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Friday, December 07, 2012

A voice from my past. Andy Forsyth

A voice from my past.


Forrest,


I did a google search on Frosty to see if there was anything posted on him.
My dad and I were talking about baseball and his name came up.

I was saddened to hear of Frosty's passing in 1998. My Dad and he played semi-pro
baseball together in So. California and they both played on the Plainview Ponies
but at different times. I think about a year or two apart. My family and his
used to go camping and horseback riding together and we'd visit his family
on Sunday afternoons a few times a year. I knew Eddie and also Nona before
she became ill. I also got to see her again years later after she came out of
her coma. So glad to here she celebrated her 25th, probably much more by now
judging by the date of the posting you had on Google. My mom was and still is
good friends with Jan. I hope she's still doing well.

I was at Cooperstown a few years ago and made a point of finding the listing
of Frosty and his 60 homers at the Hall of Fame. It was really cool to see someone
I knew that at least had his name mentioned there. I'm a big baseball fan. I also
got to see him play a few games in semi-pro when my dad and him played together.

I hope you're able to get this.
Both my parents are still around, in 2010 they celebrated their 60th Anniversary
in So. California.

Take care, Andy Forsyth, Crofton, Maryland.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

La Salle volleyball, game on 11/20/2012 in Fresno, Ca.

GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL


STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

First round results, Tuesday

DIVISION I
SOUTH

Marymount d. Poway, 25-18, 25-18, 25-13

Fresno Clovis West d. La Salle, 19-25, 25-23, 25-15, 18-25, 15-11

Redondo d. Palisades, 25-22, 25-17, 25-15

San Diego Torrey Pines d. El Dorado, 25-17, 25-18, 25-11




Pasadena La Salle overcame a 24-19 deficit in the third set to sweep Placentia El Dorado, 25-16, 25-20, 29-27, in the CIF Southern Section Division 1A championship match at Santiago Canyon College.

Riley Spriestersbach and Katrina Palffy each had 10 kills for the second-seeded Lancers (34-20, who lost to Glendora St. Lucy's in the Division 2AA final last season.
Kelly Claes had 11 kills and Tess Hultgren added nine for the Golden Hawks (20-14), who upset St. Lucy's in the quarterfinals.

Photo: La Salle players celebrate after sweeping El Dorado to win the Division 1A championship at Santiago Canyon College. Credit: Steve Galluzzo / For The Times

Jessica Kennedy (granddaughter of Frosty Kennedy) and the La Salle team won the CIF SS title only to lose 3-2 in the State championship (1st round) game in Fresno. They went 33-3 on the season. Lancers, you had a great year!!!!










Thursday, October 04, 2012

Posted 09/22/2012 in the PLAINVIEW HERALD.

Baseball great Frosty Kennedy played with Plainview Ponies


Posted: Saturday, September 22, 2012 2:25 pm
Updated: 2:26 pm, Sat Sep 22, 2012.



Baseball great Frosty Kennedy played with Plainview Ponies DOUG McDONOUGH
Herald Editor Plainview Herald


Without a lick of modesty, Forrest Kennedy always considered himself the greatest professional baseball player in the history of the sport.

And “Frosty” Kennedy considered his best season to be 1956, when he hammered 60 home runs and drove in an astounding 184 runs while playing for the Plainview Ponies in the Class D Southwestern League.

In recognition of that historic feat, Kennedy is part of a display at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Kennedy, who died June 5, 1998, at the age of 72, looked back at his baseball career for a feature in the Herald on Aug. 25, 1985. Then-Editor Danny Andrews updated that story in 1992, when then-66-year-old Kennedy was operating a BMX bicycle track in Covina, Calif. Although retired, he was still living in Covina when he died six years later.

“I think I’m the greatest ballplayer ever,” he told Andrews in a telephone interview in 1985. “Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs, but never batted over .400. Ted Williams and a lot of other guys batted over .400, but never hit 60 homers. I did both.”

Pointing out that fact, Kennedy told Andrews that the personalized plates on his car read “60 HOMERS.”

A retiree from Douglass Aircraft and a lifelong fan, Kennedy in his later years held the firm conviction that half of the modern major league ballplayers couldn’t have played for the Plainview Ponies and other semi-pro and minor league teams during the 1940s and 1950s.

“It’s true, the kids don’t have the experience,” he told Andrews. “They play college ball and maybe spend a year or two in the minors, and they move up to the big leagues. There are only six guys hitting over .300 in each league.


“(Yankees great) Reggie Jackson couldn’t have played on my ball club. They just don’t have players now like Musial, Williams and DiMaggio. A guy is hitting .250 and they think he’s having a helluva year,” he said.

While he hit 60 homers for Plainview, Kennedy was quoted as claiming that he could have hit 120 homers if he had played in a well-lighted modern park.

“We only had five pitchers on the staff and they were paid to go nine innings,” Kennedy explained. “Now they think a guy’s great if he goes five.”

A first baseman, according to Baseball-Reference.com, Kennedy played for a dozen teams during his 11-year career.

Kennedy said one reason he never made it to the major leagues despite a career .342 batting average with 228 home runs, 1,083 runs batted in and 1,572 hits, was “there were too many players. In those days, the Dodgers had more players in the farm system than there are in the entire minor leagues now.”

Signed for $200 per month by former Dodger catcher Babe Hermann, as a 21-year-old he played one game in the 1947 season for Riverside, Calif., recording a hit in his single appearance at the plate. The next two years at Riverside he hit .331 and .411. In 1950, Kennedy played for three teams, Pensacola, Fla., Atlanta, Ga., and Hartford, Conn., during an injury-plagued year, playing a total of 48 games with a combined batting average of .320.

He hit .307 with Miami Beach in 1951; .339 with 25 homers at Lamesa in 1952; a league-leading .410 including a 40-game hitting streak, 225 hits, 38 home runs and 169 RBI for Plainview in 1953; played briefly for Oklahoma City and Burlington, Iowa, before hitting .372 with 35 homers and 120 RBI in 112 games for Amarillo in 1954; hit .301 with 30 homers and 122 RBI with Yuma, Ariz., in 1955; .327 with 60 homers and 184 RBI in Plainview in 1956; and finished his career in 1957 playing for Boise, Idaho, (19 games with 15 hits and one homer) and Savannah, Ga., (34 games with 28 hits and six honors).

“Grover Seitz (the Pampa manager who was to have managed the Ponies in 1957, but died in a car crash in the off-season) wanted me to come back and play, but in 1957 I signed with Savannah in the Cincinnati organization and got a new car as a bonus. I had a hernia operation and they sold me to Jacksonville, and I wound up with Boise in the Pioneer League.”

After retiring as a player, Kennedy went on to coach American Legion youth baseball for eight years.

Kennedy recalled that he and second baseman Don Stokes were sold to Oklahoma City, an AA team, after the Lamesa franchise was moved to Plainview at the start of the 1953 season, and that’s how he wound up in Plainview. He hit a league-leading .410 that season, and spent the next two seasons playing for Amarillo, Burlington, Oklahoma City and Yuma, before coming back to Plainview for his historic 1956 season.


