Most games with a homer, first 40 games of season
Posted by Andy on May 16, 2008
Here's a look more at fast starts by home run hitters.
This list is the most games with at least one homer among the team's first 40 games of a season.
Year Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+----+-----+-------------------------+ Jim Thome 2006 16 Ind. Games Albert Pujols 2006 16 Ind. Games Willie Mays 1965 16 Ind. Games Mickey Mantle 1956 16 Ind. Games Ken Griffey 1994 16 Ind. Games Luis Gonzalez 2001 16 Ind. Games Barry Bonds 2001 16 Ind. Games Hank Aaron 1970 16 Ind. Games Mark McGwire 1992 15 Ind. Games Willie Mays 1964 15 Ind. Games Ken Griffey 1997 15 Ind. Games Barry Bonds 1996 15 Ind. Games Barry Bonds 2000 15 Ind. Games Albert Belle 1996 15 Ind. Games Dick Allen 1970 15 Ind. Games Matt Williams 1994 14 Ind. Games Mo Vaughn 1996 14 Ind. Games Frank Thomas 1994 14 Ind. Games Ivan Rodriguez 2000 14 Ind. Games Mark McGwire 2000 14 Ind. Games Mark McGwire 1998 14 Ind. Games Eddie Mathews 1959 14 Ind. Games Dale Long 1956 14 Ind. Games Carlos Lee 2006 14 Ind. Games Frank Howard 1968 14 Ind. Games Ken Griffey 1999 14 Ind. Games Jason Giambi 2000 14 Ind. Games Andres Galarraga 1998 14 Ind. Games J.D. Drew 2001 14 Ind. Games Jose Canseco 1999 14 Ind. Games Jose Canseco 1990 14 Ind. Games
Unsurprisingly, it's dominated by recent guys, although some of the best home run hitters of yesteryear show up as well. Keep in mind that actual HR totals through 40 games will be higher in some cases (where the player had one or more games with 2+ HRs.)
Incidentally, Lance Berkman has the highest-ranking performance from 2008 on here, at 12 HR. But Berkman actually had 13 HR through 40 games. Chase Utley had 13 too.
May 20th, 2008 at 11:44 am
I find it interesting, that ARod is not on the list. My impression (although apparently incorrect) was that ARod got off to quick starts.
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