PHR STANDINGS AT THE HALF. JUNE 30, 2013

HERE ARE THE STANDINGS AT THE HALF-WAY POINT OF THE MLB SEASON. Remember that the MiLB leagues play a 144 game season and the MLB teams play 162 games. Here at 60 Homers Club we will give the Home Run Title to anyone in Organized Baseball.

TO BE LISTED HERE PLAYERS MUST HAVE 20 OR MORE HOME RUNS AND A PHR OF40 OR MORE.

PHR..HR..GP..GL..TEAM..PLAYER/LEAGUE/DIV.
60......30...81...81...DET.....C. DAVIS/AMR/MLB

52......29..78....64...TIG......J. CANTU/MEX/A
50......25..80....80...BAL....M. CABRERA/AMR/MLB

49......27..78....64...MEX...L.  TERRERO/MEX/AAA                                            46......23...81...81...TOR....E. ENCARNACION/AMR/MLB

45......24...70...62...BUF....M. GOMEZ/INT/AAA
43......24...78...64...MEX...J.  AMADOR/MEX/AAA

43......24...78...62...HIC....R.  RUA/S. ATLANTIC/A
43......21...75...82...CWS.....A. DUNN/AMR/MLB

43......23...75...66...PUE....J.  CASTILLO/MEX/AAA
42......20...72...82...PIT.....P.  ALVAREZ/NAT/MLB

41......21...81...79...PHI....D.  BROWN/NAT/MLB
41......23...77...62...HIC...J.  GALLO/S. ATLANTIC/A

41......21...80...79...COL..C.  GONZALEZ/NAT/MLB
40.....20....79...80...TEX   N.  CRUZ/AMR/MLB

EIGHT OTHER PLAYERS HAVE 20 OR MORE HOMERS.
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HERE ARE THE STANDINGS FROM LAST YEAR ON JULY 15, 2012

All players with 25 or more home runs listed.


PHR.....HR.....GP.....PLAYER/ LEAGUE/ DIV.

51.........28......87......A. DUNN/ AMERICAN/ MLB
51.........27......82......M. HAMILTON/ AMERICAN/ MLB
50.........27......96......M. HESSMAN/ PACIFIC COAST/ AAA
49.........27......89......J. BAUTISTA/ AMERICAN/ MLB
49.........26......83......R. BRAUN/ NATIONAL/ MLB
46.........25......86......E. ENCARNECION/ AMERICAN/ MLB
46.........25......88......C. GANDERSON/ AMERICAN/ MLB
43.........29......96......M. ABREU/ MEXICAN/ AAA
42.........28......95......C. RODRIQUEZ/ MEXICAN/ AAA
42.........27......87......B. HARPER/ MEXICAN/ AAA

PHR STANDINGS AS OF JUNE 22, 2013

ALL-STAR GAME IS JULY 16, 2013.  MLB TEAMS WILL HAVE PLAYED 81 GAMES BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
    C. DAVIS will need to have 32 homers before the ALL-STAR game to have any real chance of joining the 60 HOMERS CLUB this year.  Five homers in 8 games is very hard to do, but not impossible. He will have stay healthy.

PHR STANDINGS AS OF JUNE 22, 2013
all players with 21 or more home runs are listed.

PHR...HR...PLAYER/LEAGUE/DIV.

57......27.....C, DAVUS/AMR/MLB
51......26.....J. CANTU/MEX/AAA

50......25.....L. TERRERO/MEX/AAA
48......23.....R. RUA/S.ATLANTIC/A

46......21.....M. GOMEZ/INT/AAA
46......21.....E. ENCARNACION/AMR/MLB

45......22.....J. GALLO/S.ATLANTIC/A
45......21....C. GONZALEZ/NAT/MLB

44......22....J. CASTILLO/MEX/AAA
42......21...J. AMADOR/MEX/AAA

Frosty Kennedy has made a list of baseball greats.

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.Home Sports .Former local player ‘Frosty’ remembered

Former local player ‘Frosty’ remembered,

A baseball player with Plainview ties has made a list of baseball greats.
Forrest "Frosty" Kennedy, who played for Plainview's minor league team in the 1950s, was included on Terry Cannon's list of All-Time Southland Baseball All-Stars.

The story appears on the Los Angeles Times' Web site, www.latimes.com.

Cannon is the executive director of the Baseball Reliquary, which celebrates pioneers and trailblazers, and often emphasizes cultural contributions made by ballplayers over statistical accomplishments. Therefore, his list of all-stars includes both well-known and obscure figures.
Cannon's information on Kennedy, who was born in Los Angeles, says he "never played in the major leagues, but was considered by many to be the Babe Ruth of the minor leagues.