According to Baseball-Reference.com, Kennedy pitched in only three games. He pitched in two games for Amarillo in the 1954 season and once in 1956 for Plainview. None of those assignments carried enough innings to register a win-loss decision.

According to Andrews, Kennedy was a colorful character with a proverbial chaw of tobacco, muscular build and sleeveless, tobacco-stained uniform.

As the 1956 season wound down, Plainview was well out of the Class C pennant race. The locally-owned Ponies, who did not have a working agreement with a major league team, were 75-69 and finished 17 games behind Hobbs. Also in the league were El Paso, Pampa, San Angelo, Ballinger, Carlsbad, Midland, Roswell and Clovis.

But Kennedy was flirting with history, gunning for 60 homers. Babe Ruth set the major league record in 1927 for the Yankees. Joe Baumann held the overall record with 72 homers while playing for Roswell in 1954.

Kennedy had 59 homers going into the final three games in 1956 at San Angelo. Many of those round-trippers were hit in Plainview’s Jaycee Park where it was only 348 feet to the center field fence.

A rainout in San Angelo forced a pair of 7-inning games in a double-header the next night, depriving Kennedy of at least two at-bats.

“The San Angelo catcher was calling the pitches for me, trying to help me get the 60th homer,” but Kennedy went 1-for-8 with nothing out of the park. “I was trying too hard and I finally told him, ‘Hey, you’re not helping me, you’re hurting me.’ I didn’t want to know what was coming.”

But the next night, the last of the season, Kennedy hit a long solo homer in the third off Jorge Lopez. Umpire Al Martin ruled it fair as it soared right at the foul line.

Kennedy said one of his most memorable homers came in 1953 when he hit one off Red Dial of Clovis in the 13th inning of a playoff game at Jaycee Park. Kennedy collected $290 in bills that fans stuck through the fence behind home plate.

Decades later, Kennedy had fond memories of Plainview, saying it was his favorite baseball city and had the best fans. It also was “the only town I ever played in where you were ‘sanded out’ because the sand blew so hard you couldn’t see the lights.”


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CABRERA WINS HOME RUN TITLE

JOSE MIGUEL CABRERA OF THE DETROIT TIGERS WINS THE HR TITLE WITH 44.  HE PLAYED IN 161 GAMES WITH A .330 AVG.  MEGUEL WAS BORN ON 04/18/1983 IN MARACAY, VENEZUELA.

RYAN JOSEPH BRAUN WON THE NATIONAL LEAGUE TITLE WITH 41 HOMERS PLAYING IN 154 GAMES WITH A .319 AVG.  RYAN WAS BORN ON 11/17/1983 IN MISSION HILLS, CA.

THESE ARE HR LEADERS OF THE CLASS A ADVANCED LEAGUES

ADAM DUVALL PLAYS FOR THE SAN JOSE GIANTS OF THE CALIFORNIA LEAGUE.
PARENT CLUB:  SAN FRANCISCO  HR: 30   GAMES: 134   AVG.: 258
DOB: 09/04/1988  BORN: LOUISVILLE,  KY

AARON BAKE PLAYS FOR THE BOWIE BAYSOX OF THE CAROLINA LEAGUE.
PARENT CLUB: BALTIMORE  HR: 22  GAMES: 89  AVG: 266
DOB: 09/10/1987  BORN: DENTON, TX
TRAYCE THOMPSON PLAYS FOR THE SALT RIVER RAFTERS. HE TIED FOR THE TITLE ALSO WITH 22 HOME RUNS. PARENT CLUB: CWS  GAMES: 116   AVG: .254
DOB:  03/15/1991 BORN:  LADERA RANCH, CA

MARCELL OZUMA PLAYS FOR THE JOPITER HAMMERHEADS OF THE FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE.  PARENT CLUB: MIAMI   HR: 24  GAMES:129    AVG: 266
DOB: 11/12/1990  BORN: SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

CLASS A LEADERS

MIGUEL SANO PLAYS FOR THE CEDAR RAPIS KERNELS OF THE MIDWEST LEAGUE.
PARENT CLUB: MINNESOTA   HR: 28  GAMES: 129   AVG: 258
DOB: 05/11/93   BORN: SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

MATHEW SKOLE PLAYS FOR THE SALT RIVER RAFTERS OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.  PARENT CLUB: WASHINGTON  HR:  27  GAMES: 101   AVG: 286
DOB: 07/30/1089     BORN: WOODSTOCK, GA

SEE YOU ALL BACK HERE NEXT YEAR.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

HOME RUN STANDINGS AS OF SEPT. 16, 2012

ALL PLAYERS WITH 39 OR MORE HOME RUNS LISTED
 Below are the double-A league leaders.

HR.....GP.....GL.....PLAYER/ LEAGUE
42......136....17......J. HAMILTON/ AMERICAN
40......138....16......R. BRAUN/ NATIONAL

40......139....18......E. ENCARNACION/ AMERICAN
39......135....17......A. DUNN/ AMERICAN

39......144....16......C. GRANDERSON/AMERICAN

DOUBLE-A LEAGUE LEADERS:

DARIN RUF HAD 38 HOME RUNS PLAYING FOR THE READING PHILLIES OF THE EASTERN LEAGUE.  AVG.  .317         RBI:  104         PARENT CLUB:  PHILADELPHIA

HUNTER MORRIS HAD 28 HOME RUNS PLAYING FOR THE HUNTSVILLE STARS OF THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE.   AVG.  303    RBI:  113    PARENT CLUB:  MILWAUKEE

MIKE OLT HAD 28 HOME RUNS PLAYING FOR THE FRISCO ROUGH RIDERS OF THE TEXAS LEAGUE.  AVG.  .288       RBI:  82       PARENT CLUB:    TEXAS

Next time I will list the single A league leaders.

Sunday, September 09, 2012

home run standings as of sept. 9 2012

FOUR PLAYERS WITH 38 OR MORE HOMERS LISTED. BELOW ARE THE AAA MILB LEAGUE LEADERS.

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

40......132.....J. HAMILTON/ AMERICAN. MLB
38......132.......R. BRAUN; NATIONAL/ NLB
38......133.......A. DUNN/ AMERICAN/ MLB
38......135.......E. ENCARACION/ AMERICAN/ MLB

DAN JOHNSON- PLAYS FOR THE CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS OF THE AAA INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. PARENT CLUB: CHICAGO WIGHT SOX
28 HOMERS   .267 AVG.   85 RBI  PLAYED IN 137 GAMES

MIKE HESSMAN- PLAYES FOR THE OKLAHOMA CITY HEDHAWKS OF THE AAA PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. PARENT CLUB:  HOUSTON
35 HOMERS    231 AVG.    78 RBI  PLAYED IN 123 GAMES.

CARLOW RODRIGUEZ- PLAYES FOR THE RIELEROS DE AGUASCALIENTES OF THE  AAA MEXICAN LEAGUE.  32 HOMERS   296 AVG.   94 RBI  HE ONLY PLAYED IN 105 GAMES.

