Can you name the Best Career Home Run To Strike Out Ratios?

created by mpolzkill
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.97832Center fielder, 361 HR (213 on the road) and 369 SO
.92623Left fielder, batted .398 for the 1929 Phillies (was answer #1's mentor)
.86473Catcher, 10 World Series wins, then 1 as manager, then 2 as coach
.76438First baseman, Reds' 1954 NL home run & RBI champion [another big clue here]
.73484Left fielder, batting title champ (.388) at the age of 39
.72519Catcher, won the 1938 NL MVP & the 1940 World Series with the Reds
.69896Catcher, 8 World Series wins as player & 6 as coach (was answer #3's mentor)
.68511First baseman, every year he played for the Yankees, he won the World Series
.68293Outfielder, 1922 Browns' AL home run champ, 1 of 2 men to interrupt Ruth's 12 year reign
.68247Outfielder/First baseman, retiring in 1963 he held/shared 17 major league, 29 NL & 9 All-Star Game records
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.67725First baseman, 1940 World Champion Reds' NL MVP
.66111First baseman, in his 1934 rookie season he hit a White Sox team record 27 home runs
.63210First baseman, voted most feared hitter in baseball by a poll of all 30 MLB managers in 2008
.62405First baseman, played in 2,130 consecutive games
.59361Outfielder, Giants All-Star, played entire 1951 season without an error
.57582Right fielder, Phillies' 1932 NL MVP, once hit 4 home runs in a game
.57031Right fielder, led the Giants in home runs for 18 straight seasons
.56742Outfielder/Third baseman, 1948 & '49 Giants All-Star, once homered twice in one inning
.54839Catcher, won World Series & AL MVP for 2 different teams in 2 different decades
.54762First baseman, 1932 Phillies' NL RBI champ
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.54591Right fielder, 17 consecutive seasons with 150 or more hits
.53684Outfielder/Pitcher, .690 career slugging percentage
.53266Left fielder, 4 pennants, 2 World Series wins & 1 RBI championship for the 1921-24 Giants
.51818First baseman, led the AL in RBIs and total bases for the 1936 Indians
.51012First baseman, 6x All-Star for A's & Indians in the 1950s [more glove than power, really]
.50000First baseman, the 1985 AL MVP
.49870Third baseman, 1953 Indians' AL MVP, missing the Triple Crown by a hair
.49513Left fielder, 688 career intentional walks
.49462Second baseman, hit a machine-like .379 & .375 in the 1934 & '35 World Series for the Tigers
.49266Left fielder, Pirates retired his #4
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Baseball's 30 Greatest Home Run/Strike Out Ratios Quiz

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  • Created Aug 10, 2011 in Sports
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