The Home Run 2

[NYY #23]

Carl Sawatski hit just 58 home runs in real life during his career, but led the league with 41 this season.

Yasumitsu Toyoda led all rookies with 25 home runs. Toyoda won the Rookie of the Year award in Japan, hitting .281 with 27 homers in real life, and is a member of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame, inducted in 2006.

Ken Guettler debuted on the career leaders, with Chuck Workman and his 229 home runs dropping off.

The 400 Club
Active Members of the 400 Club
Stan Musial (475) 231
Duke Snider (407) 150
Mickey Mantle (536) 125
Eddie Mathews (512) 125
Willie Mays (660) 97
Frank Robinson (586) 39
Harmon Killebrew (573) 24
Ernie Banks (512) 21
Hank Aaron (755) 13
Willie McCovey (521) 0

Players to Debut
(34) - next debut: 1956 - Billy Williams (426)

Players who reached 400 club in replay, but not real life
(3) - Mule Suttles (N/A) 559, Leroy Jones (0) 450, Willard Brown (1) 468

Players who reached 400 club in real life, but not replay
(5) - Babe Ruth (714) 351, Lou Gehrig (493) 290, Jimmie Foxx (534) 266, Ted Williams (521) 169, Mel Ott (511) 360

1955 Home Run Leaders
1. Carl Sawatski-41
2. Ted Kluszewski-36
3. Tookie Gilbert-33
4. Ken Guettler-33
5. Bob Lennon-32
6. Norm Cash-29
7. Jim Command-29

1955 Home Run Rookie Leader
Yasumitsu Toyoda-25
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Season Home Run Leaders:
1. Bob Lennon (1950) 57
2. Leroy Jones (1929) 48
3. Bob Lennon (1953) 48
4. Charlie Gilbert (1943) 47
5. Mule Suttles (1937) 47
6. Ken Guettler (1950) 46
7. Leroy Jones (1930) 46
8. Carl Sawatski (1953) 45
9. Bob Lennon (1951) 44
10. Mule Suttles (1929) 43
11. Mule Suttles (1930) 43

Season Home Run Rookie Leaders:
1. Ted Williams(1936) 29
2. Charlie Keller (1935) 28
3. Lou Gehrig (1921) 25
4. Yasumitsu Toyoda (1955) 25
5. Bill White (1954) 24
6. Leo Shoals (1935) 21
7. Norm Cash (1954) 21
8. Larry Doby (1942) 20
9. Leon Wagner (1954) 20
10. Nick Etten (1932) 18
11. Mickey Mantle (1949) 18
12. Earl Averill (1951) 18
13. Herb Olson (1952) 18

Career Home Run Leaders:
1. Mule Suttles -559
2. Willard Brown #-468
3. Leroy Jones -450
4. Charlie Gilbert #-399
5. Hank Greenberg -399
6. Mel Ott -360
7. Ed Breckenridge - 355
8. Babe Ruth -351
9. Syl Simon -314
10. Bob Lennon #-310
11. Claude Wilborn -298
12. Carl Sawatski #-292
13. Lou Gehrig -290
14. Yam Yaryan -281
15. Johnny Mize -275
16. Ted Kluszewski #-268
17. Jimmie Foxx -266
18. Dan Lally - 255
19. Charlie Keller -250
20. Alonso Perry #-250
21. Ken Guettler #-244
22. Frank Reiger -244
23. Henry Cote - 237
24. Frank Kelleher -237
25. Bob Garretson -236

[NYY #23]

37 year old Charlie Gilbert of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit the 400th home run of his career. Gilbert is in his 18th year in the league, and playing for his third team in his career. Gilbert spent the first 14 1/2 seasons with the Cardinals before being traded to the Reds, where he was traded six months later to the Pirates. Gilbert hit 5 home runs in real life, which is 4 more than the three other members of the 400 home run club combined.

[NYY #23]

Bob Lennon set the single season home run record when he clubbed 59 homers, breaking his own record of 57 which he set in 1950. As a reminder, Lennon hit just one home run in the majors in real life, but was a minor league slugger.