KEEP ROOTING FOR THE ANGLES.  MY HOME TOWN TEAM IS ONLY 1 GAME OUT OF THE PLAY-OFF PIC.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF AUG. 30, 2012

ONLY THREE PLAYERS HAVE 35 OR MORE HOMERS.

PHR.....HR.....GP.....PLAYER
48........35.......127.....A. DUNN/ AMERICAN
44.......35.........120....R. BRAUN/ NATIONAL
44........35........121....J. HAMILTON/ AMERICAN

THERE WILL NOT BE A 50 HOMERS GUY THIS YEAR.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF AUG. 20, 2012

ONLY THREE PLAYERS WITH 33 OR MORE HOMERS ON TOP IN THE CHASE FOR THE HOME RUN TITLE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME WE HAVE HAD THIS MANY PLAYERS STILL IN THE RACE WITH LESS THAN 45 GAMES LEFT TO PLAY.

PHR....HR....GP....PLAYER
47........35.....119....A. DUNN/ AMERICAN/ MLB
47........34.....112....J. HAMILTON/ AMERICAN/ MLB
45........33.....112....R. BRAUN/ NATIONAL/ MLB

Sunday, August 12, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF AUG. 12, 2012

ALL FIVE PLAYERS WITH 30 OR MORE HOME RUNS ARE LISTED

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

46........32......`105.....J. HAMILTON/ AMERICAN/ MLB

44........31......112......A. DUNN/ AMERICAN/ MLB

43........32......105......C. RODRIGUEZ/ MEXICAN/ AAA

43........30......111......E. ENCARNACION/ AMERICAN/ MLB

43........30......113......C. GRANDERSO/ AMERICAN/ MLB

Friday, August 10, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF AUG. 10, 2012

ALL PLAYERS WITH 29 OR MORE HOME RUNS LISTED.

PHR...HR...GP...PLAYER/ LEAGUE/ DIV.
45.......31....109...A. DUNN/ AMERICAN/ MLB

45.......30....102...J. HAMILTON/ AMERICAN/ MLB
44.......30....109...C. GRANDERSON/ AMERICAN/ MLB

43.......29....103...R. BRAUN/ NATIONAL/ MLB
43.......29....102...M. TRUMBO/ AMERICAN/ MLB

43.......29....107...J. WILLINGHAM/ AMERICAN/ MLB
42.......32....105...M. RODRGUEZ/ MEXICAN/ AAA

42.......29....112...A. CABRERA/ NATIONAL/ MLB
42.......29....108...E. ENCARNACION/ AMERICAN/ MLB

40.......29....102...M. HESSMAN/ PACIFIC COAST/ AAA
38.......29....108...M. ABREU/ MEXICAN/ AAA

I was gone for a two week stay in the hospital. I come back and find that the PHRs have come way down. No player is on track to 50 homers this year, even 45 homers may not happen. The one bright spot is Mark Trumbo of my home town team the Angles is on a toroid pace and may soon take over the top spot.

Sunday, July 15, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF 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

Saturday, July 07, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF JULY 7, 2012

All players with 24 or more home uns listed.

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

27.........27.......85.....J. BAUTISA/ AMERICAN/ MLB
51.........26.......77.....J. HAMILTON/ AMERICAN/ MLB

49.........27.......72.....M. HESSMAN/ PACIFIC COAST/ AAA
47.........25.......83.....A. DUNN/ AMERICAN/ MLB

47.........24.......79.....R. BRAUN/NATIONAL/ MLB
46.........24.......63.....B. ELDRED/ INTERNATIONAL/ AAA (RELEASED, last game June 17)

45.........28.......89.....M. ABREW/ MEXICAN/ AAA
44.........27.......85.....B. HARPER/ MEXICAN/ AAA

39.........24.......89.....C. RODRIQUEZ/ MEXICAN/ AAA

Monday, June 25, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF JUNE 25, 2012

JOSE BAUTISTA (BLUEJAYS) NOW LEADS THE PHR LEADER BOARD. HE IS GOING AFTER HIS THIRD STRIGHT HOME RUN TITLE.  PAT RILEY SHOULDA BE SMILING.





ALL PLAYERS WITH 21 OR MORE HOME RUNS LISTED.

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

53........24.......73......J. BAUTISTA/ AMERICAN/ MLB
53........23.......67......J. HAMILTON/ AMERICAN/ MLB

52........24.......63......B. ELDRED/ INTERNATIONAL/ AAA
51........23.......73......A. DUNN/ AMERICAN/ MLB

47........23.......70......A. RIZZO/ PACIFIC COAST/ AAA
47........21.......70......E. ENCAMACION/ AMERICAN/ MLB

46........21.......61......M. HESSMAN/ PACIFIC COAST/ AAA
46........21.......72......C. GRANDERSON/ AMERICAN/ MLB

45........26.......83......B. HARPER/ MEXICAN/ AAA
42........24.......79......M. ABRUE/ MEXICAN/ AAA

39........21.......70......M. LOPEZ/ MEXICAN/ AAA
38........21.......76......J. LINDSEY/ MEXICAN/ AAA

37........21.......81......J. AMADOR/ MEXICAN/ AAA

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

HOME RUN STANDINGS AS OF 06-20-2012

Don't look now but sizzlin hot J. Bautista of Torronto has about taken over the leader board.  This Three-Pete hopeful is only two off the MLB lead for the home run title. He has won it the last two years and was my pre-season favorit to win the HR title in 2012.  If he wins this year that would be three years a U.S. team has NOT won the HR title.


All players with 20 or more home runs listed.

HR....GP.....PHR.....PLAYER/ LEAGUE/ DIV.
24.....78......44..........B. HARPER/ MEXICAN/ AAA
24.....63......53..........B. ELDRED/ INTERNATIONAL/ AAA

23.....76......43..........M. ABREU/ MEXICAN/ AAA
23.....64......50..........A. RIZZO/ PACIFIC COAST/ AAA

23.....68......54..........A. DUNN/ AMERICAN/ MLB
22.....61......55..........J. HAMILTON/ AMERICAN/ MLB

22.....68......52..........J. BAUTISTA/ AMERICAN/ MLB
21.....75......39..........J. LINDSEY/ MEXICAN/ AAA

21.....67......50..........C. GRANDERSON/ AMERICAN/ AAA
20.....66......43..........M. OLT/ TEXAS/ AA

20.....68......39..........M. LOPEZ/ MEXICAN/ AAA
20.....73......38..........B. CANZAVES/ MEXICAN/ AAA

20.....76......37..........J. AMADOR/ MEXICAN/ AAA
20.....55......47..........M. HEXXMEN/ PACIFIC COAST/ AAA

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

HOME RUN LEADER BOARD AS OF JUNE 13, 2012

ALL PLAYERS WITH 20 OR MORE HOMERS LISTED.  As of now no player on track to hit 60 homers this year.