"He hit an astounding 60 home runs for Plainview, Texas, in the Southwestern League in 1956. No one in the majors has hit .400 since Ted Williams in 1941; Kennedy hit .410 at Riverside in the Sunset League in 1949 and .410 at Plainview in 1953.

"Kennedy had a few chances to go up to the bigs, but he opted to stay in the minors because he was making decent money and ‘in the little towns where I played, the people always wanted to buy me dinner, buy me drinks. I made out real well right where I was at.' "

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60 Homers Club: PHR standings as of June 7, 2013

60 Homers Club: PHR standings as of June 7, 2013

PHR standings as of June 7, 2013

PHR standings (only players with 18 or more HRs are listed)

PHR. HR. player/league

54.     20.   C. Davis/Amr/MLB
53.     21.   J. Castillo/Mex/AAA
52.     21.   L Terrero/Mex/AAA
48.    18.    D. Brown/Nat/MLB
47.    19.    J.  Cantu/Mex/AAA

60 or more RBIs

79 J. Castillo/Mex/AAA
66 M. Cabrera/Amr/MLB
63 J. Amador/Mex/AAA
62 L terrero/Mex/AAA

Batting Avg.

442. L. Suarez/Mex
403. B. Canizares/Mex
402. l. Terrero/Mex
376. J. Castillo/Mex
373. M.  Cabrera/Amr/MLB

PHR STANDINGS AS OF MAY 24, 2013

MLB TAKES LEAD IN PHR RACE. All players with 14 or more home runs are listed.

PHR...HR...GP...PLAYER
55......16.....47...CHRIS DAVIS
54......19.....50...JOSE CASTILLO
54......19.....50...LUIS TERRERO
49......14.....45...JUSTIN UPTON
48......14.....46...MIGULE CABRERA
41......14.....47...JORGE CANTU
40......14.....50...BARBARO CANIZARES


RBI LEADERS

J. CASTILLO  70  AAA MEXICAN LEAGUE
M. CABRERA 57  MLB

TOP BATTING AVG.

.479  L. SUAREZ  MEX.
.415  B. CANIZARES  MEX.
.413  L. TERRERO  MEX.
.397  S. VAN SLYKE  PCL
.396  R. COURT  MID WEST
.388  M. CABRERA  MLB

NOTE: Has Chris Davis been tested yet?

PHR STANDINGS AS OF MAY 15, 2013

TOP THREE HOME RUN AND PHR LEADERS

L. TERRERO:  GP. 42   HR. 17   PHR. 58
J. UPTON;  GP. 39...HR. 13   PHR. 54
J. CASTILLO:  GP. 41  HR. 15  PHR. 52

L. TERRERO OF THE AAA MEXICAN LEAGUE LEADS ALL PLAYERS IN HR AND PHR. 

HOW ARE THE PRE-SEASON FAV'S DOING?

ODDS..HR..GP..PHR..PLAYER

9-1.........9....33...42....J. BAUTISTA
10-1.......8....37...34....M. CABRERA
9-1.........6....38...25....A. PUJOLS

LOOK FOR BAUTISTA TO GET HOT IN JUNE, JULY AND AUG.

H.R. AND P.H.R. STANDINGS AS OF MAY 10, 2013

LUIS ENRIQUE TERRERO  of the Diablos Rojos del Mexico team of the Mexican AAA league.

Luis leads all players with 16 home runs.

JUSTIN TRYIN UPTON of the Atlanta Braves National MLB league

Justin leads all players with PHR of 57

All players with 12 or more homers are listed

L. Terrero 16HR, 56PHR, MEXICAN AAA

J. CASTILLO  15HR, 53PHR, MEXICAN AAA

J. AMADOR 12HR, 44PHR, MEXICAN AAA

J. CANTU  12HR, 43PHR, MEXICAN AAA

S. SOTO 12 HR,  43PHR, MEXICAN AAA

J. UPTON  12HR, 57PHR, NATIONAL MLB

No one will hit 60 homers this year and the way PHR's are dropping hitting 50 may not happen.

PHR STANDINGS AS OF MAY 4, 2013

PHR'S HAVE FALLEN OFF, ONLY TWO PLAYERS HAVE PHR OF 60 OR MORE.

J. Upton still leads all players with a PHR of 66, then comes J. Buck with a 62 PHR. Top two players from MiLB come from the Mexican league: J. Castillo a PHR of 59 and L. Terrero with a PHR of 58.