Joe Bauman, Tookie Gilbert, and Stan Musial all debuted on the career home run list. Musial at 35 looks to be the next member of the 400 club to fail to hit 400 in the replay. With 11 actual members of the 400 home run club active, it's a race to see who will actually reach the 400 club first, or at this point will anyway?

Dropping off were Henry Cote and Frank Kelleher, each with 237, and Bob Garretson with 236.

The 400 Club
Active Members of the 400 Club
Stan Musial (475) 239
Duke Snider (407) 171
Mickey Mantle (536) 155
Eddie Mathews (512) 146
Willie Mays (660) 116
Frank Robinson (586) 56
Ernie Banks (512) 42
Harmon Killebrew (573) 39
Hank Aaron (755) 30
Billy Williams (426) 8
Willie McCovey (521) 1

Players to Debut
(33) - next debut: 1958 - Carl Yastrzemski (452)

Players who reached 400 club in replay, but not real life
(4) - Mule Suttles (N/A) 559, Leroy Jones (0) 450, Willard Brown (1) 484, Charlie Gilbert (5) 424

Players who reached 400 club in real life, but not replay
(5) - Babe Ruth (714) 351, Lou Gehrig (493) 290, Jimmie Foxx (534) 266, Ted Williams (521) 169, Mel Ott (511) 360

1956 Home Run Leaders
1. Bob Lennon-59
2. Tookie Gilbert-44
3. Jim Baxes-43
4. Leon Wagner-36
5. Ken Guettler-30
6. Mickey Mantle-30
7. Dick Stuart-30

1956 Home Run Rookie Leader
Jim Pagliaroni-25
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Season Home Run Leaders:
1. Bob Lennon (1956) 59
2. Bob Lennon (1950) 57
3. Leroy Jones (1929) 48
4. Bob Lennon (1953) 48
5. Charlie Gilbert (1943) 47
6. Mule Suttles (1937) 47
7. Ken Guettler (1950) 46
8. Leroy Jones (1930) 46
9. Carl Sawatski (1953) 45
10. Bob Lennon (1951) 44

Season Home Run Rookie Leaders:
1. Ted Williams(1936) 29
2. Charlie Keller (1935) 28
3. Lou Gehrig (1921) 25
4. Yasumitsu Toyoda (1955) 25
5. Jim Pagliaroni (1956) 25
6. Bill White (1954) 24
7. Leo Shoals (1935) 21
8. Norm Cash (1954) 21
9. Larry Doby (1942) 20
10. Leon Wagner (1954) 20

Career Home Run Leaders:
1. Mule Suttles -559
2. Willard Brown #-484
3. Leroy Jones -450
4. Charlie Gilbert #-424
5. Hank Greenberg -399
6. Bob Lennon #-369
7. Mel Ott -360
8. Ed Breckenridge - 355
9. Babe Ruth -351
10. Carl Sawatski #-319
11. Syl Simon -314
12. Claude Wilborn -298
13. Ted Kluszewski #-293
14. Lou Gehrig -290
15. Yam Yaryan -281
16. Johnny Mize -275
17. Ken Guettler #-274
18. Jimmie Foxx -266
19. Alonso Perry #-262
20. Dan Lally - 255
21. Joe Bauman#-253
22. Charlie Keller -250
23. Tookie Gilbert #-246
24. Frank Reiger -244
25. Stan Musial #-239

[NYY #23]

Bob Lennon of the Washington Senators became the 5th player to hit 400 career home runs. At 29 years old Lennon is the youngest player to reach 400 homers. Lennon went 2-3 with a pair of home runs in a 5-4 loss to the Tigers.

[NYY #23]

Bob Lennon hit 52 home runs this year, making it the third time he has hit 50 or more home runs in a season.

The 5 actual 400 club hit a combined 2,773 home runs in real life, and hit 1,436 home runs combined in the replay. The 5 new members of the 400 club hit a combined 7 home runs in real life, and in the replay have hit 2,347 home runs so far. It can't get much stranger than that.