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

24......59......78.......55........AAA.....B. ELDRED/ INTERNATIONAL

23......72......70.......45........AAA.....B. HARPER/ MEXICAN

22......58.....100......59........MLB.....J. HAMILTON/ AMERICAN

22......60......78.......50........AAA....A. RIZZO/ PACIFIC COAST

21......61.....100......55........MLB....A. DUNN/ AMERICAN

21......69......70.......42........AAA....J. LINDSEY/ MEXICAN

20......66......70.......41........AAA....M. LOPEZ/ MEXICAN

Monday, June 04, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF JUNE 4, 2012

All players with 16 or more home runs are listed.

PHR.....HR.....GP.....PLAYER/ LEAGUE/ DIV.
66.........21.......50.....J. HAMILTON/ AMERICAN/ MLB
60.........21.......50.....B. ELDRED/ INTERNATIONAL/ AA                                          

51.........23.......65.....B. HARPER/ MEXICAN/ AAA
51.........17.......53.....C. GRANDERSON/ AMERICAN/ MLB

50.........17.......54.....A. DUNN/ AMERICAN/ MLB
50.........17.......54.....E. ENCARNACION/ AMERICAN/ MLB

47.........17.......50.....A. RIZZO/ PACIFIC COAST/ AAA
47.........16.......54.....A. JONES/ NATIONAL/ MLB

46.........17.......52.....M. OLT/ TEXAS/ AA
41.........18.......62.....J. LINDSEY/ MEXICAN/ AAA

41.........18.......61.....M. LOPEZ/ MEXICAN/ AAA
40.........18.......64.....M. ABREU/ MEXICAN/ AAA

37.........16.......59.....E. QUNTERO/ MEXICAN/ AAA
35.........16.......65.....J. AMEDOR/ MEXICAN/ AAA

TOP THREE HOME RUN LEADERS


BRAD ELDRED  21 HOME RUNS
BRYCE HARPER  23 HOME RUNS
                                                                                   JOSH HAMILTON  21 HOME RUNS




Wednesday, May 30, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF MAY 30, 2012

Early front runner Mat Kemp (12) dropped 7 homers off the leader when placed on the 15 day DL.  He is now back in a line up, well see if he can get back into the H.R. title race.  A. Pujols (8) and J. Bautista (12) and A. Dunn (16) have had a very hot May.  B. Eldred (20) is only MiLB player on track to hit 60 homers. He has already played a few games in the show this year.  If they bring him up to stay he may not get the H.R. title this year, this is always a problem when doing well in the minors.

Only players with 15 or more home runs and a PHR of 50 or more are listed.

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

72.........21......46......J. HAMILTON/ AMERICAN/ MLB

69.........20......45......B. ELDRED/ INTERNATIONAL/ AAA

56.........17......56......A. RIZZO/ PACIFIC COAST/ AAA

51.........16......50......A. DUNN/

51.........16......50.....E. ENCARNACION/ AMERICAN/ MLB

51.........16......50.....A. JONES/ AMERICAN/ MLB

50.........15......48.....C. BELTRAN/ NATIONAL/ MLB

Friday, May 25, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF MAY 25, 2012

PHR are falling fast, now only two players are on track to hit 60 homers this year.  Front runner M. Kemp went on the 15 day DL list and and his PHR got passed by a couple dozen players.  Pre- season Favorites A. Pujols and J. Bautista have had a very hot May and will be up with the leaders soon.

Only players with 14 homers or more and a PHR of 50 or higher are listed.

PHR.....HR.....GP.....PLAYER/ LEAGUE/ DIV.
68.........18......42......J. HAMILTON/ AMERICAN/ MLB
66.........17......40......B. ELDRED. INTERNATIONAL/ AAA

57.........16......45......A. RIZZO/ PACIFIC COAST/ AAA
52.........14......43......C. BELTRAN/ NATIONAL/ MLB

52.........14......43......C. DECKER/ TEXAS/ AA
51.........14......44......C. GRANDERSON/ AMERICAN/ MLB

50.........14......45......A. DUNN/ AMERICAN/ MLB
50.........14......45......E. ENCAMACION/ AMERICAN/ MLB

50.........14......45......A. JONES/ AMERICAN/ MLB
50.........14......45......N. FREEMAN/ TEXAS/ AA

50.........19......56......B. HARPER/ MEXICAN/ AAA

Friday, May 18, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF MAY 18, 2012

Players with 13 or more home runs and a PHR of 50 or more are listed.

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

81.........18......36.......J. HAMILTON/AMERICAN/MLB
67.........16......33.......B. ELDRED/INTERNATIONAL/AAA

59.........13......36.......C. BELTRAN/NATIONAL/MLB
56.........13.......38......C. GRANDERSON/AMERICAN/MLB

55.........13.......39......C. JONES/AMERICAN/MLB
55.........13.......39......E. ENCARRIACION/AMERICAN/MLB

54.........14.......38......N. FREEMAN/TEXAS/AA
52.........13.......35......W. MYERS/TEXAS/AA

52.........19.......52......B. HARPER/MEXICAN/AAA
50.........14.......38......A. RIZZO/PACIFIC COAST/AAA

50.........13.......35......C. DECKER/TEXAS/AA
50.........13.......37......C. DECKER/TEXAS/AA

Sunday, May 13, 2012

ALL PLAYERS WITH 12 HOMERS AND A PHR OF 50 OR MORE ARE LISTED.

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

92.........31......18......J.  HAMILTON/AMERICAN/MLB
81.........29......15......B.  ELDRED/INTERNATIONAL/AAA

60.........32......12......G.  BELTRAN/NATIONAL.MLB
60.........32......12......M.  KEMP

58.........33......12......C. DECKER/TEXAS/AA
58.........34......12......N.  FREEMAN/TEXAS/AA

56.........49......19......B.  HARPER/MEXICAN/AAA

Wednesday, May 09, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF MAY 9, 2012

J. HAMILTON HITS FOUR HOMERS IN ONE GAME, WOW!!!!

ONLY PLAYERS WITH A PHR OF 50 OR MORE LISTED

PHR.....HR.....GP.....PLAYER/;LEAGUE/DIV.
91........14.......24......B. ELDERD/INTERNATIONAL/AAA
82........14.......27......J. HAMILTON/AMERICAN/MLB

67........12.......29......M. KEMP/NATIONAL/MLB
61........11.......29......W. MYERS/TEXAS/AA

59........10.......27......T. NASH/CALIFORNIA/A ADV/
58........11.......31......N. FREEMAN/TEXAS/AA

58........18.......44......B. HARPER/MEXICAN/AAA
57........10.......28......T. AUSTIN/S. ATLANTIC/A

57........10......28......J. BRUCE/NATIONAL/M;B
55........10......29......C. GRANDERSON/AMERICAN/MLB

52........10......31......L. DONALD/CALIFORNIA/A ADV.
52........10......31......M. GOMEZ/INTERNATIONAL/AAA

51........10......32......S. MIGUEL/MIDWEST/A
50........15......43......J. LINDSEY/MEXICAN/AAA


Monday, May 07, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF MAY 7, 2012

