Who will end up with the most career home runs? (Shown with total as of 09/20/05)
| Sammy Sosa (588) |  1 (0.93%) |
| Ken Griffey Jr. (536) | 2 (1.87%) |
| Manny Ramirez (428) | 1 (0.93%) |
| Alex Rodriguez (426) | 68 (63.55%) |
| Carlos Delgado (368) | 1 (0.93%) |
| Vlad Guerrero (304) | 3 (2.80%) |
| Andruw Jones (300) | 2 (1.87%) |
| Albert Pujols (199) | 25 (23.36%) |
| Mark Teixeira (105) | 2 (1.87%) |
| Miguel Cabrera (77) | 2 (1.87%) |
107 votes | 5 featured comments
In case anyone was wondering, there ages for this "baseball year" are (according to BBRef):
Sosa (36)
Griffey (35)
Ramirez (33)
Rodriguez (29)
Delgado (33)
Guerrero (29)
Jones (28)
Pujols (25)
Teixiera (25)
Cabrera (22)
Sosa (36)
Griffey (35)
Ramirez (33)
Rodriguez (29)
Delgado (33)
Guerrero (29)
Jones (28)
Pujols (25)
Teixiera (25)
Cabrera (22)
The question has arisen, um, where's Barry Bonds?
So let me clarify ... this is not intended to ask "who will be the all-time home run leader," but rather "who among these 10 guys will end up with the most home runs?
Apologies that was not clear.
So let me clarify ... this is not intended to ask "who will be the all-time home run leader," but rather "who among these 10 guys will end up with the most home runs?
Apologies that was not clear.
I think A-Rod will break 800 home runs without too much trouble as long as he doesn't have some career-ending injury.
They'll still be showing the highlight of his nancy-boy slap when he does hit his 800th, though. That's just good TV. :)
They'll still be showing the highlight of his nancy-boy slap when he does hit his 800th, though. That's just good TV. :)
Interesting to note the ages.
Since A-Rod is the clear favorite...
For A-Rod to catch (by the same age) the guys older than him with more HR's what does he have to do?
Ramirez - 2 HR in 4 years - safe bet
Griffey Jr - 110 HR in 6 years or 18 per year plus 2 more
Sosa - 23 HR per year over 7 years plus 1 to tie
Bonds (40 with 706 HR) - 25 per year plus 5 extra over 11 years
I added Bonds since we all are wondering.
For the younger crowd to catch A-Rod by age 29 they would have to do...
Jones - 126 HR in 1 year
Pujols - 56 HR per year over 4 years plus 3 more
Teixiera - 80 HR per year over 4 years plus 1 more
Cabrera - 49 HR per year over 7 years plus 6 more
Hmm. Seems A-Rod should be the favorite of this group, assuming he stays healthy. Only Bonds will be any challenge imo and that is just for A-Rod to stay healthy. Cabrera is the only one of the younger crowd with a shot at A-Rod imo and that is a slim one at that.
Since A-Rod is the clear favorite...
For A-Rod to catch (by the same age) the guys older than him with more HR's what does he have to do?
Ramirez - 2 HR in 4 years - safe bet
Griffey Jr - 110 HR in 6 years or 18 per year plus 2 more
Sosa - 23 HR per year over 7 years plus 1 to tie
Bonds (40 with 706 HR) - 25 per year plus 5 extra over 11 years
I added Bonds since we all are wondering.
For the younger crowd to catch A-Rod by age 29 they would have to do...
Jones - 126 HR in 1 year
Pujols - 56 HR per year over 4 years plus 3 more
Teixiera - 80 HR per year over 4 years plus 1 more
Cabrera - 49 HR per year over 7 years plus 6 more
Hmm. Seems A-Rod should be the favorite of this group, assuming he stays healthy. Only Bonds will be any challenge imo and that is just for A-Rod to stay healthy. Cabrera is the only one of the younger crowd with a shot at A-Rod imo and that is a slim one at that.
Health, of course, is a major assumption. Griffey Jr had 398 homers through his age-29 season. He averaged 36 per year to that point and smacked 40 in his age-30 season, but then went 22-8-13-20 the last 4 years before hitting 35 so far this year.