Nice article and while this just goes over the actual total of HRs for a given year, it doesn't really encompass anything else http://www.sportsonearth.com/articl...t-maris-mantle?partnerId=ed-9501803-658620023 #2 on the List was Ruth/Gehrig... totaling 107 HR, but that was in 154 team games, not the current 162... That would be 112.56 HR in 162 games... that would still be less than the #1 duo of Mantle & Maris who dinged 115 total. This is being brought up as Pujols & Trout are on a tear and on pace for 51/49 respectively which would make them only the second duo where each hits 49 or more... And going through this list... I always fear the M's when it was the kid and Buhner... Buhner killed the Yankees if memory serves correctly... While only 3 of his 40 HR in 97 came against the Yankees, he hit 28 of his 310 (9%) against the Yankees... The Kid hit 36 of his 630 against the Yankees (<6%). he hit 5 of his 56 against the Yankees in 97 and 6 of his 56 in 98... 6 of A-Rod's 42 in 98 were against the Yankees which means 12 of their combined 98 in 98 were against the Yankees I never really feared the A-Rod Palmeiro tandem like I did the Mariners though... in 2001, 3 of A-Rod's 52 were against the Yankees paired with Palmeiro who had 3 of his 47 against the Yankees... So only 7 of the 99 were against us in 2002, 4 of A-Rod's 57 were against the Yankees paired with Palmeiro who had 4 of his 43 against the Yankees... So 8 of the 100 were against us
Not at all... And if the Pujols/Trout tandem hit their projections (which I highly doubt), they'd only be at 100 for the year....
Yeah 115 is just amazing & I don't see it ever being touched. In the steroid era the Giants had 2 guys total 110 in 2001 With Bonds (73) & Airilia (37)
...as a kid in '61, I'll never forget trying to figure out why The Mick didn't appear in the box score during the last few games of the season...he was ahead of Roger for much of the season and it wasn't till later that I found out that Mickey was in the hospital with a festering hole in his hip from a shot he'd received earlier. ...gotta feel for the crap that Maris went through during that season...the press and even Yanx fans didn't want Roger to beat out Mickey...and management even changed the batting order to favor Mantle. Poor, quiet, unassuming Roger got a steady ration of undeserved shit all year. ...pretty pathetic showing at the stadium on the day Roger hit #61...The Stadium was less than 1/2 full.
Rick, I'll trade you a Game Used and Autographed (Authentic) Mantle Bat, for your resort home and lake in the tribal forests of Arkansas.....
^^^as near as i can tell 1927 was their best year as a HR duo. (107) ...hard to believe that even while hitting behind Ruth that year, Gehrig still led the league in RBIs. (173 to 165 for Ruth)
Nope, missed them by a few years, but I did see Mantle & Maris. The Mick will always be my favorite Yankee but I still believe that the Babe is the one player you can call the Franchise. He put the Yankees in motion.
truly as good as it gets, I'd of loved to of seen Murder's Row....... In the book of the same name, the author implied, the large crowds in YS, in 1927, were betting more on whether Lou would be the 1st player to reach 200 RBI's, while most fans believed Ruth would break his own record set in 1921. Since he hit 59 in 21, most fans thought it was only a matter of time, before Babe surpassed his own HR record.... not my words, the authors Geezus,.... it still and always will blow my mind, to have 2 players with well over 150 RBI's each. I don't think this record of RBI's, 333 total b/t 2 players, will NEVER be broken.........I don't think MLB will ever see Magic like in Ruth and Gehrig's days......
