Can you name the players who hit the most HRs in a season without leading either the AL or NL? by ianmez

Can you name the players who hit the most HRs in a season without leading either the AL or NL?

created by ianmez

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Source: BBR.com
Players who led neither the AL nor the NL that year. A player who spent time in both leagues could lead the majors, but not either league. He's included.
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HRs	Player	Year
66		1998
64		2001
63		1999
58		1997
57		2001
54		1961
52		2002
50		1938
50		1996
50		1998
49		1998
49		2000
49		2001
49		1996
49		2001
49		2006
49		2001
48		1996
48		1969

HRs	Player	Year
47		1971
47		2000
47		1987
47		1927
47		1996
47		2007
47		1969
47		1955
47		2005
47		1999
47		2001
46		2002
46		1998
46		1998
46		2004
46		2009
46		1961
46		1961
46		2005

HRs	Player	Year
46		2007
46		2004
46		2006
45		1962
45		1959
45		2006
45		2003
45		2004
45		1961
45		1998
45		1993
45		2009
45		1999
45		1998
45		2005
45		1979
45		2001
45		2003
45		1999

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Most HRs in a season without leading the league Quiz

by ianmez

Created Jul 21, 2011 in Sports
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	gustavpolo:	Jul 21st, 2011 at 23:23 GMT	5 points
	Accept last names

	wahooswarriors:	Jul 21st, 2011 at 23:32 GMT	3 points
	great quiz, but accept last names

	amwoods13:	Jul 22nd, 2011 at 00:00 GMT	3 points
	Brady Anderson, 50 in 1996 (behind McGwire's 52 in the AL that year), is missing. So is Vinny Castilla (46 in 1998).

	ianmez:	Jul 22nd, 2011 at 00:10 GMT	2 points
	Fixed. Thanks for the quick feedback.

	GeorgiaPeach:	Jul 22nd, 2011 at 01:16 GMT	4 points
	Mr. Mez I made a similar game using batting average a while back: . I hope you can play it and tell me what you think

	sinatra22:	Jul 22nd, 2011 at 04:05 GMT	2 points
	Castilla should be 1998, not 1996.

	statephone:	Jul 22nd, 2011 at 05:14 GMT	6 points
	this quiz should be called "look at what steroids did."

	Mahavishnu_Fury:	Jul 22nd, 2011 at 05:50 GMT	11 points
	It's funny that Sammy Sosa is the only player in major league history to have three 60 home run seasons and not one time in those three seasons did he lead his league. Pretty hilarious really.

	racquetboy:	Jul 22nd, 2011 at 09:02 GMT	4 points
	Great quiz, but McGwire's 1997 season is misleading seeing as how he was traded midseason. He hit 58 home runs to lead the majors, but Griffey led the AL with 56. It's up to your discretion but McGwire hit 34 of his home runs in the AL before being traded, which doesn't match up with these guys.

	racquetboy:	Jul 22nd, 2011 at 09:06 GMT	5 points
	I read the title of your quiz again and I basically take back what I said. McGwire did in fact have a season where he hit a huge amount of home runs without leading a league. Great Job!

	jws:	Jul 22nd, 2011 at 14:58 GMT	1 point
	@Mahavishnu_Fury, and there have only been six times in baseball history that a player hit more than 61 home runs in a season. Three of them were Sosa. The other three were even higher totals in the same three seasons.

	nppyinzer:	Jul 22nd, 2011 at 16:19 GMT	2 points
	Great quiz

	BoL:	Jul 22nd, 2011 at 16:49 GMT	1 point
	1998 - Was anybody not on the juice?

	ChicagoRed:	Jul 22nd, 2011 at 17:20 GMT	-1 points
	As mentioned, the Mcgwire 97 season is very difficult to remember, because it's a trick question, technically correct but only based on bafflingly specific wording in your quiz title. He led the sport in homers that year. I'm not done playing yet, I suspect there may another one or two trick ones. Not fun, really.

	ianmez:	Jul 22nd, 2011 at 17:55 GMT	2 points
	@ChicagoRed--is there a better way to phrase it? I considered having it as a bonus answer at first, but given that I wanted the quiz to be for anyone that led their respective leagues in HRs, it didn't make sense as a bonus answer since it's accurate. The quiz instructions also allude to that season (without naming him specifically). Also, with ~93% of people getting him, does it matter? But thanks for the feedback--if there's a way to improve it, I'll do it. The purpose wasn't to mislead; his season was just an anomaly.

	poiu:	Jul 24th, 2011 at 19:53 GMT	3 points
	Poor Sammy Sosa.