MiLB Home Run Contenders For 2014

MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS WHO MAY CONTEND FOR THE 2014 HOME RUN TITLE.
NOTE: Minor leagues play 144 game season and are mostly owned by a MLB club.

Jorge Canto- now playing for TIG in the AAA Mexican League. He has been playing since 2005. He has played in 615 MLB games and hit 73 homers. In 2013 his 162 game PHR was 60.

Joey Gallo- now as he did last year he is playing for the Hickory Crawdads in the single A Dov. He has no MLB exp. He hit a total of 40 home runs in 2013 and his 162 PHR was 58.

Japher Amador- Now playing for the Oklahoma City Redhawks. In 2013 he played in the AAA Mexican League. His 162 game PHR was 56

Ruben Mateo- Now as last year he is playkng for CDC of the AAA Mexican League. He has been playing since 2000. he has played a total of 243 MLB games with 14 home runs. His 2013 162 game PHR was 54.

PLAYERS TO WATCH- Mauro Gomez, Zack Borenstein, Ryan Rua and Barbano Canizaras.

Unless there is some red hot rookie out there I think one of these players will lead the MiLB in home runs.

Next I will have the MLB contenders. STAY TUNED!!!!!

2014 HOME RUN TITLE RACE IS ABOUT TO START.

IT’S LONGBALL SEASON AGAIN. TIME TO PUT UP SOME NAMES THAT MIGHT MAKE A RUN FOR THE 2014 HOME RUN TITLE.

For starters it was nice to see the league finally take a strong stand against juicing and give quite a few players 50 games off for bad behavior, and a solid 162 games off for that A0Rod dude. This should go a long ways to deep the juicers to just a few.

We all know that Sosa, McGwire and Bonds won’t be inducted to the Hall-of-Fame any time soon, but do you think their stats should be there either? Let me know who you think should be the MLB home run record holder should be.

IS IT HANK OR IS IT BARRY?

In the next few days I will be putting a list of longballers together for us to consider for this years title holder, if you have some suggestions let me know and why. At the end of March I will put my preseason offs for who will hit 60 homers and who will win the HR title. Stay tuned.

HAPPY NEW YEARS, 2014

Dick stuart Barry BondsTony LarzziBob Lennon Roger MarisMark McGwire Forrest Kennedy

Frosty, MLB and MiLB single season leaders.

H A P P Y N E W Y E A R T O A L L ! ! !
Lets compair MLB with MiLB and Frosty's singel season records.

HOME RUNS
BARRY bONDS 73 San Francisco Giants 2001
Joe Bauman 72 Roswell 1954
F. Kennedy 60 Plainview Ponies 1954

TRIPLES
Chieg Wilson 36 Pittsburgh Pirates 1912
Jack Cross 32 London/ Mich-Ont. 1925
F. Kennedy 19 Riverside Dons/ Sunset 1948

DOUBLES
Earl Webb 67 Boston Red Sox 1931
Lyman Lamb 100 Tulsa/ Western 1924
F. Kennedy 43 Plainview/ W.T.N.M. 1953

HITS
Ichiird Suzuki 262 Seattle Mariners 2004
Paul Strand 325 Salt Lake City/ PCL 1923
F. Kennedy 200 Riverside/ Sunset 1948

RUNS SCORED
Babe Ruth 177 New York Yankies 1921
Tony Lazzeri 202 Salt Lake City/ PCL 1925
F. Kennedy 156 Plainview/ W.T.N.M. 1953

BATTING AVG.
Rogers Horbsby .424 St. Louse Cardinals 1930 (143 games)
Hector Espino .465 San Luis Pot./ Mexican 1961 (17 games)
F. Kennedy .411 Riverside/ Sunset 1949 (119 games)
F. Kennedy .410 Plainview/ W.T.N.M. 1953 (143 games)

HOPEING YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT 2014, AND GO ANGLES!!

IMAGES OF FORREST (FROSTY) EDWARD KENNEDY, JR.

SINGLE SEASON HOME RUN TITLE WINNERS FOR LAST 8 YEARS

2013 - CHRIS DAVIS OF THE ORIOLES HIT 53 HOMERS, 138 RBI'S WITH A .286 AVG.********** MIGUEL CABRERA- 2012 HOME RUN TITLE WINNER WITH 44 HOMERS AND 137 RBI'S WITH A .348 AVG.********** JOSE BAUTISTA- 2011 H.R. TITLE WINNER WITH 43 HOMERS AND 103 RBI'S WITH A .302 AVG.********** JOSE BAUTISTA- 2010 LONGBALL TITLE WINNER WITH 54 HOMERS AND 124 RBI'S WITH A .260 AVG.********** ALBERT PUJOLS- 2009 HOME RUN TITLE WINNER WITH 42 HR'S AND 160 RBI'S WITH A .327 AVG.********** RAYN HOWARD= 2008 HR TITLE WINNER WITH 48 ROUND SACKERS AND 146 RBI'S WITH A .251 AVG.********** ALEX RODRIGUEA- 2007 HOME RUN WINNER WITH 54 HR'S AND 156 RBI'S WITH A .314 AVG.********** DAVID ORTIZ- 2006 HR TITLE WINNER WITH 54 HOMERS AND 137 RBI'S WITH A .287 QVG.********** "I don't know why people like the home run so much. A home run is over as soon as it starts." George Foster (22nd Overall Single Season Home Runs Leader}**********

single A league HR leaders

Here are the rest of the 2013 Home Run single A league
League leaders.