The 400 Club
Active Members of the 400 Club
Stan Musial (475) 240
Duke Snider (407) 185
Mickey Mantle (536) 181
Eddie Mathews (512) 172
Willie Mays (660) 133
Frank Robinson (586) 76
Harmon Killebrew (573) 59
Hank Aaron (755) 58
Ernie Banks (512) 51
Billy Williams (426) 21
Willie McCovey (521) 4

Players to Debut
(33) - next debut: 1958 - Carl Yastrzemski (452)

Players who reached 400 club in replay, but not real life
(5) - Mule Suttles (N/A) 559, Leroy Jones (0) 450, Willard Brown (1) 484, Charlie Gilbert (5) 433, Bob Lennon (1) 421

Players who reached 400 club in real life, but not replay
(5) - Babe Ruth (714) 351, Lou Gehrig (493) 290, Jimmie Foxx (534) 266, Ted Williams (521) 169, Mel Ott (511) 360

1957 Home Run Leaders
1. Bob Lennon-52
2. Tookie Gilbert-37
3. Ted Kluszewski-37
4. Jim Baxes-35
5. Chuck Coles-33
6. Don Eggert-31
7. Frank Howard-31

1957 Home Run Rookie Leader
Tom Haller-19
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Season Home Run Leaders:
1. Bob Lennon (1956) 59
2. Bob Lennon (1950) 57
3. Bob Lennon (1957) 52
4. Leroy Jones (1929) 48
5. Bob Lennon (1953) 48
6. Charlie Gilbert (1943) 47
7. Mule Suttles (1937) 47
8. Ken Guettler (1950) 46
9. Leroy Jones (1930) 46
10. Carl Sawatski (1953) 45

Season Home Run Rookie Leaders:
1. Ted Williams(1936) 29
2. Charlie Keller (1935) 28
3. Lou Gehrig (1921) 25
4. Yasumitsu Toyoda (1955) 25
5. Jim Pagliaroni (1956) 25
6. Bill White (1954) 24
7. Leo Shoals (1935) 21
8. Norm Cash (1954) 21
9. Larry Doby (1942) 20
10. Leon Wagner (1954) 20

Career Home Run Leaders:
1. Mule Suttles -559
2. Willard Brown #-484
3. Leroy Jones -450
4. Charlie Gilbert #-433
5. Bob Lennon #-421
6. Hank Greenberg -399
7. Mel Ott -360
8. Ed Breckenridge - 355
9. Babe Ruth -351
10. Carl Sawatski #-346
11. Ted Kluszewski #-330
12. Syl Simon -314
13. Claude Wilborn -298
14. Ken Guettler #-294
15. Lou Gehrig -290
16. Tookie Gilbert #-283
17. Yam Yaryan -281
18. Johnny Mize -275
19. Alonso Perry #-269
20. Joe Bauman#-268
21. Jimmie Foxx -266
22. Dan Lally - 255
23. Charlie Keller -250
24. Frank Reiger -244
25. Stan Musial #-240

[NYY #23]

Bob Lennon hit 51 home runs this year, giving him three years in a row where he hit 50 or more home runs, and the fourth season with 50+ home runs in his career. No other player in history has hit 50 home runs in a season, and Lennon now has 5 of the top 6 seasons of all-time, and at 30 years old has moved into third place on the All-Time list.

