random Debut:



The real life home run king* Barry Bonds reached 400 home runs for his career by the age of 28, earning his second entry into the final home run derby. As time passed between the original Home Run dynasty and this one I've kind of grown indifferent to Bonds. While I don't want him to win it all I could care less if he has some success.



Dick Buckley retired with 384 career home runs. He hit just 26 home runs in real life so he shouldn't even be that high, but it's a shame he fell 16 homers short.

Player Watch
Chet Cochrane (39) - 581
Phil Nevin (36) - 467
Barry Bonds (28) - 427
Jim Breazeale (38) - 388
Dave Orr (32) - 387
David Justice (37) - 379
Henry Larkin (37) - 374
Henry Jones (33) - 375
Will Clark (36) - 357
Von Hayes (33) - 352
Sam Thompson (30) -346
Akira Eto (26) - 263
Greg Brock (25) - 255
Mark Teixeira (25) - 181
Billy Ashley (22) - 148
Nick Johnson (22) - 124

Season Leaders
1. Javy Lopez - 44
2. Greg Brock - 42
3. Barry Bonds - 41
4. Jerry Turner - 40
5. Chuck Buheller - 35
6. Tino Martinez - 35
7. William Rumler - 35

400 Club Retired
Mike Schmidt - 673
Joe Munson - 538
Leo Ostenberg - 505
Jeromy Burnitz - 465
Oyster Burns - 453
Albert Dalrymple - 451
Jim Thome - 451
Hanley Ramirez - 435
Jody Davis - 401

[NYY #23]

5 Year Recalc:



Ron Santo led the league this season with 46 home runs and made his debut on the watch list. Ron Santo hit 342 home runs in real life, and already is a qualifier in the final tournament based on his success in the original where he hit 624 home runs.



Ernie Banks passed 300 career home runs this season, finishing the season with 320 home runs at the age of 31.



Hank Aaron reached 300 career home runs a little earlier in his career, finishing the season with 303 homers at the age of 28.

This year we also saw round two of expansion take place with another two teams being added.

Player Watch
Ted Williams (44) - 816
Stan Musial (41) - 495
Mickey Mantle (31) - 486
Duke Snider (37) - 476
Yogi Berra (37) - 452
Gil Hodges (38) - 402
Willie Mays (31) - 377
Eddie Mathews (31) - 345
Larry Doby (38) - 333
Ernie Banks (31) - 320
Hank Aaron (28) - 303
Rocky Colavito (29) - 246
Harmon Killebrew (26) - 241
Frank Robinson (28) - 226
Willie McCovey (24) - 150
Billy Williams (24) - 115
Ron Santo (22) - 89
Willie Stargell (22) - 30
Carl Yastrzemski (24) - 29

Season Leaders
1. Ron Santo - 46
2. Willie Mays - 40
3. Willie McCovey - 40
4. Joe Pepitone - 40
5. Jim Gentile - 38
6. Harmon Killebrew - 37
7. Mickey Mantle - 36

400 Club Retired
Babe Ruth - 728
Jimmie Foxx - 663
Mel Ott - 637
Johnny Mize - 546
Lou Gehrig - 508
Hank Greenberg - 440

[NYY #23]

Random Debut:



Dave Orr hit 37 home runs during his career in real life, but this season joined the 400 home run club, and will now move on to the next round.



Javy Lopez passed 500 career home runs.

A trio of players passed 300 home runs for their career - Tim Jordan, Reggie Sanders, and Greg Brock. Based on their ages they all have a good shot at reaching 400 for their career.

In the debut department, Chuck Buheller, William Rumler, Roberto Petagine, and Raul Ibanez all appeared on the watch list for the first time. Buheller led the league with 52 home runs this season.



David Justice came up just short, finishing with 379 career home runs.