ONLY PLAYERS WITH A 50 PHR OR HIGHER ARE LISTED

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

91*.......13........22........B. ELDRED/INT./AAA
71.........12........28........M. KEMP/NATIONAL/MLB

64*.........9.........21........E.  GATTIS/CAROLINA/A ADV.
62.........18........44........B. HARPER/MEX/AAA

61.........11........29........N. FREEMAN/TEXAS/AA
61.........10........26........T. AUSTIN/S. ATLANTIC/A

58..........9.........24........W. MIDDLEBROOKS/INT./AAA
56..........9.........25........J. HAMILTON/AMERICAN/MLB

55........10.........29........M. GOMEZ/INT./AAA
55.........9..........26........M. LAPORTA/INT./AAA

53.........9..........27........W. MYERS/TEXAS/AA
51.......12..........28........A. DUNN/AMERICA/MLB

51........9...........28........C. GRANDERSON/AMERICAN/MLB
51........9....,,,,,,,28........C. DECKER/TEXAS/AA

51........9...........25........T. NASH/CALIF./A. ADV.
50........9...........29........E. ENCARNACIEN/AMERICAN/MLB

50.......15..........42........J. LINDSEY/MEX/AAA
50........9...........29.......D. LUTZ/CALIF./A. ADV.

50........9...........29.......C. WALSH/MID WEST/A
NOTE: *player has been moved to a new team

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Brad Eldred goes to Detroit. PHR leader as of May 1, 2012


               BRADLEY ROSS ELDRED has been pulled up to play with the DETROIT TIGERS
BRAD IS THE CURRENT PHR LEADER (104)

As with most MiLB players who do well they get pulled up to MLB and have give up the Batting Title chase.

Selected by Pittsburgh in the 6th round of the June 2002 First-Year Player Draft...signed by Pirate scout Delvy Santiago...rated by Baseball America as the "Best Power Hitter" in the Pirates Minor League system and as the organization's 8th-best prospect prior to the 2005 season...Pittsburgh's Minor League Player-of-the-Year in 2004...2004 Carolina League Most Valuable Player and postseason All-Star...2002 New York-Penn League All-Star...1998 graduate of Coconut Creek High School (Fla.)...named First-Team All-State as a senior after batting .449 with 29 stolen bases and 39 runs scored...played four seasons of baseball (1999-2002) at Florida International University in Miami...hit .338 with 44 home runs and 142 RBIs over his four-year career with the Panthers...was a perfect 13-for-13 in stolen base attempts during his career...named the Sun Belt Conference Player-of-the-Year as a senior (2002), batting .358 with an NCAA-leading 29 home runs and 71 RBIs in 61 games...also was named a 2nd-Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger...one of eight players selected to participate in the NCAA Home Run Challenge as part of the opening ceremonies for the 2002 College World Series...batted .411 with nine homers and an .849 slugging percentage en route to being named a First-Team All-Sun Belt performer in 2001...also made six relief appearances on the mound over two seasons (2000-01), going 1-0 with a 5.81 ERA (6.2 IP / 4 ER)...majored in Criminal Justice at FIU...wife's name is Cindy...resides in Coconut Creek, Fla.

Monday, April 30, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF APRIL 30. 2012

ONLY PLAYERS WITH 9 OR MORE HOME RUNS LISTED.

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

104......13.....20......388......B. ELDRED/ INTERNATIONAL/ AAA
81........11.....22......423......M. KEMP/ NATIONAL/ MLB

80.........9......21......388......J. HAMILTON/ AMERICA/ MLB
73........10.....22......375......N. FREEMAN/ TEXAS/ AA

72.........9......20......247......T. NASH/ CALIF./ A ADV.
72.........9......20......358......T. AUSTIN/ S. ATLANTIC/ A

68.........9......21......385......E. GATTIS/ CAROLINA/ A ADV.
52.......13......35......404......J. LINDSEY/ MEXICAN/ AAA

50.......13......37......396......B. HARPER/ MEXICAN/ AAA
49.......13......38......400......I. SALAS/ MEXICAN/ AAA

42.......11......37......319......J. GUZMAN/ MEXICAN/ AAA
42.......11......37......280......M. LOPEZ/ MEXICAN/ AAA

37.........9......34......295......E. QUINTERO/ MEXICAN/ AAA
34.........9......38......403......M. ABREU/ MEXICAN/ AAA

34.........9......38......300......B. CERVANTES/ MEXICAN/AAA
34,,,,,,,..9,,,,,,38,,,,,,307,,,,,,R. CERVANTES/ MEXICAN/ AAA






Wednesday, April 25, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF APRIL 25, 2012

ALL PLAYERS WITH 8 OR MORE HOMERS LISTED.

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

87......12.....19....390.....BRAD ELDRED/ INTER./ AAA
81.......9......18....455.....MATT KEMP/ NATIONAL/ MLB

71.......8......18....400.....JOSH HAMILTON/ AMERICAN/ MLB
70.......8......16....424.....EVAN GATTIS/ CAROLINA/ A ADV.

68.......8......19....375.....WILL MIDDLEBROOKS/ INTER./ AAA
63.......8......18....269.....TELVIN NASH/ CALIFORNIA/ A ADV.

56......13.....33....395.....BRAD HARPER/ MEXICAN/ AAA
50......11.....31....380.....JOHN LENDSEY/ MEXICAN/AAA

47......11.....33....394.....ISSMAEL SALAS/ MEXICAN/ AAA
40........9.....32....268.....MENDY LOPEZ/ MEXICAN/ AAA

39........9.....33....316.....REFUGIO CERVANTES/ MEXICAN/ AAA
36........8.....31....313.....BARBARO CARIZARES/ MEXICAN/ AAA

35........8.....32....303.....JORGE GUZMAN/ MEXICAN/ AAA
34........9.....28....306.....EDGAR QUINTERO/ MEXICAN/ AAA

34........8.....33....313.....JOSE AMADOR/ MEXICAN/ AAA
34........8.....33....408.....MICHAEL ABREU/ MEXICAN/ AAA

Saturday, April 21, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF APRIL 21, 2012

only players with 8 or more home runs listed.

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

85........9......15....474.....MATT KEMP/ NATIONAL/ MLB
72........8......16....359.....BRAD ELDRED/ INTERNATIONAL/ AAA

55.......12.....31....402.....BRETT HARPER/ MEXICAN/ AAA
48.......10.....29....395.....JOHN LINDSEY/ MEXICAN/ AAA

42........9......30....274.....MENDY LOPEZ/ MEXICAN/ AAA
41........9......31....378.....ISSMAEL SALAS/ MEXICAN/ AAA

39........8......29....311.....BABARO CARIZARES/ MEXICAN/ AAA
38........8......30....409.....MICHAEL ABREU/ MEXICAN/ AAA

36........8......31....320.....REFUGIO CERVANTES/ MEXICAN/ AAA

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF APRIL 18, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF APRIL 18, 2012.


only players with 6 or more homers listed.