The 400 Club
Active Members of the 400 Club
Stan Musial (475) 240
Mickey Mantle (536) 208
Duke Snider (407) 195
Eddie Mathews (512) 179
Willie Mays (660) 150
Harmon Killebrew (573) 94
Frank Robinson (586) 90
Hank Aaron (755) 85
Ernie Banks (512) 81
Billy Williams (426) 36
Willie McCovey (521) 24
Carl Yastrzemski (452) 8

Players to Debut
(32) - next debut: 1959 - Willie Stargell (475)

Players who reached 400 club in replay, but not real life
(5) - Mule Suttles (N/A) 559, Leroy Jones (0) 450, Willard Brown (1) 484, Charlie Gilbert (5) 433, Bob Lennon (1) 472

Players who reached 400 club in real life, but not replay
(5) - Babe Ruth (714) 351, Lou Gehrig (493) 290, Jimmie Foxx (534) 266, Ted Williams (521) 169, Mel Ott (511) 360

1958 Home Run Leaders
1. Bob Lennon-51
2. Tookie Gilbert-43
3. Carl Sawatski-41
4. Ken Guettler-35
5. Harmon Killebrew-35
6. Jim Pagliaroni-33
7. Roger Maris-31

1958 Home Run Rookie Leader
Ron Fairly-17
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Season Home Run Leaders:
1. Bob Lennon (1956) 59
2. Bob Lennon (1950) 57
3. Bob Lennon (1957) 52
4. Bob Lennon (1958) 51
5. Leroy Jones (1929) 48
6. Bob Lennon (1953) 48
7. Charlie Gilbert (1943) 47
8. Mule Suttles (1937) 47
9. Ken Guettler (1950) 46
10. Leroy Jones (1930) 46

Season Home Run Rookie Leaders:
1. Ted Williams(1936) 29
2. Charlie Keller (1935) 28
3. Lou Gehrig (1921) 25
4. Yasumitsu Toyoda (1955) 25
5. Jim Pagliaroni (1956) 25
6. Bill White (1954) 24
7. Leo Shoals (1935) 21
8. Norm Cash (1954) 21
9. Larry Doby (1942) 20
10. Leon Wagner (1954) 20

Career Home Run Leaders:
1. Mule Suttles -559
2. Willard Brown #-484
3. Bob Lennon #-472
4. Leroy Jones -450
5. Charlie Gilbert #-433
6. Hank Greenberg -399
7. Carl Sawatski #-387
8. Mel Ott -360
9. Ted Kluszewski #-356
10. Ed Breckenridge - 355
11. Babe Ruth -351
12. Ken Guettler #-329
13. Tookie Gilbert #-326
14. Syl Simon -314
15. Claude Wilborn -298
16. Lou Gehrig -290
17. Joe Bauman#-289
18. Yam Yaryan -281
19. Johnny Mize -275
20. Alonso Perry #-272
21. Jimmie Foxx -266
22. Dan Lally - 255
23. Charlie Keller -250
24. Frank Reiger -244
25. Stan Musial #-240

[NYY #23]

Carl Sawatski of the Cleveland Indians became the 6th player to hit 400 career home runs when he homered in a 9-4 loss to the Yankees.

Sawatski hit 58 career homers.

[NYY #23]

Bob Lennon went 2-5 tonight with a home run, the second day in a row in which he homered, to become the second player in history to hit 500 home runs in his career.

Lennon will turn 31 in September, and needs 59 home runs to catch Mule Suttles and become the new home run king.

[NYY #23]

Tookie Gilbert hit 46 home runs this year to lead the league and increase his career total to 372 home runs. In real life Gilbert hit just 7.



Meanwhile, Stan Musial makes it 0-6 when he retired with 240 career homers, falling short of his 475 actual home runs. At this point I'd call this whole dynasty a failure - I'm definitely not getting the results I expected with too many disappointments and too many surprises.

Charlie Gilbert retired with 433 career home runs. He put up a big 5 in real life.

Hank Thompson and Jim Baxes debuted on the leaderboards, with Frank Reiger (244) and Stan Musial (240) falling off.