TOP FOUR:

HR...GP...PLAYER

15...36.....J. CASTILLO
15...37.....L. TERRERO
12...29.....J. UPTON
10...25.....J. BUCK

Based on past history I think within a week nobody will have a 60 PHR.

PHR UPDATE FOR MAY 1, 2013

TODAY I WILL LIST ALL PLAYERS WITH A PHR OF 60 OR MORE, THERES ONLY FOUR. J. UPTON LEADS ALL PHR'S WITH 72 AND 12 HR. J. BUCK HAS A PHR OF 62 AND 9 HR.

TWO PLAYERS FROM THE MEXICAN AAA LEAGUE HAVE PHR'S OF 60 AND 12 HOMERS EACH. J. CASTILLO AND L. TERRERO.

PHRS AND HOME RUN OUT PUT REALLY DROPPED THIS WEEK.

HOME RUN STANDINGS AS OF APRIL 27, 2013

ALL PLAYERS WITH 10 OR MORE HOME RUNS ARE LISTED.

...PHR.HR..GP..PLAYER/LEAGUE/DIV

...62...13.....30.....L. TERRERO/MEX/AAA
...59...12.....29.....J. CASTILLO/MEX/AAA
...52...11.....22.....J. UPTON/NAT./MLB
...81...11.....30.....J. AMADOR/MEX/AAA
...50...10.....28.....S. SOTO/MEX/AAA

J. UPTON STILL ON TRACK TO HIT 80 HOMERS, WOW!!!

PHR STANDINGS AS OF APRIL 13, 2013

ONLY PLAYERS WITH 5 OR MORE HOMERS AND A PHR OF 60 OR HIGHER ARE LISTED

PHR...HR...GP...PLAYER/LEAGUE

96...6...10....D.FOWLER/N
96...6...10....J.MORSE/A

94...5.....7....M.HESSMAN/INTER
92...5.....9....M.REYNOLDS/A

88...6...11...J.BUCK/N
88...6...11...C.DAVIS/A.....

88...6...11...J.UPTON/A
83...5.....8...E.MEJIA/INTER

74...5.....9...M.MUNCY/CALIF
73...5...11..B.HARPER/A

72...9...18..L.TERRERO/MEX


AFTER A WEEK OF BASEBALL WE STILL HAVE 11 PLAYERS ON TRACK TO HIT 70 OR MORE HOMERS.  LUIS TERRERO OF THE MEXICAN LEAGUE LEADS ALL PLAYERS WITH 9 HOME RUNS.

HOME RUN STANDINGS AS OF APRIL 8, 2013

ALL PLAYERS WITH FOUR OR MORE HOME RUNS LISTED.

HR.....GP.....PLAYER..................LEAGUE/DIV

08......14....LUIS TERRERO........MEX/AAA
06......14....BARBARO CANIZARES.....MEX/AAA

06......14....MALENTINO PASCUCCI....MEX/AAA
06......07....J. UPTON..........NATIONAL/MLB

05......08...M. MORSE......AMERICAN/MLB
05.....10....JOHNATHAN ACEVES.....MEX/AAA

05.....14....RICKY ALVEREZ......MEX/AAA
05.....14....JAPHET AMADOR....MEX/AAA

05.....14....JUAN MIRANDA.....MEX/AAA
04.....12....C. DAVIS......NATIONAL/MLB

94.....14....D. FOWLER..NATIONAL/MLB
04.....05....MIKE HESSMAN....INTERNATIONAL/AAA

04.....05....ZACK WALTERS....INTERNATIONAL/AAA
04.....12....SAUL SOTO......MEX/AAA

04.....14....JOSE CASTILLO....MEX/AAA
04.....14....RUBEN MATEO....MEX/AAA

04.....14....JAMES SIMMONS...MEX/AAA

2013 HOME RUN AND PHR STANDINGS AS OF APRIL 3, 2013

THE RACE RACE FOR THE 2013 HOME RUN TITLE IS UNDERWAY.

THE MEXICAN LEAGUE IS ALREADY 9 GAMES INTO THE SEASON. MILB TEAMS HAVE A 144 GAME SEASON AND MLB HAS A 162 GAME SEASON. PHR IS CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS.  HR/GP X GAMES REMAINING PLUS HR'S.

