Monday, September 10, 2007

Hot Corner Sluggers

Most Homers in a Season by A MLB Third Baseman (counting only homers hit in games playing third base):

1. Alex Rodriguez (2007) 50 (and counting)
T2. Mike Schmidt (1980) and Adrian Beltre (2004) 48
T4. Alex Rodriguez (2005) and Eddie Mathews (1953) 47

Mathews was 21 years old when he hit 47, setting the record for third basemen that stood until Schmidt broke it in 1980. But Mathews that year also set the record for homers by a 21-year old, at any position, a record that no one has even come remotely near.

Most Homers in MLB in an Age 21 Season (Age 21 season defined as the season the player was 21 on June 30):

1. Eddie Mathews (1953) 47
2. Albert Pujols (2001) 37
3. Hal Trotsky (1934) 35

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