The 400 Club
Active Members of the 400 Club
Mickey Mantle (536) 232
Duke Snider (407) 212
Eddie Mathews (512) 191
Willie Mays (660) 167
Harmon Killebrew (573) 116
Frank Robinson (586) 113
Ernie Banks (512) 108
Hank Aaron (755) 104
Willie McCovey (521) 53
Billy Williams (426) 53
Carl Yastrzemski (452) 20
Willie Stargell (475) 1

Players to Debut
(31) - next debut: 1965 - Reggie Jackson (563)

Players who reached 400 club in replay, but not real life
(6) - Mule Suttles (N/A) 559, Leroy Jones (0) 450, Willard Brown (1) 484, Charlie Gilbert (5) 433, Bob Lennon (1) 509, Carl Sawatski (58) 412

Players who reached 400 club in real life, but not replay
(6) - Babe Ruth (714) 351, Lou Gehrig (493) 290, Jimmie Foxx (534) 266, Ted Williams (521) 169, Mel Ott (511) 360, Stan Musial (475) 240

1959 Home Run Leaders
1. Tookie Gilbert-46
2. Ken Guettler-39
3. Bob Lennon-37
4. Tom Tresh-31
5. Jim Gentile-29
6. Willie McCovey-29
7. Hank Thompson-28

1959 Home Run Rookie Leader
Jim McKnight-11
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Season Home Run Leaders:
1. Bob Lennon (1956) 59
2. Bob Lennon (1950) 57
3. Bob Lennon (1957) 52
4. Bob Lennon (1958) 51
5. Leroy Jones (1929) 48
6. Bob Lennon (1953) 48
7. Charlie Gilbert (1943) 47
8. Mule Suttles (1937) 47
9. Ken Guettler (1950) 46
10. Leroy Jones (1930) 46
11. Tookie Gilbert (1959) 46

Season Home Run Rookie Leaders:
1. Ted Williams(1936) 29
2. Charlie Keller (1935) 28
3. Lou Gehrig (1921) 25
4. Yasumitsu Toyoda (1955) 25
5. Jim Pagliaroni (1956) 25
6. Bill White (1954) 24
7. Leo Shoals (1935) 21
8. Norm Cash (1954) 21
9. Larry Doby (1942) 20
10. Leon Wagner (1954) 20

Career Home Run Leaders:
1. Mule Suttles -559
2. Bob Lennon #-509
3. Willard Brown #-484
4. Leroy Jones -450
5. Charlie Gilbert -433
6. Carl Sawatski #-412
7. Hank Greenberg -399
8. Tookie Gilbert #-372
9. Ted Kluszewski #-369
10. Ken Guettler #-368
11. Mel Ott -360
12. Ed Breckenridge - 355
13. Babe Ruth -351
14. Syl Simon -314
15. Joe Bauman#-307
16. Claude Wilborn -298
17. Lou Gehrig -290
18. Yam Yaryan -281
19. Johnny Mize -275
20. Alonso Perry #-272
21. Jimmie Foxx -266
22. Hank Thompson #-264
23. Jim Baxes #-255
24. Dan Lally - 255
25. Charlie Keller -250

[NYY #23]

Tookie Gilbert hit career home run number 400, becoming the seventh player to do so. Gilbert hit just 7 home runs in real life. Combined with his brother Charlie who hit 7 in real life, the Gilbert brothers, now both members of the 400 home run club have really exceeded expectations.

[NYY #23]

Tookie Gilbert led the league for the second year in a row after hitting 45 home runs, after passing 400 home runs for his career earlier in the year.



Willard Brown retired with 484 career home runs in 3rd place on the all-time home run list. Brown hit just one home run in real life, but played in the Negro Leagues and was nicknamed 'Home Run' for his slugging prowess.

Alonso Perry retired with 272 career home runs. Perry hit 28 home runs in the minor leagues.

Don Eggert and Mickey Mantle debuted on the career leaderboards, with Dan Lally (255) and Charlie Keller (250) both dropping off.