B. HARPER HAS 2 HOMERS IN 1 GAME FOR A PHR OF 326. AT THIS RATE HE WILL HIT 326 HOME RUNS BY SEASONS END, WOW!

PLAYER................................HR....GP....PHR....LG

LUIS TERRERO....................8.........9......128........MEX

VALENTINO PASCUCCI/..6....9....90....MEX

RICKY ALVEREZ.....5........9......80.......MEX

PRE SEASON ODDS TO WIN 2013THE HOME RUN TITLE.

PRE-SEASON ODDS TO WIN THE 2013 HOME RUN TITLE

PLAYER        TEAM       ODDS         ODDS TO HIT 60
PHR      PER GAME AVG.(OVER LAST TWO YEARS)  S.T.  HR/GP

1.JOSH HAMILTON          LAA             15-1     23-1
47 / .2929 / 2/20


2. EDWI ECARNACION     BLUEJAYS        16-1     25-1
48 / .2658 /  1/18


3. MATT KEMP     LAD    20-1     35-1
35 / .2166 / 1/18


4. MARK TRUMBO    LAA      50-1       150
39 /  .2411    0/24


5. MIKE TROUT   LAA      20-1     120-1


6. CURTIS GRANDERSON   NYY    50-1    200-1


7. ADAM DUNN    CWS     12-1    25-1
30 /  .1837 /   4/24


8. RYAN HOWARD    PHILLIES
34 /  .2087 /  7/23


9. JOSE BAUTISTA   BLUEJAYS    9-1    25-1
48 /   .2988   /   6/28


10. ALBERT PUJOLS    LAA     9-1      25-1
30 / .1894  /   3/16


JOSE JIGUEL CABRERA      TIGERS     10-1     25-1
48 / .1894 /   4/20


DAN JOHNSON  AAA INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE   150-1     500-1



LUIS TERRERO    AAA   MEXICAN LEAGUE      300-1    1000-1


ANY OTHER NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYER    8-1    20-1

ANY OTHER AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYER    6-1     20-1


ANY OTHER AAA PLAYER     75-1     400-1


ANY OTHER MILB PLAYER     250 -1     1000-1

Players in the running for HOME RUN TITLE.

MATT KEMP- LAD

Led all players with 23 HR's last year before being sideline with injury's. He only played in 106 games, he had a career high of 39 in 3022, can ge rebound in 2013?

CURTIS GRANDERSON- NYY

Hit a career high of 43 homers last year and hit 41 in 2011, he keeps improving.

ADAM DUNN- CWS

He hit 41 home runs last year and had a career high of 46 in 2004.  In 13 years in MLB Dunn has hit 40 or more home runs 6 times and hit 38 twice. He has 406 career home runs.

EDWIN ENCARNACION- TORONTO BLUE JAYS

Hit a season high of 42 for the Blue Jays last year.

RYAN BRAUN- MIL. BREWERS

He had a career high of 41 HR'S last year.

More to follow, stay tuned.

California's Home Run title continders

The following three players from S. Calif. I think will have a real shot at the title if they stay healthy and get a lot of playing time ( you can't hit homers sitting on the bench.

JOSH HAMILTON- LAA
  Played for Texas last year and hit a season high for himself of 43 home runs.

MATT KEMP- LAD

   Led all players with 23 homers last year before being sideline with injury's, only played in 106 games. Had a career high of 39 homers in 2011.

MARK TRUMBO- LAA

  Won the Pacific Coast League and the MiLB title with a career high 36 homers in 2010. Hit 29 homers in 2011 and 32 homers 2012, both 144 game seasons. Look for Mark to have a very big year in 2013.

Please let me know if you think of any other players that have a real chance of winning the Home Run title this year.

CONTENDERS FOR THE 2013 HOME RUN TITLE, odds will be posted before the end of March. Let me know if you think any other player should be on list and why.

JOSH HAMILTON, LAA

EDWIN ENCARNACION, BLUE JAYS

MATT KEMP, LAD

MARK TRUMBO, LAA

CURTIS GRANDERSON, NYY

ADAM DUNN, CWS

JOSE BAUTISTA, BLUE JAYS

MIKE HESSMAN, OKC (PCL)

DARIN RUF, PHILLIES

TRAN BRAUN, BREWERS

J. MEGUEL CABRERA, TIGERS

All players are active as of now, we will get a feel for the when spring training and the preseason games start.

60 Homers Club: THE 60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBERS

60 Homers Club: THE 60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBERS

60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBERS QUICK NOTES.

