The eight
top home run hitters over the past five years — McGwire, Sosa, Albert Belle, Vinny Castilla, Juan Gonzalez, Ken Griffey Jr., Rafael Palmeiro and Mo Vaughn — have a combined career average of.107 against Martinez, with just one home run (by Gonzalez) in 84 times at bat.
Whatever the case, many of the winningest pitchers and
top home run hitters in the major leagues since 1920 were born in close proximity to one another
Not exact matches
Only three
hitters topped 30
home runs in the NL, and 21
home runs was good enough to crack the
top ten.
With a short left field porch in Philadelphia and Franco's high contact rate for a
hitter with his power, we could see Franco near the
top of the
home run leaders list in 2016.
He was one of the
top pinch
hitters in baseball, hitting.356 /.396 /.644 in 48 plate appearances, tied for first in MLB with four pinch - hit
home runs and second with 13 RBI.