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

80.......6.......11......M. KEMP/ NATIONAL/ MLB

67.......6.......12......TELVIN NASH/ CALIF./ A

58......11.....27.....BRETT HARPER/ MEX./ AAA

43........9.....25.....JOHN LINDSEY/ MEX./ AAA

42........8.....27.....BARBARP CANIZARES/ MEX./ AAA

43........8.....26.....MENDY LOPEZ/ MEX./ AAA

43........8.....26.....MICHAEL ABREU/ MEX./ AAA

42........6.....19.....HERNANDO ARREDONDO/ MEX./ AAA

38........7.....26.....MARSHALL MCDOUGALL/ MEX./ AAA

37........7.....27.....ISSMAEL SALAS/ MEX./ AAA

36........6.....23.....EDGER QUINTERO/ MEX./ AAA

33........6.....25.....RYAN MULHERN/ MEX./ AAA

32........6.....26.....JESUS COTA/ MEX./ AAA

32........6.....26.....JORGE GUZMAN/ MEX./ AAA

32........6.....26.....MATT ESQUIVEL/ MEX./ AAA

31........6.....27.....RENE REYES/ MEX./ AAA

31........6.....27.....CARLOS RODRIQUEZ/ MEX./ AAA











Saturday, April 14, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF APRIL 14, 2012.
only players with 5 or more homers listed.

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

89.......5.......9......M. KEMP/ NATIONAL/ MLB
79.......5.......9......TELVIN NASH/ CALIF./ A

72.......5......10.....ANTHONY RIZO/ PACIFIC COAST/ AAA
57......10.....25.....BRETT HARPER/ MEX./ AAA

55........9.....23.....JOHN LINDSEY/ MEX./ AAA
47........8.....24.....BARBARP CANIZARES/ MEX./ AAA

47........8.....24.....MENDY LOPEZ/ MEX./ AAA
46........8.....25.....MICHAEL ABREU/ MEX./ AAA

43........6.....19.....HERNANDO ARREDONDO/ MEX./ AAA
40........7.....25.....MARSHALL MCDOUGALL/ MEX./ AAA

40........7.....25.....ISSMAEL SALAS/ MEX./ AAA
39........5.....17.....REGGIE ABERCROMBE/ MEX./ AAA

38........6.....22.....EDGER QUINTERO/ MEX./ AAA
37........6.....23.....RYAN MULHERN/ MEX./ AAA

35........6.....24.....JESUS COTA/ MEX./ AAA
35........6.....24.....JORGE GUZMAN/ MEX./ AAA

34........6.....25.....MATT ESQUIVEL/ MEX./ AAA
34........6.....25.....RENE REYES/ MEX./ AAA

34........6.....25.....CARLOS RODRIQUEZ/ MEX./ AAA
32........5.....22.....ALBINO CONTRERAS/ MEX./ AAA

32........5.....22.....JUAN RICHARDSON/ MEX./ AAA
28........5.....25.....KARIM GARCIA/ MEX./ AAA

28........5.....25.....LEONARDO HERAS/ MEX./ AAA
28........5.....25.....RUBEN MATEO/ MEX./ AAA

28........5.....25.....ALEX ROMERO/ MEX./ AAA


MATT KEMP

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

THE 60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBERS

60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBERS AS OF 2012


GOING BACK MORE THAN 100 YEARS, HOUSANDS


AND THOUSANDS HAVE PLAYED IN ORGANIZED

BASEBALL, BUT ONLY 14 PLAYERS HAVE HIT

60 OR MORE HOME RUNS IN A SINGLE SEASON.



THE 60 HOMERS CLUB

1 BARRY BONDS 73

2 JOE BAUMAN 72

3 MARK MCGWIRE 70

4 JOE HAUSER 69

5 BOB CRUES 69

6 SAMMY SOSA 66

7 DICK STUART 66

MARK MCGWIRE 65

SAMMY SOSA 64

8 BOB LENNON 64

SAMMY SOSA 63

JOE HAUSER 63

9 MOOSE CLABAUGH 62

10 KEN GUETTLER 62

11 ROGER MARIS 61

12 FROSTY KENNEDY 60

13 TONY LAZZERI 60

14 BABE RUTH 60


14 PLAYERS ON LIST


WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ANY OF THE 60 HOMER CLUB MEMBERS GO BACK TO 2005 IN THE ARCHIVES LISTED TO THE RIGHT.

Friday, April 06, 2012

OPENING DAY PHR STANDINGS

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

288.........2........1....PAUL  JANICSH/ INT. AAA
162.........1........1....J.  AVENCIBIA/ AMR. MLB
162.........1........1....J.  BAUTISTA/  AMR/ MLB
162.........1........1....J.  BRUCE/ NAT./ MLB
162.........1........1....J.  HANNAHAN/ AMR/ MLB
162.........1........1....M. KEMP/ NAT./ MLB
162.........1........1....C. MAYBIN/ NAT./ MLB
161.........1........1.....J. GOMEZ/ AMR/ MLB
144.........1........1.....J.,. BOSCAN/ INT./ AAA
144.........1........1.....D. BUTERA/ INT/ AAA
144.........1........1.....D. DORN/ INT/ AAA
144.........1........1.....V. PASCUCCI/ INT/ AAA
144.........1........1......J. SATIN/ INT/ AAA
144.........1........1......C. VALAIKA/ INT/ AAA
144.........1........1......M. ADAMS/ PC/ AAA
144.........1........1......M. BIANUCCI/ PC/ AAA
144.........1........1......J. BORBON/ PC/ AAA
144.........1........1......S. HELTON/ PC/ AAA
144.........1........1......M. HESSMAN/ PC/ AAA
144.........1........1......P. KOZMA/ PC/ AAA
144.........1........1......B. LASATER/ PC/ AAA
144.........1........1......S. V. STYKE/ PC/ AAA
144.........1........1......R. BRANTLY/ ESTN/ AA
144.........1........1......B. BRITTON/ ESTN/ AA
144.........1........1......L. CASTRO/ ESTN/ AA
144.........1........1......R. DENT/ ESTN/ AA
144.........1........1......R. GOODMAN/ ESTN/ AA
144.........1........1......J. C. LINARES/ ESTN/ AA
144.........1........1......M. MACHADO/ ESTN/ AA
144.........1........1......C. RABL/ ESTN/ AA
144.........1........1......S. VALLE/ ESTN/ AA
144.........1........1......J. BOUR/ SO/ AA
144.........1........1......I. GAC/ SO/ AA
144.........1........1......A. MARTS/ SO/ AA
144.........1........1......H. RODRIGUEZ/SO/AA
144.........1........1......J. ADDUCI/ SO/ AA
144.........1........1......N. FREMAN/ TX/ AA
144.........1........1......J. GYORKO/ TX/ AA
144.........1........1.....J. RUTLEDTGE/ TX/ AA
144.........1........1....M. KNECHT/ FL/ AA
144.........1........1....B. HAMILTON/ CA/ AA
144.........1........1....B. MILLER/ CA/ AA
144.........1........1....T. NASH/ CA/ AA
144.........1........1.....J. PARKER/ CA/ AA
144.........1........1....S. ROMERO/ CA/ AA
144.........1........1....J. WHITAKER/ CA/ AA
144.........1........1....G. SPRINGER/ CA/ AA
140.........1........1....L. ADAMS/ MID/ A
140.........1........1....D. ROBBINSON/ MID/ A
140.........1........1....C. WALSH/ MID/ A
140.........1........1....K. DUGAN/ SATL/ A
140.........1........1....GOODWIN/ SATL/ A
140.........1........1.....A.HANSON/ SATL/ A
66...........1........2.....D. ACKLEY/ AMR/ MLB
66...........1........2.....Y. VRD[RFRD/ AMR/ MLB
66...........1........2.....J. REDDICK/ AMR/ MLB
66...........2........3.....J. SMOAK/ AMR/ MLB

OPENING DAY HOME RUN UPDATE







PAUL JANISH OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE HIT TWO HOMERS AND LEADS ALL PLAYERS WITH A PHR OF 288.