Player Watch
Chet Cochrane (40) - 581
Phil Nevin (37) - 473
Barry Bonds (29) - 466
Dave Orr (33) - 418
Henry Jones (34) - 396
Jim Breazeale (39) - 395
Henry Larkin (38) - 375
Von Hayes (34) - 373
Sam Thompson (31) -369
Will Clark (37) - 358
Tim Jordan (32) - 323
Reggie Sanders (34) - 315
Greg Brock (26) - 304
Akira Eto (27) - 293
Raul Ibanez (27) - 250
Mark Teixeira (26) - 199
Billy Ashley (23) - 185
Chuck Buheller (24) - 169
Nick Johnson (23) - 147
William Rumler (20) - 118
Roberto Petagine (22) - 111

Season Leaders
1. Chuck Buheller - 52
2. William Rumler - 51
3. Greg Brock - 49
4. Roberto Petagine - 44
5. Barry Bonds - 39
6. Raul Ibanez - 38
7. Billy Ashley - 37

400 Club Retired
Mike Schmidt - 673
Joe Munson - 538
Leo Ostenberg - 505
Jeromy Burnitz - 465
Oyster Burns - 453
Albert Dalrymple - 451
Jim Thome - 451
Hanley Ramirez - 435
Jody Davis - 401

[illeracula]

Originally Posted by NYY #23

Babe Ruth (28) - 269 (728)
Ted Williams (29) - 318 (816)
Hank Aaron (28) - 303
Barry Bonds (29) - 466

Be interesting to see if Aaron and/or Bonds make a run at Ruth, let alone Williams... I think Williams 800+ is going to stay around a while, lol.

Williams coming back for his 45-year old season?

[Hankyu Braves]

Since Petagine was one of my favorite players in Japan, I hope he does well this time.
111 HR at age 22, the future looks good... and that's the jinx right there.

[NYY #23]

Originally Posted by illeracula

Be interesting to see if Aaron and/or Bonds make a run at Ruth, let alone Williams... I think Williams 800+ is going to stay around a while, lol.

Williams coming back for his 45-year old season?

His 800+ better stay around for a while! Williams is surprisingly back for his age 45 season on his retirement tour.

[NYY #23]

Originally Posted by Hankyu Braves

Since Petagine was one of my favorite players in Japan, I hope he does well this time.
111 HR at age 22, the future looks good... and that's the jinx right there.

Hopefully not. And I don't think you are going to jinx him.

[NYY #23]

5 Year Recalc:



Mickey Mantle became the latest member of the 500 home run club this season. Mantle now has 524 home runs at the age of 32, and is now within 12 of his real life total.



Willie Mays saw his first success when he joined the 400 club and is now assured of appearing at least one time in the final home run derby. Mays hit 36 home runs this year, and at 32 he still has a ways to go to reach his real life total of 620.



Two years ago Gil Hodges joined the 400 club, and this year Hodges retired.



Also retiring was Ted Williams, who finished with a remarkable 816 career home runs. Williams definitely has to be one of the favorites to win it all.



Norm Cash made his debut on the watch list with 162 home runs at the age of 28. Cash hit 377 home runs in real life so he should have a decent shot.

Roy Sievers passed 300 home runs for his career, but at 36 years old and 316 home runs, moving on to the next round will be a long shot for Sievers.

Player Watch
Mickey Mantle (32) - 524
Stan Musial (42) - 497
Duke Snider (38) - 476
Yogi Berra (38) - 459
Willie Mays (32) - 413
Eddie Mathews (32) - 369
Larry Doby (39) - 339
Ernie Banks (32) - 342
Hank Aaron (29) - 330
Roy Sievers (36) - 316
Rocky Colavito (30) - 267
Harmon Killebrew (27) - 264
Frank Robinson (29) - 263
Willie McCovey (25) - 176
Norm Cash (28) - 162
Billy Williams (25) - 136
Ron Santo (23) - 109
Willie Stargell (23) - 60
Carl Yastrzemski (25) - 53

Season Leaders
1. Mickey Mantle - 38
2. Frank Robinson - 37
3. Willie Mays - 36
4. Norm Cash - 32
5. Joe Pepitone - 30
6. Willie Stargell - 30
7. Jim Gentile - 28

400 Club Retired
Ted Williams - 816
Babe Ruth - 728
Jimmie Foxx - 663
Mel Ott - 637
Johnny Mize - 546
Lou Gehrig - 508
Hank Greenberg - 440
Gil Hodges - 402

[NYY #23]

Random Debut:



Henry Jones played in just 34 games in real life, collected 127 at bats and didn't hit any home runs. This year jones hit his 400th home run in his career proving that anything can happen in baseball. But I have a feeling that the final home run derby will take care of players like Jones since it's doubtful that lightning will strike twice.



Mo Vaughn made his debut on the watch list with 85 home runs at the age of 23. Vaughn hit 328 home runs in real life.



Akira Eto was 20th on the all-time career home run list in Japan with 354 home runs, so it shouldn't be too surprising that he reached 300 career homers. At 28 years old Eto is in very good shape to reach 400.



