Not Babe Ruth he only had 6
Player with most HR's in his last Major League season
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Originally posted by leagueleader View PostNot Babe Ruth he only had 6WAR? Prove it!
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Originally posted by Macker View PostHe broke Ted Williams' record of 29 in 1960.Last edited by leagueleader; 06-15-2014, 01:00 AM.
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Originally posted by Herr28 View PostYeah, Dave Kingman in 1986 is my vote. He hit 35 that year. I always wished he could have stuck around for 1987.
But he probably was forced out. And by the way, its not so pure anymore.
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Originally posted by brett View PostThe only hall of fame points that I ever gave to Kingman was that he retired before he polluted the 500 home run club.
But he probably was forced out. And by the way, its not so pure anymore.
Of course, Kingman had a good run of 30 homer seasons at the end (35, 30, 35 with the A's from 1984-1986), but all I saw on his Topps cards was the low batting averages. I think that 1987 card of Kingman showed a .210 BA to go along with those 35 HRs. I'm sure his OBP was pretty pathetic, too, certainly sub-.300. At that time, I just thought that the former big time home run king-type sluggers, Kingman and Stormin' Gorman Thomas, couldn't get jobs for 1987 because they had bad batting averages. Bob Horner had to go to Japan, and miss out on the home run parade the year after he had his 4-home run game for the Braves.
I don't know if the aging sluggers who couldn't do much more than pop the very occasional home run (Thomas, Kingman, etc) could find a job because of their declining skills, attitudes/clubhouse issues, collusion, youth movements (the A's had some fine young sluggers coming up in Mark McGwire and Rob Nelson), or if it was simply a combination of all of the above. However, when I was 12 or 13 years old, the whole matter could be decided quite easily."It ain't braggin' if you can do it." Dizzy Dean
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Originally posted by Herr28 View PostYeah, Dave Kingman in 1986 is my vote. He hit 35 that year. I always wished he could have stuck around for 1987.WAR? Prove it!
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Originally posted by Zito75 View PostI saw him and Canseco take the Mariner's deep in the same game back in that '86 season. I think that had a strong influence on me becoming a huge A's fan. Then again when it's the 2nd game I ever attended in person, you might be impressionable at 12 years old.
Dwayne Murphy, Mike Davis, Jose Canseco in the outfield and Kingman at DH. Then, after Kingman was gone, they brought back Reggie Jackson for his swan song in '87. The only game I got to watch with the A's playing and Jackson batting, I remember he got hit in the back with a pitch. My friend and I (he was 13 and I was 11 then) were sorting through our wood-bordered 1987 Topps cards, preparing to begin trading with the A's game on the small black and white tube in his room. Dave Stewart was making his nice comeback, well I guess he was really launching his career after being a bum starter, long reliever, bullpen type in LA and Philly (Texas too?).
I can't remember if Bob Welch (R.I.P.) came over in '87 or '88? Eck was pissed to be put in the 'pen, and complained about it all year but really took off in '88. Mickey Tettleton went to the Orioles, eventually, when it was clear Terry Steinbach was going to be the catcher. Was it '88 or '87 when Mickey went to the O's? Moose Haas was on a hot start in '86 I think, he eventually went 7-2 but got hurt after his hot start. Chris Codiroli was up and down, I had a bunch of his cards from the mid-80s. Bill Krueger never panned out, looked like a good big lefty coming up from what I remember."It ain't braggin' if you can do it." Dizzy Dean
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Whoever it was it was not the Cardinals' Bob Horner. One of the severe disappointments from my youth. He was supposed to come in in 1988 and give Whitey Herzog's jackrabbits some power after losing Jack Clark. But he hit only 3 HRs in 247 PAs. (He had hit 27 each of the previous two years eith ATL). He was only 30 yo. and out of baseball by June 18th (though he tried to get on with the O's the following spring).
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