SEVEN PLAYERS FROM MLB ARE 1 FOR 1 WITH PHR,S OF 162, AND FOUR PLAYERS ARE 1 FOR 2 WITH PHR,S OF 66.

45 PLAYERS FROM MILB HIT A HOME RUN FOR PHR,S OF 144.

PRESEASON FAVORITE JOSE BAUTISTA (TOR) AND HIS TEAM MATE J. AVENCIBIA ARE ON THE LIST. LOOK FOR BAUTIST TO GO FOR THE THREE PETE.

THE AMERICAN LEAGUE  LEADS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE 8 -3 WITH NUMBER OF PLAYERS WITH A HOME RUN.

ANGLES OPEN TOMORROW AND A. PUGOLS WILL START HIS FIRST GAME AS A LAA.

Thursday, April 05, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF APRIL 4, 2012


Before we get to the PHR standings, here is where the Pre-Season Odds stand on Openning Day


PRE-SEASON ODDS TO WIN THE HOME RUN TITLE IN 2012


ODDS TO HIT 60 HOME RUNS

J. BAUTISTA (TOR) 8-1...4/18 spring training

C. GRANDERSON (NYY) 15-1....2/19 spring training

M. KEMP (LAD) 25-1.....2/22  spring training

J. GUZMAN (MEX) 75-1.....4/15 Reg. season

M. TEIXEIRA (NYY) 20-1.....0/21 spring training

P. FIELDER (DET) 12-1.....4/22 spring training

L. TERRERO (MEX) 80-1.....0/0

A. PUJOLS (LAA) 10-1.....7/23 spring training

M. REYNOLDS (BAL) 25-1.....2/18 spring training

D. UGGLA (ATL) 35-1.....6/24 spring training

M. TRUMBO (LAA) 20-1.....6/23 spring training

ANY OTHER AL PLAYER 3-1

ANY OTHER NL PLAYER 4-1

ANY OTHER ML PLAYER 35-1

Here are the PHR standings as of April 4, 2012

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

161.......1........1.....J. Gomez/Amr./MLB
66.........1.......2......D. Ackley.Amr/MLB

66.........1.......2.....Y. Cespedes/Amr/MLB
66.........1.......2.....J. Reddick;/Amr/MLB

66.........1......2......J. Smoak/Amr/MLB
57.........6.....15....M. Lopez/Mex/AAA

54.........6.....16....B. Canizares/Mex/AAA
54.........6.....16....M. Exquivel/Mex/AAA

54.........6.....16....B. Harper/Mex/AAA
50.........5.....14....H. Arredondo/Mex/AAA

45.........5.....16....C. Rodriquez/Mex/AAA


Spring Training Leaders:

player/league/hr/gp
F.  Freeman/Nat....7/24
M. Hague/Nat....7/25
A. Pujols/Amr.....7/23

NOW LETS PLAY BALL!!!!!!!

Saturday, March 31, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF MARCH 31, 2012

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

161........1.........1......J. GOMEZ/ AMR./ MLB
.81.........1.........2......Y. CESPEDES/ AMR/ MLB

.81.........1.........2......D. ACKLEY/ AMR/ MLB
.81.........1.........2......J. SMOAK/ AMR/ MLB

.81.........1.........2......J. REDDICK/ AMR/ MLB
.65.........5.......11......M. LOPEZ/MEX/ AAA

.60.........5.......12......M. ESQUIVEL/ MEX/ AAA
.52.........4.......11......H. ARREDONDO/ MEX/ AAA

.48.........4.......12......J. GUZMAN/ MEX/ AAA
.48.........4.......12......B. HARPER/ MEX/ AAA

.48.........4.......12......H. PAEZ/ MEX/ AAA
.48.........4.......12......R. REYES/ MEX/ AAA

.48.........4.......12......C. RODRQUEZ/ MEX/ AAA
.45.........4.......13......B. CANIZARES/ MEX/ AAA

.45.........4.......13......L. HERAS/ MEX/ AAA

The top PHR'S are from the two overseas games between Oakland and Seattle.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF 03/28/2012

PHR STANDINGS AS OF MARCH 28, 2013

PHR (projected home runs) are the number of home runs divided by the number of games played. This gives us the PGA(per game avg). The PGA + No. of home runs = PHR  From now on we will list home run leaders by there PHR.  Remember that MLB plays 162 games and MiLB play 144 games.  The MLB season has started with the opening game in Japan between Seattle and Oakland.


PHR....HR....GP....PGA....PLAYER/LEAGUE/DIV.
162.....01......01.....1.0.......D. ACKLEY/AMERICAN/MLB
.72......05......10.....0.5.......M. ESQULVEL/MEX/AAA

.63......04......09.....444......J. GUZMAN/MEX/AAA
.63......04......09.....444.....M. LOPEZ/MEX/AAA

.57......04.....10......400.....B. HARPER/MEX/AAA
.57......04.....10......400.....R. REYES/MEX/AAA

/57//////04.....10......400.....C. RODRIQUEZ/MEX/AAA

HOME RUN STANDINGS AS OF 03/28/2012

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

05......09.....MATT ESQULVEL/MEX-AAA
04......09.....BRETT HARPER /MEX-AAA

04......09.....RENE REYES /MEX-AAA
03......08.....WES BANKSLON /MEX-AAA

03......09.....BARBARO CANIZARES /MEX-AAA
03......08.....JORGE GUZMAN /MEX-AAA

03......08.....MENDY LOPEZ /MEX-AAA
03......09.....JUAN RICHARDSON /MEX-AAA

03......09.....CARLOS RODRIGUEZ /MEX-AAA

Two games will be played on April 4th, most other teams will start on April 5th.