Brian Daubach was added to the watch list after hitting 30 home runs for the second straight year. Daubach now has 63 home runs at the age of 19.



Charlie Manuel also debuted on the watch list with 139 home runs at the age of 22.

Jim Breazeale came so close to reaching 400 career home runs, but retired just 5 short with 395 home runs.

William Rumler led the league this season with 59 home runs.

Player Watch
Chet Cochrane (41) - 581
Barry Bonds (30) - 493
Phil Nevin (38) - 483
Dave Orr (34) - 440
Henry Jones (35) - 409
Von Hayes (35) - 399
Sam Thompson (32) -393
Henry Larkin (39) - 376
Will Clark (38) - 358
Tim Jordan (33) - 350
Reggie Sanders (34) - 329
Greg Brock (27) - 334
Akira Eto (28) - 324
Raul Ibanez (28) - 287
Mark Teixeira (27) - 221
Billy Ashley (24) - 209
Chuck Buheller (25) - 203
William Rumler (21) - 177
Nick Johnson (24) - 164
Charlie Manuel (22) - 139
Roberto Petagine (23) - 138
Mo Vaughn (23) - 85
Brian Daubach (19) - 63

Season Leaders
1. William Rumler - 59
2. Mo Vaughn - 49
3. Jim Keenan - 37
4. Chuck Buheller - 34
5. Charlie Manuel - 33
6. Delwyn Young - 33
7. Brian Daubach - 31

400 Club Retired
Mike Schmidt - 673
Joe Munson - 538
Leo Ostenberg - 505
Jeromy Burnitz - 465
Oyster Burns - 453
Albert Dalrymple - 451
Jim Thome - 451
Hanley Ramirez - 435
Jody Davis - 401

[NYY #23]

5 Year Recalc:



Eddie Mathews finally got to 400 home runs in his 3rd attempt after two previous failures. Mathews finished the season with 403 homers and hit 512 in real life. Mathews is 33, so he'll have time to match or pass his actual totals.



Willie Mays led the league this season with 35 home runs.

Player Watch
Mickey Mantle (33) - 557
Stan Musial (43) - 497
Yogi Berra (389- 479
Duke Snider (39) - 476
Willie Mays (33) - 448
Eddie Mathews (33) - 403
Ernie Banks (33) - 367
Hank Aaron (30) - 362
Larry Doby (40) - 339
Roy Sievers (37) - 323
Rocky Colavito (31) - 296
Frank Robinson (30) - 295
Harmon Killebrew (28) - 292
Willie McCovey (26) - 195
Norm Cash (29) - 187
Billy Williams (26) - 152
Ron Santo (24) - 133
Willie Stargell (24) - 93
Carl Yastrzemski (26) - 71

Season Leaders
1. Willie Mays - 35
2. Eddie Mathews - 34
3. Mickey Mantle - 33
4. Willie Stargell - 33
5. Hank Aaron - 32
6. Boog Powell - 32
7. Frank Robinson - 32

400 Club Retired
Ted Williams - 816
Babe Ruth - 728
Jimmie Foxx - 663
Mel Ott - 637
Johnny Mize - 546
Lou Gehrig - 508
Hank Greenberg - 440
Gil Hodges - 402

[NYY #23]

Random Debut:



Von Hayes finished the season with 420 home runs, passing the 400 mark. Hayes hit 143 home runs in real life.



Sam Thompson also reached 400 home runs this season. At 33 years old Thompson finished the year with 433 home runs. While Thompson is a Hall of Famer, he played in the 1800's and hit 126 home runs in real life. Thompson did lead the league in home runs twice, in 1889 and 1895.



Barry Bonds led the league with 59 home runs while moving way past 500 and finishing the year with 552 homers.



Ted Scheffler finished the season with 314 home runs at the age of 32. Scheffler played in just 146 games in the 1800's, hitting just 3 home runs.



Raul Ibanez also passed 300 career home runs at the age of 29. Ibanez has hit 271 home runs in real life through the end of 2012.

Two players retired who fell short of 400 career home runs. Henry Larkin, who finished with 376 homers, and Will Clark, who finished with 358 home runs.

