Bloops: Name the Sox HR Leaders
Posted by Neil Paine on October 12, 2009
From Sporcle: In honor of the finale to Boston Red Sox's unceremonious sweep at the hands of the Los Angeles Angels yesterday, can you name Boston's all-time leaders in Home Runs?
October 12th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Here is the list:
Naem Boston Career
Ted Williams 521 521
Carl Yastrzemski452 452
Jim Rice 382 382
Dwight Evans 379 385
Manny Ramirez 274 546
David Ortiz 259 317
Mo Vaughn 230 328
Bobby Doerr 223 223
Jimmie Foxx 222 534
Rico Petrocelli 210 210
Nomar Garciaparra178 229
Jason Varitek 175 175
Jackie Jensen 170 199
Carlton Fisk 162 376
Tony Conigliaro 162 166
George Scott 154 271
Reggie Smith 149 314
Trot Nixon 133 137
Frank Malzone 131 133
Mike Greenwell 130 130
Fred Lynn 124 306
Vern Stephens 122 247
John Valentin 121 124
Joe Cronin 119 170
Troy O'Leary 117 127
Tony Armas 113 251
October 13th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Wow... "Spoiler alert"! 🙂
baseball-reference is the answer key for most of these types of sporcle quizzes. The Franchise Encyclopedias have a top-50 list in all the major categories. Here it is for the Red Sox:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/leaders_bat_50.shtml
October 13th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Here is the list that Most HRs against Boston Red Sox
Name HR
Babe Ruth 90
Lou Gehrig 70
Mickey Mantle 69
Al Kaline 62
Harmon Killebrew61
Reggie Jackson 51
Norm Cash 49
Rocky Colavito 48
Joe DiMaggio 46
Gus Zernial 44
Rudy York 44
Most by active player is Alex Rodriguez 43 HRs against Boston.