The 400 Club
Active Members of the 400 Club
Mickey Mantle (536) 263
Duke Snider (407) 242
Eddie Mathews (512) 210
Willie Mays (660) 177
Frank Robinson (586) 139
Harmon Killebrew (573) 129
Hank Aaron (755) 124
Ernie Banks (512) 114
Willie McCovey (521) 84
Billy Williams (426) 71
Carl Yastrzemski (452) 39
Willie Stargell (475) 18

Players to Debut
(31) - next debut: 1965 - Reggie Jackson (563)

Players who reached 400 club in replay, but not real life
(7) - Mule Suttles (N/A) 559, Leroy Jones (0) 450, Willard Brown (1) 484, Charlie Gilbert (5) 433, Bob Lennon (1) 546, Carl Sawatski (58) 412, Tookie Gilbert (7)417

Players who reached 400 club in real life, but not replay
(6) - Babe Ruth (714) 351, Lou Gehrig (493) 290, Jimmie Foxx (534) 266, Ted Williams (521) 169, Mel Ott (511) 360, Stan Musial (475) 240

1960 Home Run Leaders
1. Tookie Gilbert-45
2. Bob Lennon-37
3. Don Eggert-35
4. Elrod Hendricks-32
5. Mickey Mantle-31
6. Willie McCovey-31
7. Earl Averill-30

1960 Home Run Rookie Leader
Willie Stargell-17
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Season Home Run Leaders:
1. Bob Lennon (1956) 59
2. Bob Lennon (1950) 57
3. Bob Lennon (1957) 52
4. Bob Lennon (1958) 51
5. Leroy Jones (1929) 48
6. Bob Lennon (1953) 48
7. Charlie Gilbert (1943) 47
8. Mule Suttles (1937) 47
9. Ken Guettler (1950) 46
10. Leroy Jones (1930) 46
11. Tookie Gilbert (1959) 46

Season Home Run Rookie Leaders:
1. Ted Williams(1936) 29
2. Charlie Keller (1935) 28
3. Lou Gehrig (1921) 25
4. Yasumitsu Toyoda (1955) 25
5. Jim Pagliaroni (1956) 25
6. Bill White (1954) 24
7. Leo Shoals (1935) 21
8. Norm Cash (1954) 21
9. Larry Doby (1942) 20
10. Leon Wagner (1954) 20

Career Home Run Leaders:
1. Mule Suttles -559
2. Bob Lennon #-546
3. Willard Brown -484
4. Leroy Jones -450
5. Carl Sawatski #-439
6. Charlie Gilbert -433
7. Tookie Gilbert #-417
8. Hank Greenberg -399
9. Ted Kluszewski #-396
10. Ken Guettler #-384
11. Mel Ott -360
12. Ed Breckenridge - 355
13. Babe Ruth -351
14. Joe Bauman#-327
15. Syl Simon -314
16. Claude Wilborn -298
17. Lou Gehrig -290
18. Don Eggert #-283
19. Yam Yaryan -281
20. Johnny Mize -275
21. Hank Thompson #-273
22. Jim Baxes #-272
23. Alonso Perry -272
24. Jimmie Foxx -266
25. Mickey Mantle #-263

[NYY #23]

Ted Kluszewski of the Yankees hit career home run number 400 today, becoming the 8th player to reach 400 career home runs.

Kluszewski has had the most actual success out of any of the 400 club members, hitting 279 in real life.

[NYY #23]

After tieing Mule Suttles atop the career home run list yesterday, Bob Lennon wasted little time by hitting a two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning for career home run number 560 to put the Minnesota Twins up 2-0 against the Royals. The Twins would go on to win 12-4, although that would be Lennon's only hit of the night.

The 32 year old from Brooklyn is playing his first season in Minnesota as the Washington Senators relocated to Minnesota this year to play as the Twins and Lennon is giving the hometown fans something to cheer about.

[NYY #23]

Ken Guettler was left unprotected by the Chicago White Sox, and selected by the Washington Senators in the 20th round of the expansion draft in the offseason.

Tonight Guettler hit career home run number 400, becoming the ninth player to do so. Guettler didn't play in the majors in real life, but Guettler was the Texas League home run king.

[NYY #23]

Bob Lennon of the Minnesota Twins homered today to become the first player to hit 600 career home runs. Today's home run was Lennon's 54th of the season, his 5th season with 50 or more home runs.

