60 HOMERS CLUB, 2008 SEASON

AS OF MAY 30, 2008 NO ONE IS ON TRACK TO HIT 55 HOMERS AND ONLY 6 MAY HIT 50 OR MORE.

PHR.........GP..........GL..........HR..........PLAYER

54.3..........53...........91...........20...........MIKE HESSMAN
52.1..........56..........106..........18...........CHASE UTLEY
51.6..........53...........91............19..........BRAD ELDRED
51.0..........48...........96............17.........DALLAS MCPHEARSON
50.7..........54...........90............19........KIT PELLOW
50.5.........46...........109...........15.......DAN UGGLA

PHR STANDINGS AS OF 05/24/2008

R. HOWARD HAS CAUGHT UP TO C. UTTLY WHO HAS BEEN IN A LITTLE SLUMP, THEY ARE TIED AT 14 HOMERS EACH. SIX PLAYERS HAVE HIT 15 OR MORE SO FAR THIS SEASON, WELL BELOW THE PACE SET LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. THEY ARE:

PHR.....HR......GP......GL.........PLAYER

57.8......19........47.......96.........MIKE HESSMAN

50.7......19........54......90.........KIT PELLOW

51.8......17........47.......96.........BRAD ELDRED

46.1......16........50......94.........LANCE BERKMAN

48.6......15........44......99.........DALLAS MCPHERSON

47.0......15........46......98.........DAN UGGLA

HOME RUNS HAVE DROPPED OF DRASTICALLY THIS YEAR. ONLY M. HESSMAN IS ON TRACK TO HIT 55 HOMERS THIS YEAR, AND NO ONE WILL HIT 60.

2008 PROJECTED HOME RUN LEADERS.

PHR..............PLAYER........................HR
58.6...........MIKE HESSMAN...........18
57.7...........LANCE BERKMAN.........16
56.8............IAN GAC.........................14

AS OF MAY 19, 2008
NO ONE ON TRACK TO HIT 60 AND ONLY 3 ON TRACK TO 55 OR MORE.

2008 PROJECTED HOME RUN LEADERS.

AS OF MAY 15, 2008

Only three players on track to hit 55 or more homers this year.

IAN GAC has a PHR of 58.4. He has played in 34 games and has 14 homers so far this season. He plays in the 144 game season of the Midwest A league.

Lance Berkman has a PHR of 59.0. He has 15 homers in 41 games.

Mike Hessman has a PHR of 62.9 and is the only player on track to hit 60 homers this year. He has 18 homers in 41 games. He plays in the 144 game season International AAA League.

2008 home run leaders as of 05/11/08

THERE ARE 11 PLAYERS WITH 11 OR MORE HOMERS AS OF MAY 11, 2008

16.....Mike Hessman.....AAA
16.....Kit Pellow......AAA
14.....Ian Gac......A
13.....Chase Utley......MLB
12.....Fernando Tatis......AAA
12.....Lance Bekman......MLB
11.....Brad Eldred......AAA
11.....Darrick White......AAA
11.....Nelson Cruz......AAA
11.....Dallas McPherson......AAA
11.....Dan Uggla.......MLB

Brett Carrol has been called up to the Florida Marlins and Brandon Wood has been called up to the LA Angles were he has already hit his first MLB home run. This will almost certainly take them out of the home run race. There are no players with a PHR of 60 or more as of today.
ONLY SIX PLAYERS ON TRACK TO HIT 50 OR MORE HOMERS.

PHR.....GP....GL....HR......PLAYER
59.6......29,,,,115....12.......IAN GAC - Midwest A
58.5......36....126....13.......CHASE UTLEY - National
54.6......29....115....11.......NELSON CRUZ - PCL AAA
52.5......34....128....11......LANCE BERKMAN - NATIONAL
52.4......33....111.....12.....MIKE HESSMAN - INTERNATIONAL AAA
50.6.....32.....130....10....CHRISTOPHER CARTER - CALIFORNIA AA

THE FIRST 60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBER

Babe Ruth, Baseball Player Born: 6 February 1895 Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Died: 16 August 1948 (cancer) Best Known As: New York Yankee hero and "Sultan of Swat" Name at birth: George Herman Ruth, Jr.Babe Ruth is the most celebrated player in baseball history . A home run king and fan favorite, Ruth was the first in a line of iconic New York Yankees which included Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle. Ruth began his career as a pitcher but moved to the outfield, where he gained fame as a slugger. After the Boston Red Sox sold him to the Yankees in 1920, Ruth became the most famous athlete in America. Ruth's larger-than-life personality (including a prodigious fondness for food and drink) was a hit with fans , and Ruth is often credited with making baseball the dominant American sport of its time. Ruth retired in 1935; he held the single-season record for home runs (60) until fellow Yankee Roger Maris hit 61 in 1961, and the career record (714) until Hank Aaron passed him in 1974. In 1948, like Gehrig before him, Ruth had an emotional farewell at Yankee Stadium, with the Yankees retiring his uniform number 3. He died of throat cancer two months later.

2008 PROJECTED HOME RUN LEADERS.

C. UTLEY OF THE PHILLIES IS STARTING TO PULL AWAY FROM THE PACK ON HIS QUEST OF THE LONGBALL TITLE. ONLY FOUR PLAYERS ON TRACK TO HIT 55 OR MORE HOMERS, THREE FROM THE MINORS. B. CARROLL HAS THE HIGHEST PER GAME AVERAGE BUT HAS MISSED 11 GAMES THIS YEAR.

PHR....HR.....GP....GL....PGA....PLAYER

65.8.....13......32.....130...406.....CHASE UTLEY...N.L.

63.5......9.......18......115...500....BRETT CARROLL...P.C.L.

60.1.....11......26.....118....423.....IAN GAC...MIDWEST LG.

58.6.....11......27.....117.....407.....NELSON CRUZ...P.C.L.