Congrats to M. Johnson and hes group for saving the LAD from ruin.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

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

4.........7.......RENE  REYES.....MEX/AAA
3.........7.......BARBARO..  CANIZARES.....MEX/AAA
3.........7.......MATT  ESQUIVEL.....MEX/AAA
3.........7.......JORGE  GUZMAN.....MEX/AAA
3.........7.......BRETT  HARPER.....MEX/AAA
3.........7.......CARLOS  RODRIQUEZ.....MEX/AAA

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

HOME RUN STANDINGS AS OF 03/20/2012

THE MEXICAN LEAGUE HAS OPENED THE 2012 BASEBALL SEASON AND THE RUN FOR THE HOME RUN TITLE IS ON.  MLB OPENS APRIL 5TH WITH THE REST OF THE MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS.  MLB TEAMS PLAY 162 GAMES AND MOST MILB TEAMS PLAY 144 GAMES

STANDINGS AS OF MARCH 20, 2012

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

2.........3.....JOSE AMADOR...MEX/AAA
2.........2.....MIGUEL OJEDA...MEX/AAA
2.........3.....RENE REYES.......MEX/AAA
2.........3.....ROBERT SAOCEDO...MEX.AAA

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

2012 ODDS TO WIN THE HOME RUN TITLE

PRE-SEASON ODDS TO WIN THE HOME RUN TITLE IN 2012

                                              ODDS TO HIT 60 HOME RUNS

J. BAUTISTA  (TOR)  8-1                       24-1           

C. GRANDERSON (NYY)   15-1           45-1

M. KEMP (LAD)   25-1                        100-1

J. GUZMAN (MEX)    75-1                  450-1

M. TEIXEIRA (NYY)   20-1                   55-1

P. FIELDER (DET)   12-1                       25-1

L. TERRERO (MEX)   80-1                   400-1

A. PUJOLS  (LAA)  10-1                         30-1

M. REYNOLDS (BAL)   25-1                100-1

D. UGGLA (ATL)   35-1                        140-1

M. TRUMBO (LAA)   20-1                      80-1

ANY OTHER AL PLAYER   3-1               9-1

ANY OTHER NL PLAYER   4-1            12-1

ANY OTHER ML PLAYER   35-1        125-1

Thursday, February 16, 2012

GARY CARTER - 1954 - 2012

                                              Gary Carter dies at 57; baseball Hall of Famer

                                                                        1954 - 2012


                                                         garycarter.org                              mlb.com

Sunday, February 05, 2012

SPRING GAMES START WED. FEB. 29, 2012

DATES TO REMEMBER  - SPRING BALL IS ALMOST HERE!

February 12, 2012


Voluntary report date for pitchers, catchers and injured players (Oakland and Seattle)

February 17, 2012

Oakland and Seattle full squads may report

February 19, 2012

Voluntary report date for pitchers, catchers and injured players (all other clubs)

February 24, 2012

Full squads may report (all other clubs)

Mandatory report date for all players on Oakland and Seattle


February 29, 2012

First exhibition game, Florida State University vs. Philadelphia Phillies, Clearwater, Fla.


March 2, 2012

First Spring Training game, Seattle Mariners vs. Oakland Athletics, Phoenix

Mandatory report date for all players on remaining clubs

March 11, 2012

Last date to renew Major League contracts


March 19, 2012

Last day to place a player on unconditional release waivers and pay 30 days termination pay instead of 45 days

Last date to assign an injured player to a Minor League club, if applicable


March 26, 2012

Earliest date that a club may backdate a placement on the Major League 15-day disabled list


March 28-29, 2012

Japan Opening Series 2012, Tokyo

Seattle Mariners vs. Oakland Athletics
April 4, 2012

Opening Night, St. Louis Cardinals at Miami Marlins

April 5, 2012

Opening Day

WHO REALLY IS THE H.R. KING?

WHO REALLY IS THE SINGLE SEASON HOME RUN KING?

60 home runs in a single season has happened 18 times by 14 players. If all of them played 162 games the list might look like this.

PGA.....GP.....HR.....ADJ.....YEAR.....AGE.....BA.....PLAYER

.514.....140....72.....83.3.....1944.....32.....400....JOE BAUMAN
.504.....123....62.....81.7.....1926.....24.....376.....M. CLABOYGH

.492.....140....69.....79.6.....1948.....29.....404.....BOB CRUSE
.477.....153.....73....77.3.....2001.....36.....328.....BARRY BOND

.468.....141.....66....75.8.....1956.....23.....298.....DICK STUERT
.451....155.....70.....73.2.....1998.....34.....299.....M. MCGWIRE

.450....153.....69.....73.0.....1933.....34.....332.....JOE HAUSER
.442....140.....62.....71.9.....1956.....29.....293.....K. GUETTIER

.424....153.....65.....68.3.....1999.....35.....278.....M. MCGWIRE
.418....153.....64.....67.8.....1954.....25.....345.....B. LENNON

.416....144.....60.....67.5.....1956.....30.....327.....F. KENNEDY
.451....162.....66.....66.7.....1998.....29.....308.....SAMMY SOSA

.400....160.....64.....64.9.....2001.....32.....328.....SAMMY SOSA
.397....151.....60.....64.4.....1927.....30.....356.....BABE RUTH

.388....162.....60.....63.0.....1999.....30.....288.....SAMMY SOSA
.378....161.....61.....61.4.....1961.....26.....269.....ROGER MARI

.375....168.....63.....60.7.....1930.....31.....313.....JOE HAUSER
.304....197.....60.....49.2.....1925.....21.....355.....T. LAZZERI
ADJ. is the adjustment to a 162 game season.
PGA.(per game avg.)  X  162 = ADJ.

This chart shows the true comparisons of each of the 60 homers club members. The rankings are based on a 162 game season. I feel that the per game avg. is the better gage. You can see that LaZZeri played in a 205 game league, he hit 60 homers sure, but if he had stopped at 162 games he would only have had 49 or so home runs. Bonds may hold the record of 73 homers in a season but ranks third on the Per game list. Also notice that Sosa hit over 60 homers three times and that Kennedy’s Per Game Avg. was higher than all three of his seasons.

Organized Baseball only tracks leagues that play 140 games or more per season . Most minor leagues play about 144 games and the majors play 162.

Saturday, February 04, 2012

THE PULE - ALL SPORTS, ALL THE TIME

Dan and David Hoke now host this Webb show live on Monday and Friday at 4:00PM. You can hear all past shows at any time by clicking the link below.  David and Danny are my sisters sons and the grandsons of 60 homers member Forrest (Frosty) Kennedy, my dad.  CHECK IT OUT!

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Friday, January 20, 2012

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Gary Carter

Baseball Hall of Famer Gary Carter has new tumors on his brain, his daughter announced Thursday on her website.  careingbridge.org/garycarter

Gary Carter was a name I grew up with. In high school we both ran track (high hurdles). I went to Fullerton High and Carter went to Sunny Hills High. One of my high school memories was when we ran against Sunny Hills at Fullerton and I won the race because Carter and David Kingman both went down at the same time and I passed them and won the race. My big claim to fame in high school was beating Carter and Kingman. After high school I followed both of their carriers into MLB. Carter became a bigger name around Fullerton when he got involved with local charities including the Boys and Girls Club of Fullerton.



Our thoughts and prayers go out to Gary Carter and his family in this trying time.