THE 60 HOMERS CLUB


1 BARRY BONDS 73

2 JOE BAUMAN 72
Bauman was a minor league slugger who batted .337 and collected 337 home runs and 1057 RBI in 1019 games. First signed by the Braves, he lost four years to WWII, and held out from 1949-51. He won four HR titles in the nine years he played, but only once played above Class A. After hitting 103 HR for Artesia in 1952-53, he won the Longhorn League (Class C) triple crown by batting .400 with 72 HR and 224 RBI for the Roswell Rockets in 1954. The 72 HR and .916 slugging average he achieved that season are all-time pro records.



3 MARK MCGWIRE 70

Since he retired, McGwire has kept a low profile. His admission that he used the supplement androstenedione has led to speculation that he also took steroids. Although McGwire had repeatedly denied using illegal performance-enhancing drugs, he refused to do so under oath when he appeared before the House Government Reform Committee on March 17, 2005. As McGwire said in his opening statement, "Asking me or any other player to answer questions about who took steroids in front of television cameras will not solve the problem. If a player answers 'No,' he simply will not be believed; if he answers 'Yes,' he risks public scorn and endless government investigations." When asked if he was asserting his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself, McGwire said: "I'm not here to talk about the past. I'm here to be positive about this subject."



4 JOE HAUSER 69

He made a name for himself in the minor leagues, where he became the first player ever to hit 60 or more home runs twice in a professional career: 63 in 1930, and 69 in 1933.



5 BOB CRUES 69

In 1948, Crues went on a rampage through the dusty and windswept ballparks of the Southwest, driving in 254 runs in just 140 games, dwarfing the major league record of 191 RBI set by Hack Wilson with the Cubs in 1930. Playing for the Amarillo Gold Sox of the class C West Texas-New Mexico League, Crues drove in almost two runs per game that summer. Two! The closest anyone ever came to his total was former teammate Joe Bauman who drove in 224 one season. Tony Lazzeri, who set the old record with 222, had to play in 197 games in 1925 to reach that mark at Salt Lake City in the Pacific Coast League. As the 21st century dawned, it seemed possible that Crues' RBI record will be one of the rare ones never to be broken. Bob tied Hauser's record of 69 with two games left in the season. His try for the 70th drew a record crowd of 4,851 for a season-ending Labor Day doubleheader with Lubbock. Ironically, Secory, the umpire who might have cost him a home run in Abilene, was working behind the plate



6 SAMMY SOSA 66



7 DICK STUART 66


MARK MCGWIRE 65

SAMMY SOSA 64



8 BOB LENNON 64

Bob Lennon hit 64 home runs for the Southern Association Nashville Vols in 1954, but his most memorable homer came on April 30, 1957, when he was playing for the Chicago Cubs. "It was what I had dreamed about," he recalled in a 1993 interview. He hit it in Ebbets Field, where he had rooted for the Dodgers as a boy. It was his only major league home run.



SAMMY SOSA 63


JOE HAUSER 63



9 MOOSE CLABAUGH 62



10 KEN GUETTLER 62
Guettler, who died in 1977, played only briefly above the Texas League and never made it to the majors. He hit 330 homers in 15 seasons, but never more than five in a season after his run with the Shreveport Sports in '56.


11 ROGER MARIS 61
Career Statistics

- Set Baseball's Single Season Home Run Record (61 in 1961)

- 275 Career Home Runs

- Two-time Most Valuable Player in American League (1960 & 1961)

- Led American League in RBI's (1960 & 1961)

- Gold Glove Award Winner (1960)

- Seven World Series (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968)

- Six World Series Home Runs

12  FROSTY KENNEDY 60

Kennedy hit 60 home runs for Plainview (Texas) of the Class B Southwestern League in 1956, accomplishing this feat in only 144 games. He hit .327 that year, with 184 RBIs and 151 runs scored.


He is also one of the few men in baseball history to hit over .400 twice. He hit .411 for Riverside of the class C sunset League in 1949, and .410 for Plainview when that city fielded a team in the West Texas-New Mexico League in 1953.

Kennedy had a 40-game hitting streak for Plainview in 1953, part of a remarkable stretch which saw him hit safely in 95 of his final 100 games that season.


13 TONY LAZZERI 60

Lazzeri was a prominent member of the 1927 Yankees' "Murderers' Row" lineup and the second baseman on five World Championship Yankee clubs. He had seven 100-RBI seasons and four times hit as many as 18 home runs. His excellent glove, driving leadership, and superior baseball instincts made him the hero of Italian-Americans, as their first superstar . He was known as "the quiet man of the Yankees." Though an epileptic, he never had an on-the-field seizure in his 12 Yankee seasons.



14  BABE RUTH 60
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.