Babe Ruth, Mike Schmidt and Baseball Players with the Most Home Run Titles

Babe Ruth Has the Most Home Run Titles of All

Who are the greatest home run hitters in major league baseball history?

There are a couple ways to look at it. Here’s a different one.

Which players have most often dominated their contemporaries in the home run leadership? In other words, who has won the most home run titles?

This, in one way, levels the playing field between different eras. It also accounts for other parameters like steroids.

By this standard, the top three home run hitters of all time are: Babe Ruth, Mike Schmidt and Ralph Kiner.

These sluggers below all won at least four home run crowns. Some, like Harry Stovey (1880) and Gavvy Cravath (1918) from the dead ball era, won with as few as six or eight homers. Others, like Alex Rodriguez (2002) and Mark McGwire (1998) from the steroid era, banged as many as 57 and 70.

But, where on earth is Barry Bonds, the all-time career home run leader?

He only won two titles (1993, 2001), and when you look at it that way, Bonds really didn’t distinguish himself as truly dominant.

Thanks to baseball-reference.com, which is also providing the player links today! Check them out.

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1.	Babe Ruth	12	Boston Red Sox	1918, 1919
			New York Yankees	1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926-1931
2.	Mike Schmidt	8	Philadelphia Phillies	1974-1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986
3.	Ralph Kiner	7	Pittsburgh Pirates	1946-1952
4.	Gavvy Cravath	6	Philadelphia Phillies	1913-1915, 1917, 1919
4.	Harmon Killebrew	6	Washington Senators	1959
			Minnesota Twins	1962-1964, 1967, 1969
4.	Mel Ott	6	New York Giants	1932, 1934, 1936-1938, 1942
7.	Alex Rodriguez	5	Texas Rangers	2001-2003, 2005, 2007
7.	Harry Stovey	5	Worcester Ruby Legs	1880
			Philadelphia Atheltics	1883, 1885, 1889
			Boston Beaneaters	1891
9.	Hank Aaron	4	Milwaukee Braves	1957, 1963
			Atlanta Braves	1966, 1967
9.	Home Run Baker	4	Philadelphia Athletics	1911-1914
9.	Harry Davis	4	Philadelphia Athletics	1904-1907
9.	Jimmie Foxx	4	Philadelphia Athletics	1932, 1933, 1935
			Boston Red Sox	1939
9.	Hank Greenberg	4	Detroit Tigers	1935, 1938, 1940, 1946
9.	Ken Griffey, Jr.	4	Seattle Mariners	1994, 1997-1999
9.	Reggie Jackson	4	Oakland A’s	1973, 1975
			New York Yankees	1980
			California Angels	1982
9.	Chuck Klein	4	Philadelphia Phillies	1929, 1931-1933
9.	Mickey Mantle	4	New York Yankees	1955, 1956, 1958, 1960
9.	Willie Mays	4	New York Giants	1955
			San Francisco Giants	1962, 1964, 1965
9.	Mark McGwire	4	Oakland A’s	1987, 1996
			St. Louis Cardinals	1998, 1999
9.	Johnny Mize	4	St. Louis Cardinals	1939, 1940
			New York Giants	1947, 1948
9.	Cy Williams	4	Chicago Cubs	1916
			Philadelphia Phillies	1920, 1923, 1927
9.	Ted Williams	4	Boston Red Sox	1941, 1942, 1947, 1949
9.	Hack Wilson	4	Chicago Cubs	1926-1928, 1930

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Major League Baseball: Every Team’s All-Time Home Run Leader

Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Mike Schmidt, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Ken Griffey, Jr., Jim Thome, George Brett, Willie Stargell and Darryl Strawberry (clockwise from top left)

Yesterday, Sports List of the Day looked at the career batting average leaders for every team.

Today, we look at all 30 teams’ home run leaders.

This is one badass list of the truly most fearsome hitters in baseball history.

