In fact, the eight he hit in July was the lone month he didn’t reach double digits. He never hit fewer than eight homers in a single month. The consistency McGwire displayed during the Great Home Run Chase was quite amazing. It’ll probably stay that way for a while, too. It’s also the most powerful one in Cardinals history. This is obviously one of the most powerful seasons in baseball history. First Base: Mark McGwire, 1998: 70 Home RunsĪh, yes - the Mark McGwire home run performance we’ve talked about on several occasions here. The only hurler who got to that number since 1968 was Mike Hampton in 2001. Don Drysdale did it twice with the Dodgers (19). There were eight instances of a pitcher hitting seven home runs in a season. Once the ’36 season was in the books, Ferrell went deep just four more times, and never more than once in the same year. He hit 34 of his 38 career homers during this time. During this six-year span, Ferrell slugged at least four homers in a season five times. His power peak clearly happened between 19. So naturally, he slugged nine in 128 trips to the plate in ’31. Entering the year, the hurler had just one career homer in 239 plate appearances.
In addition to being the single-season home run king for pitchers, he’s also the all-time leader.įerrell’s 1931 performance was especially eye-popping because of what he did prior to this season. But this is the second time we’ve mentioned his home-run prowess on these interweb pages. Wes Ferrell produced a 4.04 ERA and 38.4 fWAR over 2,623 career innings.
This hot streak gave him a share of the American League lead and Royals single-season record. Perez hit 22 of his 48 homers during this span (12 in August, 10 in September). August and September were the most powerful months of all. He slugged 27 home runs on the road and 27 in the second half. The backstop hit 30 homers against right-handed hitters in 2021. It’s crazy to see how some of Perez’s splits compare to past home-run performances because they out-performed his previous high-water mark. His single-season career-high mark was 27, a number he reached two straight years (20). He entered the year with eight straight seasons of double-digit homers, including four campaigns of 20-plus. But what he did in 2021 was above and beyond anything else he’d done in the big leagues to that point. Salvador Perez had proven to be one of the game’s better-hitting catchers over the years. Designated Hitter: David Ortiz, 2006: 54 Home Runs Catcher: Salvador Perez, 2021: 48 Home Runs.Right Field: Sammy Sosa, 1998: 66 Home Runs.Center Field: Hack Wilson (1930) & Ken Griffey Jr.Left Field: Barry Bonds, 2001: 73 Home Runs.Third Base: Alex Rodriguez, 2007: 54 Home Runs.Shortstop: Alex Rodriguez, 2002: 57 Home Runs.Second Base: Marcus Semien, 2021: 45 Home Runs.First Base: Mark McGwire, 1998: 70 Home Runs.Pitcher: Wes Ferrell, 1931: 9 Home Runs.Catcher: Salvador Perez, 2021: 48 Home Runs.
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