Greatest HR duos ever

[Hammerojustice]

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

 

[yankeesince59]

...I don't any tandem catching the M&M boys.

 

[Hammerojustice]

...I don't any tandem catching the M&M boys.

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....

 

[Rick2583]

...I don't any tandem catching the M&M boys.

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)

 

[yankeesince59]

...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.

 

[Rick2583]

...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.

My claim to fame, I was there.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

My claim to fame, I was there.

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.....

 

[Rick2583]

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.....

My friend if I could, I would.

 

[Yankeefan5545]

Would have loved to see Gherig and The Babe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[yankeesince59]

^^^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)

 

[Rick2583]

Would have loved to see Gherig and The Babe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You mean you didn't?

 

[Yankeefan5545]

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.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

^^^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)

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......

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Bonds and Aurilia hit 110 in 2001

 

[Rick2583]

Bonds and Aurilia hit 110 in 2001

See post #4

 

[yankeesince59]

Bonds and Aurilia hit 110 in 2001

...chemically enhanced.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

See post #4

Oof, my bad Rick, missed that one.

What about McGuire's big year?

 

[Rick2583]

...chemically enhanced.

By both of them. Aurilia was no big HR hitter prior to that year.

 

[Rick2583]

Oof, my bad Rick, missed that one.

What about McGuire's big year?

In 98 he had 70, Lankford had 31
In 99 he had 65, Tatis had 34

 

[totus44]

...chemically enhanced.

I got to ask....what caused the festering hole in the Mick's hip?

 

[totus44]

Year Age Team Gm PA. AB. R. H. 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K Avg Obp Slg Ops Ops+ TB

1927 32 NYY AL 151 691 540 158 192 29 8 60 165 7 6 137 89 .356 .486 .772 1.258 225 417. Ruth
1927 24 NYY AL 155 717 584 149 218 52 18 47 173 10 8 109 84 .373 .474 .765 1.240 220 447. Gehrig

These stats are beyond amazing....

 

[Yankeefan5545]

Mantles problems started by high school football injuries leading to osteomyelitis, then during the '51 World Series he caught his cleats in an outfield drain that tore his right knee up. The medical treatment for those early problems he had was not up to speed like today. Even with that Mantle is his prime was one hell of a baseball player, power and speed galore. Despite his condition worsening each season Mantle had sack, always wanted to suit up and play, he was simply the best. I heard Harrelson talk about Mantle sliding into 2nd base during a game with blood oozing from his hip area and the man kept right on to it. Bauer, Skowron, Berra and Ford were all excellent Yankees but Mantle was the Franchise Man.

 

[Rick2583]

Mantle was one of those players where you never got up from your TV set when you knew he was coming up to bat. Watching him struggle to both run & swing the bat in his final season (1968) was sad to see but the man was still amazing to watch.

 

[yankeesince59]

I got to ask....what caused the festering hole in the Mick's hip?

...you've "got to" ask?...really?...don't know for sure why you chose this quote to ask that particular question, but I have a pretty good idea why.

...according to the story, Mantle had come down with a bug and was not feeling well and on the advice from someone in the Yanx organization he got a shot...the injection site became horribly abscessed and was subsequently opened up to allow for drainage...the hole was described as being the size of a "50 cent piece" or the size of a "golf ball".

 

[blgridesagain]

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......

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Yep - totally agree.
Ruth and Gehrig have to be -hands down, the best all around hitting tandem any ML team has ever had.

Combined package career-
Power (HR,RBI) and overall hitting ability (BA, OPS).
And just for good measure- they both had great career post season (WS) numbers.

Tremendous duo. Mind boggling.

 

[Yankeefan5545]

When stationed at Carlisle Barracks Pa there was a civilian doctor working at the Medaac Facility. The man was 70 plus at the time, used to eat in the Mess Hall with us GI's. He used greet me saying "Hey Sarge you old Yankee you. Doc was from Pittsburg, very much a Pirate Fan, and when the '27 World Series was played he was a 20 year old attending college in NYC. Every day in the Mess Hall Doc would give us then young fans some good stories about baseball in the Twenties, Thirties and Forties. He had a brand new Robins Egg Blue Cadillac and he used to say they're going to bury me in that son of a bitch my last new car. I was transferred to the Military District of Washington in late '79 but when the Pirates won the World Series that year the first person I though of was Doc.

 

[totus44]

...you've "got to" ask?...really?...don't know for sure why you chose this quote to ask that particular question, but I have a pretty good idea why.

...according to the story, Mantle had come down with a bug and was not feeling well and on the advice from someone in the Yanx organization he got a shot...the injection site became horribly abscessed and was subsequently opened up to allow for drainage...the hole was described as being the size of a "50 cent piece" or the size of a "golf ball".

Right. Just putting this situation into contemporary terms. If that happened today, he'd be a suspect.

 

[yankeesince59]

...but it didn't happen today, did it?...lemme guess, Jacobson?

...why did you feel compelled to ask a question you obviously already knew the answer to?...just to stir up and old argument?

...not gonna play your little game.

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Year Age Team Gm PA. AB. R. H. 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB K Avg Obp Slg Ops Ops+ TB

1927 32 NYY AL 151 691 540 158 192 29 8 60 165 7 6 137 89 .356 .486 .772 1.258 225 417. Ruth
1927 24 NYY AL 155 717 584 149 218 52 18 47 173 10 8 109 84 .373 .474 .765 1.240 220 447. Gehrig

These stats are beyond amazing....

...^^^

 

[Hammerojustice]

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......

______________________

Yep - totally agree.
Ruth and Gehrig have to be -hands down, the best all around hitting tandem any ML team has ever had.

Combined package career-
Power (HR,RBI) and overall hitting ability (BA, OPS).
And just for good measure- they both had great career post season (WS) numbers.

Tremendous duo. Mind boggling.

Indeed!