The history of the 50 plus home run club

1920
Babe Ruth, NYY – 54
1921
Babe Ruth, NYY – 59
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
Babe Ruth, NYY – 60
1928
Babe Ruth, NYY – 54
1929
1930
Hack Wilson, CHI – 56
1931
1932
Jimmie Foxx, PHI – 58
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
Jimmie Foxx, BOS R.S. – 50
Hank Greenberg, DET – 58
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
Ralph Kiner, PIT – 51
Johnny Mize, NYG – 51
1948
1949
Ralph Kiner, PIT – 54
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
Willie Mays, NYG – 51
1956
Mickey Mantle, NYY – 52
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
Roger Maris, NYY – 61
Mickey Mantle, NYY – 54
1962
1963
1964
1965
Willie Mays, SF – 52
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
George Foster, CIN – 52
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
Cecil Fielder, DET – 51
1991
1992
1993
1994 – BASEBALL STRIKE
1995
Albert Bell, CLE – 50
1996
Brady Anderson, BAL – 50
Mark McGuire, OAK – 52
1997
Ken Griffey Jr., SEA – 56
1998
Mark McGuire, STL – 70
Ken Griffey Jr., SEA – 56
Sammy Sosa, CHI – 66
Greg Vaughn, SD – 50
1999
Mark McGuire, STL – 65
Sammy Sosa, CHI – 63
2000
Sammy Sosa, CHI – 50
2001
Barry Bonds, SF – 73
Alex Rodriguez, TEX – 52
Sammy Sosa, CHI – 64
Luis Gonzalez, ARZ – 57
2002
Alex Rodriguez, TEX – 57
Jim Thome, CLE – 52
PROBES, ON-GOING INVESTIGATIONS & INDICTMENTS BEGIN
2003
2004
2005
Andrew Jones, ATL – 51
2006
Ryan Howard, PHI – 58
David Ortiz, BOS – 54
2007
Alex Rodriguez, NYY – 54
Prince Fielder, MIL – 50





SIGNIFICANCE?
From 1920 to 1990, a 70 year span, the 50 or better home run mark was reached 18 times, by 11 different players.
From 1995 to 2007, a 13 year span, the 50 or better home run mark was reached 22 times, by 14 different players.

Over a 78 year span, only two men ever reached the 60 home run plateau.
But within a four year period (1998 to 2001) it was reached 6 times. One man reached the 60 mark 3 times, during this period!

No one got close to the 70 home run mark, not until 78 years later. Two men hit the mark 4 years apart (1998 to 2001).

From 1920 to 1990, a 70 year span, the 50 or better home run mark was reached by two men in the same year – 3 times.
But from 1996 to 2007, an 11 year span, it was reached by two men in the same year – 5 times, and by four' men – 2 times.
A grand total of seven times, with at least two men.

Latest news: Paul Byrd accused of using steroids.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AiB5hha3NGh7Cp_XIny8Q085nYcB?slug=ap-alcs--byrd-hgh&prov=ap&type=lgns

The ill effects he's gone through.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AnUik9WX1mI2.v8l25RFT0A5nYcB?slug=ti-byrdhgh102107&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Your favorite video, right here.

The Mets Minaya doesn't care about steroids!

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AnhUT3j8MVZI.ZmHGhQUoK4RvLYF?slug=ap-gmmeetings&prov=ap&type=lgns

The most damaging to date. But not absolute yet. What a mess.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AqY7ca0y5uvBFtgIReHoawk5nYcB?slug=jo-bondsindictment111507&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Here's the grand jury documents that where sealed.

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/can/press/press_documents/BarryBonds.pdf

I'm not exactly sure what your talking about, but first of all, to say that doping saved baseball is like saying drugs being sold in the ghetto helps business people become successful. The fans are idiots, for the most part because they hate NY and would like to see anything done to undermind and dethrown NY of a city of champions. Yes' it's that idiotic!!! But there is a an underlining in all of this. I'll give you some facts about doping. When you say dopings been going on since the 50's what you mean is it has been going on in body building, maybe football and wrestling. It became serious in body building first of all. In the 60's, football players started doing it. And then later with wrestlers. You can go and look at all of the before and after photos of these sports and clearly see fat vs. tone. Steroids are traced all the way back to the 30's, as used in the growth of cattle, because science called for solutions to feed the public. There's really a whole other story behind steroids, but I'm going to stick to the sport. Baseball players did not serioiusly start using them, not until the early 90's. I remember a few huge hunks on the front cover of SI, with two Cincinnati Reds on the front cover, flexing the muscle. That was the first time I seen muscle like that in baseball. I wondered how these guys got so big, but I didn't think about what it was at the time. It's not like baseball didn't have huge men swinging the bat over the years. If you remember Greg Luzinski, that guy was built like a bull, but he didn't put up atronomical numbers like they do today. He was just a naturally big guy, who worked out. It is possible to become this big, over a period of time, with a certain regiment of diet and work out. Look at Pasada. He's earned his muscles and nothing unusual about his numbers either. There is no question that Bonds can hit. These guys are trained to hit the ball. The question is 'what happens to the ball after' he hits it, is what the question has been with these guys'. It's an unfair advantage to the major leaguers who played the game over the years and set the standards. And if this is about a black mans record being tainted, then I will defend Hank Aaron. Hank was one of the most steady players in the game you could ever see. He accumillated all of his home runs on a steady diet of consistency. Hank never hit more than 47 home runs in his career. That shows how consistent he was. Babe Ruth got most of his home runs in monster years and had some of the skinniest legs a baseball player could have. Doping just wasn't in the vocabulary back then. And take a close look at the list I put in the very front. I remember when baseball was in it's last strike, the fans warned them and baseball needed a boost. You can clearly see a sharp contrast in a players physical appearance, before and after. The record setting home runs reflect that. You almost don't even need hard proof to see what's been going on all this time.

And here's another stat I want to share with you guys. You remember the wrestler who recently killed his family and then himself? The side affects can be serious. I read in the Wall Street Journal a few years back about how Burt Hooten's nephew hung himself, and they learned that he was doping. Approximately 100 teenagers kill themselves or die from steroid use every year. So you can see how serious this is and it's not just about baseball, or Marion Jones, or Giambi or any other athlete. Kids do what Athletes do and that's why it is important to set an example. I for one do not believe in doping to get an edge on someone else, especially when it comes to major records and I especially don't believe in it, because of the suicidal consequences it can potentially have on the public. And I myself won't let anyone advocate or defend this problem in anyway. That's the way I feel about it.

[Edited by - 4949 on 11-17-2007 3:58 PM]

Evidence is going to be hard to prove, but there are other things we don't know, that the Government knows. It's getting pretty juicy. Get it?! Juicy?

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Aq.bNoBZI9fg8pHHXJPIQ9cRvLYF?slug=ap-bondsindicted&prov=ap&type=lgns

So why don't the media feel the same way as you.

marion jones+ barry bonds they choose two people of color to stick out front. Say what you want but the media is slanted on who's image they choose to destroy .

More support to back up the Mitchell report?

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AiAaA1ontZfXUVf6pgvzhJ0h0bYF?slug=ap-steroids-radomski&prov=ap&type=lgns

Bonds old girlfriend going to testify against Mr. Cheater.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AiQDuQNYx_bw52nQUX_YZAURvLYF?slug=ap-bonds-steroids&prov=ap&type=lgns