RME JICO Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Top 10 HR Hitters from 1987 - 2009: Barry Bonds - 746 Ken Griffey Jr. - 617 Sammy Sosa - 609 Mark McGwire - 580 Rafael Palmeiro - 566 Alex Rodriguez - 562 Jim Thome - 553 Manny Ramirez - 533 Frank Thomas - 521 Gary Sheffield - 506 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4266870 So the only ones that are clean (never really linked to anyone) all played for the Sox (Junior, Thome, and Thomas). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pants Rowland Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 QUOTE (RME JICO @ Jun 17, 2009 -> 07:10 PM) Top 10 HR Hitters from 1987 - 2009: Barry Bonds - 746 Ken Griffey Jr. - 617 Sammy Sosa - 609 Mark McGwire - 580 Rafael Palmeiro - 566 Alex Rodriguez - 562 Jim Thome - 553 Manny Ramirez - 533 Frank Thomas - 521 Gary Sheffield - 506 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4266870 So the only ones that are clean (never really linked to anyone) all played for the Sox (Junior, Thome, and Thomas). So, you are not counting Sosa's years with the Sox but you will count Griffey's half season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Jun 17, 2009 -> 09:23 PM) So, you are not counting Sosa's years with the Sox but you will count Griffey's half season? I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that Sosa weighed 190 pounds and hit 28 career HR with the Sox and Griffey was like 38. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 WOW, 1998 was a hilarious year.... Mark McGwire 70 HR Sammy Sosa 66 HR Ken Griffey Jr. 56 HR Greg Vaughn 50 HR Albert Belle 49 HR Joe Canseco 46 HR Vinny Castilla 46 HR Manny Ramirez 45 HR Juan Gonzalez 45 HR Andres Galarraga 44 HR Rafael Palmeiro 43 HR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSox Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Jun 17, 2009 -> 09:23 PM) So, you are not counting Sosa's years with the Sox but you will count Griffey's half season? He said the "ones that are clean (never really linked to anyone)" Sosa doesn't fit that criteria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 (edited) BearSox beat me to it. That said, the answer is Griffey. Bonds may have hit 600 without the roids. Edited June 18, 2009 by lostfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jun 17, 2009 -> 09:34 PM) WOW, 1998 was a hilarious year.... Mark McGwire 70 HR Sammy Sosa 66 HR Ken Griffey Jr. 56 HR Greg Vaughn 50 HR Albert Belle 49 HR Joe Canseco 46 HR Vinny Castilla 46 HR Manny Ramirez 45 HR Juan Gonzalez 45 HR Andres Galarraga 44 HR Rafael Palmeiro 43 HR LOL@Greg Vaughn. It'd be easy for me to slam all these guys. But I'd be a hypocrite to do so. I absolutely loved the offensive explosions from the mid 90's through the first few years of this decade. I love slugfests. Unless it's the Sox, in which case the ideal for me would be for them to win every game 10-0, I love 12-10 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Mark Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jun 17, 2009 -> 09:34 PM) WOW, 1998 was a hilarious year.... Mark McGwire 70 HR Sammy Sosa 66 HR Ken Griffey Jr. 56 HR Greg Vaughn 50 HR Albert Belle 49 HR Joe Canseco 46 HR Vinny Castilla 46 HR Manny Ramirez 45 HR Juan Gonzalez 45 HR Andres Galarraga 44 HR Rafael Palmeiro 43 HR Brady Anderson's 50 HR in '96 is pretty ridiculous too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 It's sad how Griffey's 56 HRs don't even seem to matter in the context of the rest of those cheaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerksticks Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Damn, the balls were really juiced that year. And was 98 one of those years where Frank somehow totally sucked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyho7476 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jun 18, 2009 -> 10:32 AM) Damn, the balls were really juiced that year. And was 98 one of those years where Frank somehow totally sucked? Frank only had 29...and then the next year had some injuries and only hit 15. Then he bounced back with a great 2000, as Giambi's cheating ass took the MVP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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