The Home Run 2

[NYY #23]

Round 1



Johnny Blanchard hit 31 home runs to lead the bracket and advance to the next round.

Bye
Frank Thomas
Prince Fielder

Players Advancing

Johnny Blanchard - 31
Will Clark - 30
Biff Schaller - 20
Ron Kittle - 17

Eliminated
Jay Bruce - 16
Orlando Cepeda - 15
Bill Joyce - 13
Dave Foutz - 11
Mickey Tettleton - 10

[NYY #23]

Round 1



It was a close race between elimination and advancing, but Andres Galarraga led the bracket with 19, with Sixto Lezcano, Eric Hosmer, and Carlos Gonzalez also advancing.

Gonzalez hit just one more home run than Bob Beall and Brian Daubach to advance.

Bye
Ken Guettler
Jeff Bagwell

Players Advancing

Andres Galarraga - 19
Sixto Lezcano - 18
Eric Hosmer - 16
Carlos Gonzalez - 13

Eliminated
Bob Beall - 12
Brian Daubach - 12
George Bell - 10
Yuta Naitoh - 9
Earl Webb - 8

[NYY #23]

Round 1



Andre Dawson hit 25 home runs to advance to the next round. Troy Tulowitzki finished tied atop the bracket, with Matt Kemp just one behind, and Eric Davis three behind to advance to the next round.

Bye
Fred McGriff
Willie Mays

Players Advancing

Andre Dawson - 25
Troy Tulowitzki - 25
Matt Kemp -24
Eric Davis - 22

Eliminated
Ralph Bryant - 21
Henry Cote - 19
Hirokazu Kinjo - 16
Jim Gentile - 15
Pat Lyons - 10

[NYY #23]

Round 1



Hal Trosky hit 25 home runs and will advance to the next round along with Hideki Matsui, Leonard Williams, and Raul Ibanez.

Bye
Bill McNulty
Carl Yastrzemski

Players Advancing

Hal Trosky Sr - 25
Hideki Matsui - 24
Leonard Williams - 23
Raul Ibanez - 19

Eliminated
Roy Sievers - 18
Hank Blalock - 16
Rene Tosoni - 7
Masashi Takenouchi - 6
Pedro Castellano - 5

[NYY #23]

Round 1



Charlie Gilbert hit 31 home runs to lead the bracket and advance to the next round. Joining him in round two are Cecil Fielder, Richie Zisk, and Paul O'Neill.

Bye
Willie Stargell
Duke Snider

Players Advancing

Charlie Gilbert - 31
Cecil Fielder - 29
Richie Zisk - 23
Paul O'Neill - 17

Eliminated
Vince DiMaggio - 16
Jeff Kent - 16
Jack Clements - 14
JB Young -13
Chet Cochrane - 7

[NYY #23]

Round 1



Geoff Jenkins led a competitive bracket with 26 home runs and will advance to the next round.

Bye
Lou Gehrig
Reggie Jackson

Players Advancing

Geoff Jenkins - 26
Greg Vaughn - 24
Dave Winfield - 24
Roger Connor -23

Eliminated
Chris Davis - 20
Ernie Calbert - 17
Greg LaRocca - 13
George Proeser - 7
Lou Sylvester - 7

[NYY #23]

Round 1



Brady Anderson advances to the next round with 32 home runs, joining real life 400 club member Frank Howard, Fred Luderus, and Jimmy Knowles.

Bye
Jason Giambi
Mo Vaughn

Players Advancing

Brady Anderson - 32
Frank Howard - 26
Fred Luderus - 26
Jimmy Knowles - 18

Eliminated
John Vander Wal - 17
Bill Melton - 15
Garrett Jones - 14
Fred Osborne - 10
Ted Scheffler - 5

[NYY #23]

Round 1



'Stormin' Gorman Thomas may just prove to be a big threat in the tournament after hitting 45 home runs to lead the bracket. Josh Hamilton will also be advancing with 35 home runs, as will William Rumler and Jason Kubel.

Bye
Mike Piazza
Troy Glaus

Players Advancing

Gorman Thomas - 45
Josh Hamilton - 35
William Rumler - 34
Jason Kubel - 26

Eliminated
BJ Upton - 25
Jermaine Dye - 19
Jack Gleason - 11
Pedro Alvarez - 5
Liu Rodriguez - 2

[NYY #23]

Round 1



Sometimes the little guys can have a good run as Charlie High hit 24 home runs to advance to the next round.

Real life 400 home run club member Andruw Jones was eliminated from the competition.

Bye
Ryan Howard
Todd Helton

Players Advancing

Charlie High - 24
Tony Oliva - 23
Tony Solaita - 21
Oscar Charleston - 20

Eliminated
Andruw Jones - 15
Joe Pactwa - 13
Sam Wise - 12
Ben Zobrist - 10
Eric Munson - 5

[NYY #23]

Round 1



Bracket 29 featured an exciting finish with Ben Oglivie leading the bracket with 31 home runs, and LeRoy Jones finishing in second with 27 home runs.

Wally Andrews, Chris Duncan, and Greg Wells finished tied with 20 home runs for the last two spots, calling for a tie breaker round, or swing off. In the end Greg Wells couldn't keep up with Andrews and Duncan and will be eliminated.