[NYY #23]

Bob Lennon became the home run king, hit career home run number 600, and hit 56 home runs to lead the league in home runs for the 9th time in his career. At 33 years old 700 home runs is a definite possibility.

Joe Bauman retired with 329 home runs. Bauman didn't play in the majors, but did hit 337 minor league home runs, including 72 in 1954.

Al Rosen debuted on the leaderboard with Jimmie Foxx and his 266 home runs dropping off.

The 400 Club
Active Members of the 400 Club
Mickey Mantle (536) 287
Duke Snider (407) 259
Eddie Mathews (512) 227
Willie Mays (660) 191
Frank Robinson (586) 158
Harmon Killebrew (573) 155
Hank Aaron (755) 144
Ernie Banks (512) 126
Willie McCovey (521) 111
Billy Williams (426) 99
Carl Yastrzemski (452) 69
Willie Stargell (475) 43

Players to Debut
(31) - next debut: 1965 - Reggie Jackson (563)

Players who reached 400 club in replay, but not real life
(9) - Mule Suttles (N/A) 559, Leroy Jones (0) 450, Willard Brown (1) 484, Charlie Gilbert (5) 433, Bob Lennon (1) 602, Carl Sawatski (58) 475, Tookie Gilbert (7) 464, Ted Kluszewski (279) 420, Ken Guettler (0) 411

Players who reached 400 club in real life, but not replay
(6) - Babe Ruth (714) 351, Lou Gehrig (493) 290, Jimmie Foxx (534) 266, Ted Williams (521) 169, Mel Ott (511) 360, Stan Musial (475) 240

1961 Home Run Leaders
1. Bob Lennon-56
2. Tookie Gilbert-47
3. Elrod Hendricks-38
4. Carl Sawatski-36
5. Jim Gentile-34
6. Tom Tresh-32
7. Don Eggert-30

1961 Home Run Rookie Leader
Danny Cater-17
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Season Home Run Leaders:
1. Bob Lennon (1956) 59
2. Bob Lennon (1950) 57
3. Bob Lennon (1961) 56
4. Bob Lennon (1957) 52
5. Bob Lennon (1958) 51
6. Leroy Jones (1929) 48
7. Bob Lennon (1953) 48
8. Charlie Gilbert (1943) 47
9. Mule Suttles (1937) 47
10. Tookie Gilbert (1961) 47

Season Home Run Rookie Leaders:
1. Ted Williams(1936) 29
2. Charlie Keller (1935) 28
3. Lou Gehrig (1921) 25
4. Yasumitsu Toyoda (1955) 25
5. Jim Pagliaroni (1956) 25
6. Bill White (1954) 24
7. Leo Shoals (1935) 21
8. Norm Cash (1954) 21
9. Larry Doby (1942) 20
10. Leon Wagner (1954) 20

Career Home Run Leaders:
1. Bob Lennon #-602
2. Mule Suttles -559
3. Willard Brown -484
4. Tookie Gilbert #-464
5. Leroy Jones -450
6. Carl Sawatski #-475
7. Charlie Gilbert -433
8. Ted Kluszewski #-420
9. Ken Guettler #-411
10. Hank Greenberg -399
11. Mel Ott -360
12. Ed Breckenridge - 355
13. Babe Ruth -351
14. Joe Bauman-329
15. Syl Simon -314
16. Don Eggert #-313
17. Claude Wilborn -298
18. Jim Baxes #-295
19. Hank Thompson #-294
20. Lou Gehrig -290
21. Mickey Mantle #-287
22. Yam Yaryan -281
23. Johnny Mize -275
24. Alonso Perry -272
25. Al Rosen #-268

[NYY #23]

Tookie Gilbert became the third player to reach 500 career home runs today. The Gilberts are definitely enjoying this replay, as Tookie's brother Charlie already hit 400 home runs in his career.

Neither had much big league success, and were minor league sluggers.

[NYY #23]

Bob Lennon once again leads the league in home runs, hitting 54 to bring his career totals to 656.