Player Watch
Chet Cochrane (42) - 581
Barry Bonds (31) - 552
Phil Nevin (39) - 483
Dave Orr (35) - 481
Sam Thompson (33) -433
Von Hayes (36) - 420
Henry Jones (36) - 410
Greg Brock (28) - 379
Akira Eto (29) - 362
Tim Jordan (34) - 362
Reggie Sanders (36) - 336
Ted Scheffler (32)- 314
Raul Ibanez (29) - 303
Billy Ashley (25) - 250
Chuck Buheller (26) - 249
William Rumler (22) - 233
Mark Teixeira (28) - 227
Nick Johnson (25) - 178
Roberto Petagine (24) - 175
Charlie Manuel (23) - 165
Mo Vaughn (24) - 133
Brian Daubach (20) - 90

Season Leaders
1. Barry Bonds - 59
2. William Rumler - 56
3. Mo Vaughn - 48
4. Chuck Buheller - 46
5. Greg Brock - 45
6. Billy Ashley - 41
7. Dave Orr - 41

400 Club Retired
Mike Schmidt - 673
Joe Munson - 538
Leo Ostenberg - 505
Jeromy Burnitz - 465
Oyster Burns - 453
Albert Dalrymple - 451
Jim Thome - 451
Hanley Ramirez - 435
Jody Davis - 401

[SpaceMonkey13]

I haven't seen the word "injury" in any 5-year recalc or random debut writeups. Did you change this setting or is it due to the slimmed down reporting style?

Also, I assume you somehow split players into 2 groups (recalc & random debut)? There's been no duplication (players appearing in each).

Following on with fascination...

[NYY #23]

Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey13

I haven't seen the word "injury" in any 5-year recalc or random debut writeups. Did you change this setting or is it due to the slimmed down reporting style?

Also, I assume you somehow split players into 2 groups (recalc & random debut)? There's been no duplication (players appearing in each).

Following on with fascination...

I didn't change any of the injury settings. I have shied away from that and I think it's because of two things - the recalc takes care of any big rating drops because of injuries, so that hasn't been as big of concern. With the random debut I also haven't been paying as close attention because my expectations aren't the same. I think we'll see one or two mentions coming up soon though.

I did learn something in how I set it up which will cause somewhat of a "steroid era". Even though the draft classes are split and they come in separately it does effect who is eligible for the random debut. Whoever imports first wins so to speak. So that led to why isn't player x importing when he should, which I corrected by manually importing them, but once we get to the 70's and 80's the power hitters to fill the random debut started becoming scarce. So home runs were concentrated among fewer power hitters, and individual totals were going up higher than I would have liked, although league totals were good.

Of course not playing for a few months I forgot that completely, but that was probably a good reason to call this a failed experiment and not post it. But it took a while to realize that once I started cleaning things up and I had already started...

If I remembered that I probably wouldn't have continued with the home run derby idea, but outside of the abnormally high numbers by a select few in the end the final home run derby will take care of things I expect, and the fluky players that shouldn't have hit 400 to begin with.

And thanks for following along.

[NYY #23]

5 Year Recalc:



Real life 500 club member Frank Robinson finished the year with 324 home runs, joining the 300 club at the age of 31.



Another member of the 500 home run club, Harmon Killebrew passed 300 home runs this season. At 29 years old he's also in great shape to advance to the final home run derby.



Rocky Colavito finished the season with 315 home runs at the age of 32. The oldest of the bunch, and the only one who didn't hit 400 home runs in real life, although his 374 home runs were close. I won't make any predictions on Colavito, other than it should be close either way.



Larry Doby retired with 339 career home runs, surpassing his real life total of 253, but falling short of the big 4-0-0.



Leading the league this season was Boog Powell, who hit 41 home runs.

Player Watch
Mickey Mantle (34) - 594
Stan Musial (44) - 497
Yogi Berra (40)- 492
Willie Mays (34) - 486
Duke Snider (40) - 476
Eddie Mathews (34) - 420
Hank Aaron (31) - 396
Ernie Banks (34) - 370
Roy Sievers (38) - 330
Frank Robinson (31) - 324
Harmon Killebrew (29) - 322
Rocky Colavito (32) - 315
Willie McCovey (27) - 231
Norm Cash (30) - 218
Billy Williams (27) - 172
Ron Santo (25) - 158
Willie Stargell (25) - 124
Carl Yastrzemski (27) - 84

Season Leaders
1. Boog Powell - 41
2. Willie Mays - 38
3. Mickey Mantle - 37
4. Tony Conigliaro - 36
5. Willie McCovey - 36
6. Hank Aaron - 34
7. Norm Cash - 31

400 Club Retired
Ted Williams - 816
Babe Ruth - 728
Jimmie Foxx - 663
Mel Ott - 637
Johnny Mize - 546
Lou Gehrig - 508
Hank Greenberg - 440
Gil Hodges - 402

[NYY #23]

Random Debut:



Greg Brock reached 400 home runs for his career. In real life Brock hit 110 home runs.