California-  Zach Borenstein. 28 homers
 Team: Mesa Solar Sox

Carolina-  Chris Curley.  24 homers
 Team:  Winston-Salom Dash

Florida State-  Dustin Lawley. 25 homers
Team.  St. Lucie Mets
  Now with the Las Vegas 51s

Midwest- Adam Brett Walker 11. 27 homers
Team:  Ceder Rapids Kernels

With six games left C. Davis has 52 homers
And M. Cabrera has 44 homers

AA LEAGUE HR TITLE WINNERS LISTED

2013 HOME RUN TITLE HOLDERS FROM THE DOUBLE A LEAGUES.

EASTERN LEAGUE: 3 way tie with 23 homers each:

 James Murphy plays for the READING FIGHTIN PHI LS. PC- Philadelphia
            HR: 23     AVG: .273    RBI: 83

Ryan Schimpg plays for the NEW HAMPSHIRE FISHER CATS. PC-Toronto
             HR: 23     AVG: 210    RBI: 65

Brandon Waring plays for the BOWIE BAYSOX. PC- Baltimore
            HR: 23    AVG: 213     RBI: 61


SOUTHERN LEAGUE:
       Brock Kjeldgaard plays for the HUNTSVILLE STARS. PC- Milwaukee
           HR: 24    AVG: 222     RBI: 70


TEXAS LEAGUE:
     Matt Fields plays for the NORTHWEST ARKANSAS NATURALS
        HR: 31     AVG: 222       RBI: 87         PC- Kansas City


PHR TWO MAN RACE:

C. DAVIS has 49 homers with 17 games left to play and a PHR of 54.

M. CABRERA has 43 homers with 16 games left to play and a PHR of 48

The single A leagues will be listed next time.

CONGRATULATIONS TO JOSEPH GALLO HICKOR FOR WINNING THE MINOR LEAGUE HOME RUN TITLE.

Joseph plays for the Hickor Crawdads in the single A South Atlantic league. He was born in Las Vegas, Nevada on Nov. 19, 1993.

Selected by the Texas Rangers in the first round (39th overall) of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft out of Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nev

38 home runs   .244 Avg.   78 RBI  bats left/ throws right     6' 5"/ 205 lbs


The AAA League Home Run leaders are;

International- Tied with 29 HR are Mauro Gomez and Zach Walters.
 Gomez plays for the Buffalo Bison's.  AVG: .249  RBI: 73  Parent Club:  Toronto
Walters plays for the Syracuse Chiefs.  AVG: 253  RBI: 77 Parent Club:  Washington

Pacific Coast-  With 25 HR is Brock Peterson who plays for the Memphis Redbirds
                           AVG: .296   RBI: 86   Parent Club:  St. Louis


Mexican- With 37 Homers Ruben Mateo who plays for the Delfines de Chudad del Carmen
                     AVG:  .322      RBI:  119    independent


PHR STANDINGS AS OF SEPT. 5, 2013

PHR...HR..GP..GL..PLAYER
54.......47...138..23..C. Davis
50.......43...128..22..M. Cabrera
38.......38...106...0...J. Gallo
37.......37...138...0...R. Mateo
36.......36...136...0...J. Amador
all players with 35 or more homers are listed.

next time we will list the rest of the minor leagues home run leaders.
  

PHR STANDINGS AS OF AUG. 22, 2913

ALL PLAYERS WITH 30 OR MORE HOME RUNS LISTED.

PHR..HR..GL..PLAYER/LG/DIV.

59......46...37...C. DAVIS/AMR/MLB
52......40...37...M. CABRERA/AMR/MLB

42......37...20   R. MATEO/MEX/AAA
42......36...20...J. AMADOR/MEX/AAA

41......31...37...P. ALVEREZ/NAT/MLB
41......31...37...E. ENCARNATION/AMR/MLB

41......31...37...P. GOLDSCHMIDT/NAT/MLB
40......31...20...J. CANTU/MEX/AAA

36......32...20...M. FIELDS/N.TEX/AA
36......31...20...H. GALLO/S.ATL/A

DEEP INTO THE SEASON AND DAVIS IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE IN HIS QUEST TO JOIN THE 60 HOMERS CLUB. IT WOULD BE VERY EXCITING TO SEE IF IT CAME DOWN TO LAST GAME OF THE SEASON.
 FROSTY KENNEDY HAD 59 HOMERS GOING INTO THE LAST DAY OF THE SEASON IN 1956, HE WENT 1 FOR 4 IN THE FIRST GAME OF A DOUBLE HITTER. IN THE SECOND GAME HE HAD A SO/BB/FLY OUT/SINGLE/ AND HIT HIS 60TH HOMER ON HIS LAST AT BAT OF THE SEASON TO PUT HIM INTO THE RECORD BOOKS OF BEING ONLY THE 10TH PLAYER AT THE TIME TO EVER HIT 60 OR MORE IN A SEASON IN ORG. BASEBALL. HIS STATS ARE ON DISPLAY IN COOPERS TOWN IN THE BABE RUTH WING OF THE HALL OF FAME.

