Home Runs:One at a Time- Now Complete

A while back, over at the old blog, I took a look at the players who hit the most home runs without hitting more than one in a game. The last two and a half years have seen considerable advances in the PI, and  the expanded PI database, the ability to run PI streak finder results through the batting season finder, and the home run logs, now allow us to create complete leader boards for this topic. If you are interested in recreating the results, the basic methodology is explained in post referenced above.

Here are the all time career leaders  in HRs without a multi-HR game.

Rk	Player	HR	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Lou Piniella	102	1964	1984	1747	6362	5867	651	1705	305	41	766	368	.291	.333	.409	.741
2	Sam Crawford	97	1899	1917	2517	10594	9570	1391	2961	458	309	1525	760	.309	.362	.452	.814
3	Grady Hatton	91	1946	1960	1312	4912	4206	562	1068	166	33	533	646	.254	.354	.374	.728
4	Del Unser	87	1968	1982	1799	5813	5215	617	1344	179	42	481	481	.258	.319	.358	.677
5	Dom DiMaggio	87	1940	1953	1399	6478	5640	1046	1680	308	57	618	750	.298	.383	.419	.802
6	Johnny Edwards	81	1961	1974	1470	5132	4577	430	1106	202	32	524	465	.242	.311	.353	.664
7	Jason Kendall	75	1996	2010	2085	8701	7627	1030	2195	394	35	744	721	.288	.366	.378	.744
8	Olmedo Saenz	73	1994	2007	733	1891	1663	226	438	106	5	275	148	.263	.340	.465	.805
9	Tom Brookens	71	1979	1990	1336	4258	3865	477	950	175	40	431	281	.246	.296	.367	.663
10	Glenn Hubbard	70	1978	1989	1354	5122	4441	545	1084	214	22	448	539	.244	.328	.349	.677
11	Mike Lamb	69	2000	2010	975	2988	2706	382	746	132	19	349	226	.276	.332	.415	.747
12	Mike Scioscia	68	1980	1992	1441	5056	4373	398	1131	198	12	446	567	.259	.344	.356	.700
13	Mike Shannon	68	1962	1970	882	3056	2780	313	710	116	23	367	224	.255	.311	.387	.698
14	Edd Roush	68	1913	1931	1967	8156	7363	1099	2376	339	182	981	484	.323	.369	.446	.815

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Generated 11/21/2011.

Of the the players listed above, only Mike Lamb is active, and he didn't play in the majors in 2011. Among active players, he is followed by Jerry Hairston (64), and Freddy Sanchez (48).

The all-time single season leader for home runs without a multiple HR game is still Mike Piazza who hit 40 HRs in 1999.

Rk	Player	Year	HR	Tm
1	Mike Piazza	1999	40	NYM
2	Rogers Hornsby	1929	39	CHC
3	Willie Mays	1966	37	SFG
4	Alex Rodriguez	2008	35	NYY
5	Ron Kittle	1983	35	CWS
6	Mike Schmidt	1982	35	PHI
7	Albert Pujols	2002	34	STL
8	Kent Hrbek	1987	34	MIN
9	Don Baylor	1978	34	CAL
10	Carlos Delgado	2005	33	FLA

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So who led in 2011? That honor goes to Mark Trumbo and David Ortiz who each hit 29 home runs without  hitting more than one in a game.

Rk	Player	HR	Tm	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Mark Trumbo	29	LAA	149	573	539	65	137	31	1	87	25	6	120	.254	.291	.477	.768	*39/7
2	David Ortiz	29	BOS	146	605	525	84	162	40	1	96	78	12	83	.309	.398	.554	.953	*D/3
3	Adam Jones	25	BAL	151	618	567	68	159	26	2	83	29	2	113	.280	.319	.466	.785	*8/D
4	Alex Gordon	23	KCR	151	688	611	101	185	45	4	87	67	2	139	.303	.376	.502	.879	*7/3
5	Logan Morrison	23	FLA	123	525	462	54	114	25	4	72	54	3	99	.247	.330	.468	.797	*7/D3
6	B.J. Upton	23	TBR	153	640	560	82	136	27	4	81	71	4	161	.243	.331	.429	.759	*8
7	Hunter Pence	22	TOT	154	668	606	84	190	38	5	97	56	3	124	.314	.370	.502	.871	*9
8	Matt Wieters	22	BAL	139	551	500	72	131	28	0	68	48	3	84	.262	.328	.450	.778	*2/D3
9	Jhonny Peralta	21	DET	146	576	525	68	157	25	3	86	40	2	95	.299	.345	.478	.824	*6/3
10	Rickie Weeks	20	MIL	118	515	453	77	122	26	2	49	50	3	107	.269	.350	.468	.818	*4/D
11	Ben Zobrist	20	TBR	156	674	588	99	158	46	6	91	77	1	128	.269	.353	.469	.822	*49/D
12	Jeff Francoeur	20	KCR	153	656	601	77	171	47	4	87	37	3	123	.285	.329	.476	.805	*9

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Generated 11/21/2011.