When I was a kid, consumed by all things baseball, I once came across a delicious trivia question: Who leads the major leagues in career homeruns hit by someone whose last name starts with the letter Z? I think the answer was Richie Zisk. That trivia question popped into my head again last week for some reason, and it got me to wondering. Who are the leaders for each letter of the alphabet? Certain letters are easy -- A, B, M, R, J -- but what about the rest? I've spent a good chunk of time over the past few days trying to compile a mental list, the ABC's of homerun hitters, and it's time to let my mind move on to other things. After an hour or so of cheating (research) I've got the list. The statistics are accurate as of June 20, 2004. Enjoy.
Aaron, Hank (755)
Bonds, Barry (676)
Canseco, José (462)
Dawson, Andre (438)
Evans, Darrell (414)
Foxx, Jimmie (534)
Griffey, Ken Jr. (500)
Howard, Frank (382)
Incaviglia, Pete (206)
Jackson, Reggie (563)
Killebrew, Harmon (573)
Luzinski, Greg (307)
Mays, Willie (660)
Nettles, Graig (390)
Ott, Mel (511)
Palmeiro, Rafael (538)
Quinn, Mark (45)
Ruth, Babe (714)
Sosa, Sammy (549)
Thomas, Frank (435)
Upshaw, Willie (123)
Vaughn, Greg (355)
Williams, Ted (521)
X -- None
Yastrzemski, Carl (452)
Zeile, Todd (250)
You're a nut! :)
But I love you for it!
Posted by: Rubber-Sol | June 24, 2004 at 04:10 PM