most HRs by decade?

[Walt Zink]

so i had this asked of me. the 20's to the 90's:

1920's: babe ruth
1930's: jimmie foxx
1940's: ted williams
1950's: duke snider
1960's: (can't remember)
1970's: willie stargell
1980's: mike schmidt
1990's: mark mcgwire

if anyone has a way to doublecheck/correct these, it'd be awesome. good one to ask, also :)

[Utter Chaos]

According to http://baseball.suite101.com/article.cfm/mlb_baseball_home_run_records it looks like what you have is correct.

Harmon Killebrew was the leader in the 60's.

[Brooklyn]

Funny, someone asked me the same question last night at the baseball game, so I looked up the ones I couldn't remember when I got home.

For what it is worth, here are the top 10 by decades:

00's


Harry Davis 67
Charlie Hickman 58
Sam Crawford 57
Buck Freeman 54
Socks Seybold 51
Honus Wagner 51
Nap Lajoie 48
Cy Seymour 43
Hobe Ferris 40
Jimmy Williams 40


10's



Gavvy Cravath 116
Fred Luderus 83
Frank Baker 76
Frank Schulte75
Larry Doyle 64
Sherry Magee 61
Heinie Zimmerman 58
Fred Merkle 56
Vic Saier 55
Chief Wilson 52


20's:


Babe Ruth 467
Rogers Hornsby 250
Cy Williams 202
Ken Williams 190
Jim Bottomley 146
Bob Meusel 146
Lou Gehrig 146
Harry Heilmann 142
Hack Wilson 137
George Kelly 134


30's


Jimmie Foxx 415
Lou Gehrig 347
Mel Ott 308
Wally Berger 241
Chuck Klein 238
Earl Averill 218
Hank Greenberg 206
Babe Ruth 198
Al Simmons 190
Bob Johnson 186


40's


Ted Williams 234
Johnny Mize 217
Bill Nicholson 211
Rudy York 189
Joe Gordon 181
Joe DiMaggio 180
Vern Stephens 177
Charlie Keller 173
Ralph Kiner 168
Bobby Doerr 164


50's


Duke Snider 326
Gil Hodges 310
Eddie Mathews 299
Mickey Mantle 280
Stan Musial 266
Yogi Berra 256
Willie Mays 250
Ted Kluszewski 239
Gus Zernial 232
Ernie Banks 228


60's


Harmon Killebrew 393
Hank Aaron 375
Willie Mays 350
Frank Robinson 316
Willie McCovey 300
Frank Howard 288
Norm Cash 278
Ernie Banks 269
Mickey Mantle 256
Orlando Cepeda 254


70's


Willie Stargell 296
Reggie Jackson 292
Johnny Bench 290
Bobby Bonds 280
Lee May 270
Dave Kingman 252
Graig Nettles 252
Mike Schmidt 235
Tony Perez 226
Reggie Smith 225


80's


Mike Schmidt 313
Dale Murphy 308
Eddie Murray 274
Dwight Evans 256
Andre Dawson 250
Darrell Evans 230
Lance Parrish 225
Tony Armas 225
Dave Winfield 223
Jack Clark 216


90's


Mark McGwire 405
Ken Griffey 382
Barry Bonds 361
Albert Belle 351
Juan Gonzalez 339
Sammy Sosa 332
Rafael Palmeiro 328
Jose Canseco 303
Frank Thomas 301
Fred McGriff 300
Matt Williams 300


2000's (through 2006)



Alex Rodriguez 316
Barry Bonds 289
Jim Thome 276
Manny Ramirez 272
Andruw Jones 262
Carlos Delgado 258
Sammy Sosa 252
Albert Pujols 250
Vladimir Guerrero 246
Jason Giambi 244


A-Rod is already at 365, through last night. He has a real shot at breaking Ruth's single decade record

[RubeBaker]

Intersting to see Hank Aaron in the top 10 in only 1 decade.

[geezer]

A-Rod is leading the 2000s in HRs, RBIs and Runs Scored.

[Brooklyn]

Intersting to see Hank Aaron in the top 10 in only 1 decade.

that is a function of when he came up. He only played 1/2 a decade in the 50's and 70's