Supplement to “Baseball’s First Power Surge: Home Runs in the Late 19th-Century Major Leagues”

This is a list of all batters from 1871 to 1918 with 15+ home runs in a single season and a list of total league home runs for that period.

This is a list of all batters from 1871 to 1918 with 15+ home runs in a single season and a list of total league home runs for that period.This is a list of all batters from 1871 to 1918 with 15+ home runs in a single season and a list of total league home runs for that period. It is supplemental material for Christopher D. Green’s article, “Baseball’s First Power Surge: Home Runs in the Late 19th-Century Major Leagues”, in the Fall 2011 Baseball Research Journal.

 

All batters with 15+ home runs in a single season, 1871-1918

Player	Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	HR	HR/AB
Ned Williamson	1884	CHC	NL	107	417		116	27	0.07
Fred Pfeffer	1884	CHC	NL	112	467	105	135	25	0.05
Buck Freeman	1899	WSN	NL	155	588	107	187	25	0.04
Gavvy Cravath	1915	PHI	NL	150	522	89	149	24	0.05
Abner Dalrymple	1884	CHC	NL	111	521	111	161	22	0.04
Frank Schulte	1911	CHC	NL	154	577	105	173	21	0.04
Cap Anson	1884	CHC	NL	112	475	108	159	21	0.04
Sam Thompson	1889	PHI	NL	128	533	103	158	20	0.04
Harry Stovey	1889	PHA	AA	137	556	152	171	19	0.03
Billy O’Brien	1887	WSN	NL	113	453	71	126	19	0.04
Bug Holliday	1889	CIN	AA	135	563	107	181	19	0.03
Ed Delahanty	1893	PHI	NL	132	595	145	219	19	0.03
Gavvy Cravath	1914	PHI	NL	149	499	76	149	19	0.04
Gavvy Cravath	1913	PHI	NL	147	525	78	179	19	0.04
Sam Thompson	1895	PHI	NL	119	538	131	211	18	0.03
Vic Saier	1914	CHC	NL	153	537	87	129	18	0.03
Fred Luderus	1913	PHI	NL	155	588	67	154	18	0.03
Hugh Duffy	1894	BSN	NL	125	539	160	237	18	0.03
Jerry Denny	1889	IND	NL	133	578	96	163	18	0.03
Jimmy Ryan	1889	CHC	NL	135	576	140	177	17	0.03
Bobby Lowe	1894	BSN	NL	133	613	158	212	17	0.03
Bill Joyce	1895	WSN	NL	126	474	110	148	17	0.04
Bill Joyce	1894	WSN	NL	99	355	103	126	17	0.05
Roger Connor	1887	NYG	NL	127	471	113	134	17	0.04
Jack Clements	1893	PHI	NL	94	376	64	107	17	0.05
Hal Chase	1915	BUF	FL	145	567	85	165	17	0.03
Dutch Zwilling	1914	CHF	FL	154	592	91	185	16	0.03
Mike Tiernan	1891	NYG	NL	134	542	111	166	16	0.03
Harry Stovey	1891	BSN	NL	134	544	118	152	16	0.03
Socks Seybold	1902	PHA	AL	137	522	91	165	16	0.03
Jimmy Ryan	1888	CHC	NL	129	549	115	182	16	0.03
Fred Pfeffer	1887	CHC	NL	123	479	95	133	16	0.03
Fred Luderus	1911	PHI	NL	146	551	69	166	16	0.03
Charlie Duffee	1889	STL	AA	137	509	93	124	16	0.03
Sam Crawford	1901	CIN	NL	131	515	91	170	16	0.03
Sherry Magee	1914	PHI	NL	146	544	96	171	15	0.03
Sherry Magee	1911	PHI	NL	121	445	79	128	15	0.03
Bill Kenworthy	1914	KCF	FL	146	545	93	173	15	0.03
Bill Dahlen	1894	CHC	NL	121	502	149	179	15	0.03
Jimmy Collins	1898	BSN	NL	152	597	107	196	15	0.03

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Home runs by year

Year	Total MLB HR	Year	Total MLB HR
1871	47	1895	484
1872	35	1896	404
1873	46	1897	367
1874	40	1898	299
1875	40	1899	350
1876	40	1900	254
1877	24	1901	455
1878	23	1902	356
1879	58	1903	335
1880	62	1904	331
1881	76	1905	338
1882	178	1906	261
1883	238	1907	244
1884	690	1908	267
1885	323	1909	259
1886	413	1910	361
1887	606	1911	514
1888	521	1912	442
1889	667	1913	470
1890	760	1914	710
1891	586	1915	635
1892	417	1916	383
1893	460	1917	335
1894	627	1918	235

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Figure 1: Total Major League HR, 1871-1918

 

Figure 2: Total Major League HR/AB, 1871-1918