ROGER MARIS SET THE MLB MARK OF 61 IN 1961 TO BECOME THE 11 PLAYER TO DO IT AND THAT RECORD STOOD ABOUT 40 YEARS UNTIL THE JUICE IN THE ARM GANG SHOWED UP AND DID IT FIVE TIMES IN JUST A FEW YEARS. I WAS VERY GLAD TO SEE MLB TAKING THE ACTION IT DID THIS MONTH WITH THE DRUGI ES.

PHR Standings August 10, 2013

ONLY PLAYERS WITH 30 OR MORE HOMERS LISTED


PHR..HR..PLAYERS

57..41..C.DAVIS/AMR/MLB
50..35..M.CABRERA/AMR/MLB
47..37..R.MATEO/MEX/AAA
47..36..J.AMADOR/MEX/AAA
42..31..J.CANTU/MEX/AAA
42..30..E.ENCARNACION/AMR/MLB


Davis, I predict has no chance in hitting 60 homers and questionable to make the almost list of 55 or more which only has 16 players on it. My preseason pick Miguel Cabrera needs to pick up the pace to win the title.

PHR Standings as of July 25, 2013

ALL PLAYERS WITH 30 OR MORE HOMERS ARE LISTED:


PHR...HR...GL...PLAYER/LG/DIV

58......37......60...C. DAVIS/AMR/MLB
51......35......44...J. AMADOR/MEX/AAA
50......31......62...M. CABRERA/AMR/MLB
47......31......44...J. CANTU/MEX/AAA
46......32......44...R. MATEO/MEX/AAA

Last week all the talk was that Davis might hit seventy homers, I will now tell you that he will not be a member of the 60 homers club this year.

A comparison of the fourteen members                                                                                                   of the 60 Homers Club.

 
 Home Runs                RBI                

B. Bonds       73      J. Bauman  224  

J. Bauman     72      F. Kennedy184   

M. McGuire 70      B. Ruth      171   

J. Hauser      69     S. Sosa       160   

B. Crues       69    M. McGuire147  

S. Sosa         66    K. Guttler    143  

D. Stuart      66    R. Maris      141  

M. McGure  65    B. Bonds     129  

S. Sosa         64    B. Lennon   104  

B. Lennon    64     J. Hauser         ?  

S. Sosa         63    B. Crues          ?   

J. Hauser      63    D. Stuart          ?   

M. Clabaugh 62   B. Lennon        ?   

R. Maris       61   M. Clabaugh    ?   

F. Kennedy   60                                

Babe Ruth    60

Tony Lazzeri60

   Batting Avg.                 Hits

F. Kennedy   .411    T. Lazzeri   252

F. Kennedy   .410     B. Crues     228

 B. Crues       .404      F. Kennedy 225

 J. Bauman      .400    J. Hauser     218

B. Ruth          .393     B. Lennon     210

 M. Clabaugh   .385   M. Clabaugh 207

 B. Bonds        .370    B. Ruth          205

B. Lennon      .364    J. Bauman      199

T. Lazzeri      .355    S. Sosa           193

J. Hauser       .353    B. Bonds       181

 K. Guttler      .349   D. Stuart        161

 M. McGuire  .333   R. Maris        159

 S. Sosa          .328   M. Mcguir      152

 D. Stuart        .313   K. Guttler       149

 R. Maris        .273   K. Guttler       149

Notes:  MLB plays 162 games a season.    MiLB normally plays 140 - 144 games a season.  The year Tony Lazzeri hit 60 he played in 197 games that year.  Every single season record of 60 or more is listed.  Every single season BA of .400 or more is listed.  Ken Guttler hit his single season high of 149 twice. Every players single season best was not necessarily the same year he hit 60 homers. ? means no RBI info is avalible

PHR STANDINGS AS OF JULY 5, 2013

Ten days until All-Stare game and C. Davis still has a PHR of 60. Only four players with 26 or more homers at this time. M Cabrera is starting let loose of the long-ball and I look for him to out due Davis in the second half. He was my pre-season pick to win the title.

PHR standings as of July 5, 2013

C. Davis has 32 homers in 86 games with 76 games left to play for a PHR of 60
J. Cantu has 31 homers in 81 games with 56 games left to play for a PHR of 52.
M. Cabrera has 26 homers in 83 games with 76 games left to play for a PHR of 49
L. Terrero has 27 homers in 76 games with 56 games left to play for a PHR of 46

Note: MiLB plays 144 games.   MLB plays 162 games.

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.' "

.© 2013 MyPlainview.com. All rights reserved.

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?