MBL IS NOT A TRUE INDICATOR OF A PLAYERS GREATNESS.

Many players of Organized Baseball never played a single game in the MLB but were better than most who did. Why? For most of the last century major league clubs were concentratred primarily in the Northeast and Middle West. Having no desire to leave the sunshine and home surrondings of California and the Southern States to play in the East. Expansion of the Majors to those areas did not come until 1957 in California and 1962 in Texas. Even today, much of the US is without a MBL team, say nothing of Canada, the Caribbean, and Mexico. When MLB did come west, where do you think the players that filled those rosters came from, the Minor Leagues.

TEAM AND LEAGUE OF CLUB MEMBERS

HRs--PLAYER------YEAR---TEAM---------LEAGUE

73)BARRY BONDS............2001........SAN FRANCISCO(NATIONAL)
72)JOE BAUMAN..............1952.........ROSWELL(LONGHORN)

70)MARK MCGUIRE........1998.........ST. LOUIS(NATIONAL)
69)JOE HAUSER................1933.........MINNEAPOLIS(AMERICAN ASSOC.)

69)BOB CRUES..................1948.........AMARILLO(W. TEXAS- NEW MEX.)
66)DICK STUART.............1956........LINCOLN(WESTERN)

66*)SAMMY SOSA..............1998........CHICAGO(NATIONAL)
65)MARK MCGUIRE........1999........ST. LOUIS(NATIONAL)

64*)SAMMY SOSA.............2001.......CHICAGO(NATIONAL)
64)BOB LENNON.............1954........NASHVILLE(SOUTHERN ASSOC.)

63*)SAMMY SOSA.............1999.........CHICAGO(NATIONAL)
63)JOE HAUSER...............1930.........BALTIMORE(INTERNATIONAL)

62)MOOSE CLABOUGH..1926........TYLER(EAST TEXAS)
62)KEN GUETTIER.........1956.........SHREVEPORT(TEXAS)

61)ROGER MARIS...........1961..........NEW YORK(AMERICAN)
60)FORREST KENNED....1956.........PLAINVIEW(SOUTHWESTERN)

60)TONY LAZZERI..........1925.........SALT LAKE CITY(PACIFIC COAST)
60)BABE RUTH.................1927.........NEW YORK(AMERICAN)

*Players who hit 60 homers and did not win the home run title.
only player to hit 60 home runs and not win title was Sammy Sosa and
he did it 3 times, talk about bad luck.

Frosty's first year in pro ball. Riverside Dons (1948) of the Sunset League. Played in 139 games, hit 8 home runs and batted .331 

PLAYERS WHO JUST MISSED MAKING THE CLUB.

YEAR---PLAYER-------------------HR
1962 ----RAMIRO CABALLERO----59
1932----JIMMIE FOXX-------------58
1938----HANK GREENBURG-------58
1939----TONY ROBELLO-----------58
1947----BUCK FRIERSON-----------58
1947----D.C. "PUD' MILLER---------57
1947----BILL SERENA--------------57
1930----HACK WILSON------------56
1935----GENE LILLIARD-----------56
1954----FRANK GRAVINO---------56
1957----STEVE BILKO--------------56
11 other players hit 55 HRs

YEAR HOME RUN RECORD WAS SET.

YEAR PLAYER RECORD

1920 BABE RUTH 54
1921 BABE RUTH 59
1925 TONY LAZZERI 60
1926 MOOSE CLABAUGH 62
1930 JOE HAUSER 63
1933 JOE HAUSER 69
1948 BOB CRUES 69(TIED)
1954 JOE BAUMAN 72
2001 BARRY BONDS 73

ORGANIZED BASEBALL H.R. RECORD, YEAR SET.

14 players to have hit 60 home runs in one season.

THE 60 HOMERS CLUB

BARRY BONDS * -- MARKE MCGUIRE * -- JOE HAUSER
JOE BAUMAN -- BOB CRUES -- DICK STUART
SAMMY SOSA * --BOB LENNON -- MOOSE CLABAUGH
KEN GUETTIER -- ROGER MARIS -- FORREST (FROSTY) KENNEDY
TONY LAZZERI -- BABE RUTH

* Not in Hall of Fame, yet!

In all of Organized baseball these are the only 14 players that have hit 60 or more home runs in one season (140 games or more). 11 of these players are in the Hall of Fame. The other three may or maynot be in the Hall of Fame due to the scandal that surounds the use of stariods in getting their records.