2nd Greatest Home Run Hitter

[AstrosFan]

Babe Ruth took 15 of 16 first place votes in winning round one. It was a victory that was expected by most who follow these things. But round two should be interesting. Give your top five home run hitters, other than Ruth. Mine are:

1. Aaron
2. Mantle
3. Mays
4. Gibson
5. Killebrew

Edit: The voting will close at 11:59:59 EST Mar. 29

[baseballPAP]

1-Aaron
2-Gibson
3-McGwire
4-Bonds
5-Mantle

And no...no steroid discount. I have decided to get a jump start on everyone else and forget that this whole sorted mess ever happened. Right or wrong, I'm moving on.

[willshad]

How can Kirk Gibson be one of the top 5 home run hitters ever when he hit only 255 homers in the majors?

[baseballPAP]

Change that Kirk to a Josh and try your question again.

[Minstrel]

1. McGwire
2. Bonds
3. Aaron
4. Mays
5. Mantle

[yanks0714]

Change that Kirk to a Josh and try your question again.

We know for a fact how many Kirk Gbson hit in his career. How many did Josh hit in his career exactly?

[leecemark]

1) Aaron
2) Mays
3) Schmidt
4) Killebrew
5) Kiner

[brett]

1) Mantle
2) Killebrew
3) Josh Gibson
4) A-Rod
5) Mays

[brett]

I wanted to re-post this.

40 home run seasons:

Ruth: 11
Killebrew: 8
Aaron: 8
Bonds: 8
A-Rod: 8

At Bats, BIP and Hits per home run

Ruth: 11.76/9.90/4.02
Kiner: 14.11/12.08/3.93
Killebrew: 14.22/11.25/3.64
A-Rod: 14.19/11.25/4.34

Bonds: 12.92/10.90/3.85
Bonds thru '98: 16.11/14.92/5.04
McGwire: 10.61/7.87/2.79
McGwire thru '94: 14.04/10.81/3.56
(Kingman): 15.10/11.00/3.56

Killebrew trails only Kingman and McGwire in home run to hit ratio. Granted, hitting the ball is part of what makes a great home run hitter-see Kingman.

Killebrew is 4th behind Ruth, Kiner and A-Rod in home run to at bat ratio, and played longer than either of those besides Ruth.

He also was one of the top long home run hitters of all time.

Stargell and Mays will be next up for me-before Aaron. Then Foxx, Aaron and Kiner.

[willshad]

How can someone who never played in the major leagues be one of the top ever, am I missing something? Are we including home run hitters in EVERY league that ever existed? I think i averaged a home run every 5 at bats in backyard wiffleball when i was a kid, so Im probably number 1 :-).

[frehleyscomet]

Barry Bonds
Willie Mays
Ted Williams
Ken Griffey Jr.
Jimmie Foxx

[1905 Giants]

1) Foxx
2) Mantle
3) Gehrig
4) Aaron
5) Mays

[jjpm74]

1. Josh Gibson
2. Ralph Kiner
3. Willie Mays
4. Ted Williams
5. Mark McGwire

[frehleyscomet]

1. Josh Gibson

Could someone please tell me who Josh Gibson is? :noidea

[jjpm74]

Could someone please tell me who Josh Gibson is? :noidea

Josh Gibson

also known as the black Babe Ruth