Bye
Hank Aaron
Johnny Mize

Players Advancing

Ben Oglivie - 31
Leroy Jones - 27

Wally Andrews - 20
Chris Duncan - 20
Greg Wells - 20

Tie Breaker Round
Since a full round equals 100 games the tie-breaker round equals 20 games, and the two highest of the three players will advance.

Chris Duncan - 6
Wally Andrews - 4
Greg Wells - 3

Players Advancing
Chris Duncan - 20
Wally Andrews - 20

Eliminated
Greg Wells - 20
Billy Williams - 18
Billy Klusman - 15
Phil Nevin - 13
Alex Avila -12

[NYY #23]

Round 1



In a high scoring bracket Ralph Kiner and Kevin Mitchell finished tied with 39 home runs, with Matt Williams just 4 home runs behind with 35. Ed Cartwright is the fourth player to advance to the second round.

Bye
Javy Lopez
Ken Griffey Jr

Players Advancing

Ralph Kiner - 39
Kevin Mitchell - 39
Matt Williams - 35
Ed Cartwright - 31

Eliminated
Steve Kemp - 26
Bob Pettit - 18
Jon Morrison - 15
Jay Payton - 13
Norihiro Nakamura - 9

[NYY #23]

Round 1



400 home run club member Darrell Evans led the round with 29 home runs to advance to the next round. Joe Hauser, Yogi Berra, and Tookie Gilbert also advanced.

Bye
Michael Cabrera
Mark Teixeira

Players Advancing

Darrell Evans - 29
Joe Hauser - 24
Yogi Berra - 22
Tookie Gilbert - 20

Eliminated
Chris Nyman - 15
Jack Rowe - 15
Juan Rivera - 12
Dave Duncan - 3
Mark Trumbo - 2

[NYY #23]

Round 1



Boog Powell hit 33 home runs to advance to the next round. Roger Maris, Johnny Bench, and Kal Daniels also advanced.

Bye
Chipper Jones
Carlos Delgado

Players Advancing

Boog Powell - 33
Roger Maris - 31
Johnny Bench - 30
Kal Daniels - 26

Eliminated
Roy Campanella - 22
Yancy Davis - 21
Tom Burns - 17
Eddie Lukon - 11
Tim Hulett - 8

[NYY #23]

With round two set to begin we'll take a quick preview of the round two rules. With six players in 32 brackets left there are 192 players left. We'll use round two to eliminate two players per bracket, or 64 players total.

That will leave 128 players, which will be spread out into two 64 player brackets where they'll go head to head until just one player remains. The seeding will be done based on round two totals, and players will be ranked 1-128 based on their home run totals.

Round two will also feature the first appearance of the top seeds, who received a bye the first round. The byes consist primarily of players who reached 400 more than once during the four play throughs, as well as a couple other select players to even out the numbers.

Needing just to outperform two players they should have a good shot at advancing to the tournament. And with that, we'll begin round two tomorrow.

[jaysdailydose]

Originally Posted by NYY #23

Round 1

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Geoff Jenkins led a competitive bracket with 26 home runs and will advance to the next round.

Bye
Lou Gehrig
Reggie Jackson

Players Advancing

Geoff Jenkins - 26
Greg Vaughn - 24
Dave Winfield - 24
Roger Connor -23

Eliminated
Chris Davis - 20
Ernie Calbert - 17
Greg LaRocca - 13
George Proeser - 7
Lou Sylvester - 7

Nice bracket here.

[NYY #23]

Originally Posted by jaysdailydose

Nice bracket here.

It was a pretty competitive one. Should be interesting to see how it plays out when Gehrig and Reggie are added!

[NYY #23]

Round 2



Ken Phelps put up a surprising 37 home runs to lead the first bracket and advance to the round of 128.



Willie Horton finished in second place with 30 home runs.



Home run king Barry Bonds finished with 28 home runs and will also be advancing to the tournament. Bonds will be one to watch in the final home run tournament. As much as I'd like to see him fizzle out early he's done very well in my testing.



Curtis Granderson is the final player advancing after hitting 20 home runs and is the first 'play-in' round winner to advance to the tournament.

Players Advancing

Ken Phelps - 37
Willie Horton - 30
Barry Bonds - 28
Curtis Granderson - 20

Eliminated
Mike Tiernan - 15
Nate Colbert - 13

[NYY #23]

Round 2



Before even getting to the tournament I'm going to go out on a limb and predict a long tournament run for Mike Schmidt. He's the only player who successfully hit 400 home runs in each of the four replays and slammed 44 home runs.



John Mayberry, Sr. was second in the bracket with 41 home runs and will advance.



Oscar Gamble finished in a tie for third place with 32 home runs.



400 club member Gary Sheffield is the final player advancing to the tournament.

Players Advancing

Mike Schmidt - 44
John Mayberry, Sr - 41
Oscar Gamble - 32
Gary Sheffield - 32

Eliminated
Joe Hague - 18
Erubiel Durazo - 15

[jaysdailydose]

Love that you picked the Olde English D for Sheffield!

[NYY #23]

Originally Posted by jaysdailydose

Love that you picked the Olde English D for Sheffield!

That Olde English D is one of my favorites!