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Arizona Diamondbacks	Luis Gonzalez	224
Atlanta Braves…	Hank Aaron	733	(Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves)
	Chipper Jones	459	(Atlanta)
Baltimore Orioles	Cal Ripken	431
Boston Red Sox	Ted Williams	521
Chicago Cubs	Sammy Sosa	545
Chicago White Sox	Frank Thomas	448
Cincinnati Reds	Johnny Bench	389
Cleveland Indians	Jim Thome	337
Colorado Rockies	Todd Helton	352
Detroit Tigers	Al Kaline	399
Houston Astros	Jeff Bagwell	449
Kansas City Royals	George Brett	317
Los Angeles Angels	Tim Salmon	299	(California/Anaheim)
Los Angeles Dodgers…	Duke Snider	389	(Brooklyn/L.A.)
	Eric Karros	270	(L.A.)
Miami Marlins	Dan Uggla	154	(Florida)
Milwaukee Brewers	Robin Yount	251
Minnesota Twins…	Harmon Killebrew	559	(Washington Senators/Minnesota)
	Kent Hrbek	293	(Minnesota)
New York Mets	Darryl Strawberry	252
New York Yankees	Babe Ruth	659
Oakland Athletics	Mark McGwire	363
Philadelphia Phillies	Mike Schmidt	548
Pittsburgh Pirates	Willie Stargell	475
San Diego Padres	Nate Colbert	163
San Francisco Giants…	Willie Mays	646	(N.Y. / S.F.)
	Barry Bonds	586	(S.F.)
Seattle Mariners	Ken Griffey, Jr.	417
St. Louis Cardinals	Stan Musial	475
Tampa Bay Rays	Carlos Pena	151
Texas Rangers	Juan Gonzalez	372
Toronto Blue Jays	Carlos Delgado	336
Washington Nationals…	Vladimir Guerrero	234	(Montreal Expos)
	Ryan Zimmerman	130	(Washington)

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Major League Baseball: The Best Hitter in Every Team’s History

Babe Ruth Modelled His Swing After Shoeless Joe Jackson

Babe Ruth didn’t just knock home runs, he hit for average too you know.

In fact, Babe Ruth has the highest lifetime average of any Yankee ever.  He finished his career in pinstripes at a hot .349.

Today’s list checks out all 30 baseball franchises’ greatest hitters, in terms of highest lifetime average.

Now, some of these names will throw you for a loop.  For example, Bill Madlock is the Cubs‘ all time average leader (not Cap Anson); Jose Offerman tops all Royals (what? not George Brett?); and Jake Stenzel is the Pirates‘ all-time leader, not Paul Waner.

That’s due to the minimum statistical requirements… just 1,500 plate appearances. So, officially, these are the guys.

I’ve provided at-bats in the final column, because that is that stat used when calculating batting average (hits/at-bats).

You can see both the all-time franchise leader and current team leader for those teams who have different leaders for each. These cases are represented by the ellipsis (“…”).

Tomorrow: Home Runs.

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Arizona Diamondbacks		Luis Gonzalez	.298	4,488
Atlanta Braves…	Boston Beaneaters	Billy Hamilton	.339	2,613
	Atlanta Braves	Ralph Garr	.317	3,222
Baltimore Orioles…	St. Louis Browns	Heinie Manush	.362	1,410
	Baltimore Orioles	Roberto Alomar	.312	1,588
Boston Red Sox		Ted Williams	.344	7,706
Chicago Cubs		Bill Madlock	.336	1,481
Chicago White Sox		Shoeless Joe Jackson	.340	2,439
Cincinnati Reds		Cy Seymour	.332	2,221
Cleveland Indians…	Cleveland Naps/Indians	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.375	2,502
	Cleveland Indians	Tris Speaker	.354	5,546
Colorado Rockies		Larry Walker	.334	4,076
Detroit Tigers		Ty Cobb	.368	10,591
Houston Astros		Moises Alou	.331	1,551
Kansas City Royals		Jose Offerman	.306	1,592
Los Angeles Angels		Vladimir Guerrero	.319	3,237
Los Angeles Dodgers…	Brooklyn Superbas	Willie Keeler	.352	2,367
	LA Dodgers	Mike Piazza	.331	2,707
Miami Marlins	Florida Marlins	Miguel Cabrera	.313	2,694
Milwaukee Brewers		Ryan Braun	.312	3,054
Minnesota Twins		Rod Carew	.334	6,235
New York Mets		John Olerud	.315	1,662
New York Yankees		Babe Ruth	.349	7,217
Oakland Athletics…	Philadelphia A’s	Al Simmons	.356	5,130
	Oakland A’s	Jason Giambi	.300	3,667
Philadelphia Phillies		Billy Hamilton	.360	3,007
Pittsburgh Pirates		Jake Stenzel	.360	1,755
San Diego Padres		Tony Gwynn	.338	9,288
San Francisco Giants…	NY Giants	Bill Terry	.341	6,428
	SF Giants	Barry Bonds	.312	6,263
Seattle Mariners		Ichiro Suzuki	.324	7,663
St. Louis Cardinals…	St. Louis Perfectos/Cards	Jesse Burkett	.378	1,718
	St. Louis Cardinals	Rogers Hornsby	.359	5,881
Tampa Bay Rays		Carl Crawford	.296	4,992
Texas Rangers		Al Oliver	.319	2,094
Toronto Blue Jays		Paul Molitor	.315	1,615
Washington Nationals…	Montreal Expos	Vladimir Guerrero	.323	3,763
	Washington Nationals	Ryan Zimmerman	.287	3,417

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