Dave Orr moved past 500 career home runs to finish the season with 508. It's interesting to see how the 1800's players are doing when their name comes up in the random debut.



Corey Koskie reached 300 home runs for this career, and at 28 should be in excellent position to reach 400 homers. Koskie has hit 124 home runs in real life.



Frank Reiger had a very impressive debut after hitting 56 home runs in his rookie season. Reiger never played in the majors, but had some minor league success. If last round was any indication that shouldn't be too concerning.



Nate Colbert also made his debut on the watch list with 43 home runs at the age of 25. While Colbert did get a late start, his 41 home runs this season should make him a player worthy of watching.

Three players called it quits this season, Henry Jones who finished with 410 home runs and is advancing, Tim Jordan who retired with 362 home runs, and Reggie Sanders who retired with 336 home runs.

Mo Vaughn led the league this season with 57, as he is 10 away from the halfway point at the age of 25.

Player Watch
Barry Bonds (32) - 584
Chet Cochrane (43) - 581
Dave Orr (36) - 508
Phil Nevin (40) - 483
Sam Thompson (34) -467
Von Hayes (37) - 444
Greg Brock (29) - 414
Akira Eto (30) - 390
Ted Scheffler (33)- 342
Raul Ibanez (30) - 324
Corey Koskie (28) - 324
Pat Lyons (28) - 303
Chuck Buheller (27) - 289
William Rumler (23) - 289
Billy Ashley (26) - 272
Mark Teixeira (29) - 232
Roberto Petagine (25) - 212
Nick Johnson (26) - 198
Mo Vaughn (25) - 190
Charlie Manuel (24) - 184
Brian Daubach (21) - 115
Frank Reiger (18) - 56
Nate Colbert (25) - 43

Season Leaders
1. Mo Vaughn - 57
2. Frank Reiger - 56
3. William Rumler - 56
4. Nate Colbert - 41
5. Chuck Buheller - 40
6. Roberto Petagine - 37
7. Greg Brock - 35

400 Club Retired
Mike Schmidt - 673
Joe Munson - 538
Leo Ostenberg - 505
Jeromy Burnitz - 465
Oyster Burns - 453
Albert Dalrymple - 451
Jim Thome - 451
Hanley Ramirez - 435
Henry Jones - 410
Jody Davis - 401

[NYY #23]

5 Year Recalc:



Mickey Mantle became the 5th member of the 600 home run club this season, finishing with 627. At 35 years old could he have what it takes to reach 700?



Willie Mays collected the 500th home run of his career. I'm skeptical he'll be able to reach his real life total of 660, but he still has some time left.



Hank Aaron finally joined the 400 home run club at the age of 32 after leading the league with 40 home runs. While he is having the most success this round than he's had in previous versions, he will likely fall short of 755.



Stan Musial retired with 497 home runs, 22 more than his real life total.



Roy Sievers also retired with 330 home runs, meaning this could be the end of the line for Sievers, unless his name comes up in the random debut.

Player Watch
Mickey Mantle (35) - 627
Willie Mays (35) - 518
Yogi Berra (41)- 499
Duke Snider (41) - 476
Eddie Mathews (35) - 444
Hank Aaron (32) - 436
Ernie Banks (35) - 387
Frank Robinson (32) - 358
Harmon Killebrew (30) - 357
Rocky Colavito (33) - 343
Willie McCovey (28) - 267
Norm Cash (31) - 249
Billy Williams (28) - 200
Ron Santo (26) - 180
Willie Stargell (26) - 157
Carl Yastrzemski (28) - 109

Season Leaders
1. Hank Aaron - 40
2. Boog Powell - 38
3. Willie Horton -37
4. Mike Epstein - 36
5. Willie McCovey - 36
6. Harmon Killebrew - 35
7. Rick Reichardt - 34

400 Club Retired
Ted Williams - 816
Babe Ruth - 728
Jimmie Foxx - 663
Mel Ott - 637
Johnny Mize - 546
Lou Gehrig - 508
Stan Musial - 497
Hank Greenberg - 440
Gil Hodges - 402