Babe Ruth had his second injury filled year, missing time with a strained hamstring, and a fractured finger, and managed to hit only 21 home runs in 90 games. (Maybe I jinxed Ruth with talk of 800 when he was only halfway there) It was his second disappoint season in a row, but he did manage to finish in a tie for eighth in the league.
Hack Wilson of the Giants led the league in home runs for the first time, hitting 32, while Lou Gehrig of the Yankees hit 28, which was good for second place. Another Giant, Randy Reese led all rookies with 11. With Hack leading the way, the Giants led all teams with 122 home runs, good for sixth place of all-time.
Rogers Hornsby reach a semi-milestone with 200 home runs, although being only the second player to do that, it probably could be called a milestone at that time.
The top home runs per season were trimmed to 10 this year. One the career home run list 15 of the top 20 are currently active players, and 9 of the top 10. Off the career list are George Kelly (110), Dan Brouthers (106), Hugh Duffy (106), and Mike Tiernan (106).
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Milestone Watch:
Babe Ruth needs 69 home runs to reach 500 for his career.
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The 400 Club:
Players who reached the 400 club in OOTP and in real life:
Babe Ruth - 431 (715)
Active players of the 400 club and where they stand:
Lou Gehrig - 70 (493)
Jimmy Foxx - 7 (534)
Mel Ott - 4 (511)
Players who have not debuted yet:
40
Members of my 400 club who didn't hit 400 in real life:
None yet
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1927 Home Run Leaders
1) Hack Wilson - NYG - 32
2) Lou Gehrig - NYY - 28
3) Joe Bottomley -STL - 27
4) Bill Terry - NYG - 27
5) Joe Hauser - PHA - 24
6) Al Simmons - PHA - 24
7) Chick Hafey - STL - 23
8) Babe Herman - BRO - 21
9) Babe Ruth - NYY - 21
10) Gabby Hartnett - CHN - 18
1927 Rookie Home Run Leader:
Randy Reese - NYG - 11
1927 Team Home Run Leader:
New York Giants- 122
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Single Season Home Run Leaders
1) Babe Ruth - NYY - 82 (1921)
2) Babe Ruth - NYY - 55 (1922)
3) Babe Ruth - NYY - 53 (1925)
4) Babe Ruth - NYY - 51 (1923)
5) Babe Ruth - NYY - 50 (1920)
6) Babe Ruth - NYY - 49 (1924)
7) Rogers Hornsby - SLN - 37 (1922)
8) Jim Bottomley - STL - 36 (1923)
9) Hack Wilson - NYG - 35 (1924)
10) Joe Hauser - PHA - 34 (1922)
Rookie Home Run Record - Single Season
1) Joe Hauser - PHA - 34 (1922)
2) Jim Bottomley - STL - 24 (1922)
3) Mandy Brooks - CHN - 24 (1925)
4) Al Simmons - PHA - 21 (1924)
5) Glenn Wright - PIT - 21 (1924)
6) Frank Parkinson - PHI - 19 (1921)
7) Hack Wilson - NYG - 19 (1923)
8) George Grantham - CHN - 18 (1922)
9) Babe Herman - BRO - 18 (1926)
10) Tony Lazzeri - NYY - 18 (1926)
Single Season Team Home Run Leaders
1) New York Yankees - 159 (1921)
2) New York Yankees - 145 (1925)
3) Chicago White Stockings - 142 (1884)
4) New York Yankees - 127 (1922)
5) New York Giants - 124 (1923)
6) New York Giants - 122 (1927)
7) New York Yankees - 121 (1924)
8) St. Louis Cardinals - 119 (1925)
9) New York Yankees - 118 (1923)
10) New York Yankees - 117 (1920)
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Career Home Run Leaders
1) Babe Ruth - 431 (1914-1927)
2) Rogers Hornsby - 206 (1915-1927)
3) Joe Hauser - 174 (1922-1927)
4) Jim Bottomley - 159 (1922-1927)
5) Bob Meusel - 153 (1920-1927)
6) Cy Williams - 144 (1912-1927)
7) Roger Connor - 138 (1880-1897)
8) Gabby Hartnett - 136 (1922-1927)
9) Joe Jackson - 134 (1908-1927)
10) Elmer Smith - 131 (1914-1927)
11) Hack Wilson - 131 (1923-1927)
12) Sam Thompson - 127 (1885-1906)
13) Happy Felsch - 123 (1915-1927)
14) George Sisler - 123 (1915-1927)
15) Harry Stovey - 122 (1880-1893)
16) Zack Wheat - 121 (1909-1927)
17) Gavvy Cravath - 118 (1908-1920)
18) Jimmy Ryan - 118 (1885-1903)
19) Harry Heilmann - 115 (1914-1927)
20) Goose Goslin - 111 (1921-1927)