Al Rosen debuted on the career leaderboard last year, and retired this year with 274 career home runs. In real life Rosen hit 192 homers.



Mickey Mantle collected his 2000th hit of his career and 300th home run. With 311 career home runs at 31 years old Mantle looks to have the best chance of breaking the streak of the actual 400 club.

Duke Snider at 36 won't get there, and Mathews, Mays, and Banks at 31 have a long way to go.

The 400 Club
Active Members of the 400 Club
Mickey Mantle (536) 311
Duke Snider (407) 259
Eddie Mathews (512) 236
Willie Mays (660) 204
Harmon Killebrew (573) 183
Frank Robinson (586) 183
Hank Aaron (755) 167
Willie McCovey (521) 144
Ernie Banks (512) 133
Billy Williams (426) 116
Carl Yastrzemski (452) 92
Willie Stargell (475) 75

Players to Debut
(31) - next debut: 1965 - Reggie Jackson (563)

Players who reached 400 club in replay, but not real life
(9) - Mule Suttles (N/A) 559, Leroy Jones (0) 450, Willard Brown (1) 484, Charlie Gilbert (5) 433, Bob Lennon (1) 656, Carl Sawatski (58) 499, Tookie Gilbert (7) 501, Ted Kluszewski (279) 433, Ken Guettler (0) 432

Players who reached 400 club in real life, but not replay
(6) - Babe Ruth (714) 351, Lou Gehrig (493) 290, Jimmie Foxx (534) 266, Ted Williams (521) 169, Mel Ott (511) 360, Stan Musial (475) 240

1962 Home Run Leaders
1. Bob Lennon-54
2. Sadaharu Oh-39
3. Tony Oliva-39
4. Tookie Gilbert-37
5. Tom Tresh-37
6. Willie McCovey-33
7. Willie Stargell-32

1962 Home Run Rookie Leader
Dave McDonald/Jim Wynn-17
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Season Home Run Leaders:
1. Bob Lennon (1956) 59
2. Bob Lennon (1950) 57
3. Bob Lennon (1961) 56
4. Bob Lennon (1962) 54
5. Bob Lennon (1957) 52
6. Bob Lennon (1958) 51
7. Leroy Jones (1929) 48
8. Bob Lennon (1953) 48
9. Charlie Gilbert (1943) 47
10. Mule Suttles (1937) 47
11. Tookie Gilbert (1961) 47

Season Home Run Rookie Leaders:
1. Ted Williams(1936) 29
2. Charlie Keller (1935) 28
3. Lou Gehrig (1921) 25
4. Yasumitsu Toyoda (1955) 25
5. Jim Pagliaroni (1956) 25
6. Bill White (1954) 24
7. Leo Shoals (1935) 21
8. Norm Cash (1954) 21
9. Larry Doby (1942) 20
10. Leon Wagner (1954) 20

Career Home Run Leaders:
1. Bob Lennon #-656
2. Mule Suttles -559
3. Tookie Gilbert #-501
4. Carl Sawatski #-499
5. Willard Brown -484
6. Leroy Jones -450
7. Charlie Gilbert -433
8. Ted Kluszewski #-433
9. Ken Guettler #-432
10. Hank Greenberg -399
11. Mel Ott -360
12. Ed Breckenridge - 355
13. Babe Ruth -351
14. Joe Bauman-329
15. Don Eggert #-328
16. Jim Baxes #-321
17. Syl Simon -314
18. Mickey Mantle #-311
19. Hank Thompson #-308
20. Claude Wilborn -298
21. Lou Gehrig -290
22. Yam Yaryan -281
23. Johnny Mize -275
24. Al Rosen -274
25. Alonso Perry -272

[NYY #23]

Carl Sawatski becomes the fourth member of the 500 home run club when he homered today. Sawatski has the most actual home runs out of any of the four players in the 500 home run club.

[dynaboyj]

Given that Mantle has hit the 300 club at least, I think he can make it by the time he hits 37 or so.