1927 Yankees

[J Mac]

I’ve got two questions about the 1927 Yankees.

1) Ruth 60, Gehrig 47, and Lazzeri 18, finished 1-2-3 in the Home Run race. Are they the only team to have three player’s finish 1-2-3?

2) Is the 29 HR difference between # 2 Gehrig and # Lazzeri the highest difference between a second and third place finisher?

Thanks for any help.

J Mac

[Bigrcube]

I’ve got two questions about the 1927 Yankees.

1) Ruth 60, Gehrig 47, and Lazzeri 18, finished 1-2-3 in the Home Run race. Are they the only team to have three player’s finish 1-2-3?

2) Is the 29 HR difference between # 2 Gehrig and # Lazzeri the highest difference between a second and third place finisher?

Thanks for any help.

J Mac

I've done some looking and nothing yet. Would have thought for sure it might
be the Philadelphia A's of Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, etal. Nada.
Or even the Cleveland Indians with: Al Rosen, Larry Doby, Luke Easter, etal. Nada too.
I guess it don't count in 1963 with the SF Giants: McCovey-44, Mays-38, Cepeda-34,
but Milw Braves had Herny Aaron on top tied with 44? That's not quite it, ay?!

[Utter Chaos]

If you want to go way back to 1885 the Chicago White Stockings had the top 4.
1 Dalrymple 11
2 Kelly 9
3T Anson 7
3T Burns 7

Some others that were close...

1997 Rockies
1 Walker 49
3 Galarraga 41
4 Castilla 40

1918 Phillies
1 Cravath 8
2T Williams 6
4T Luderus 5

1915 Cubs
2 Williams 13
3 Schulte 12
4T Saier 11

1914 Phillies
1 Cravath 19
3 Magee 15
4 Luderus 12
5T Becker 9

1913 Phillies
1 Cravath 19
2 Luderus 18
4 Magee 11

1910 Red Sox
1 Stahl 10
2T Lewis 8
4 Speaker 7

1905 A's
1 Davis 8
3T Murphy 6
3T Seybold 6

[Trivia Guy]

2) Is the 29 HR difference between # 2 Gehrig and # Lazzeri the highest difference between a second and third place finisher?


I'm not sure about the largest gap between 2nd and 3d place but the biggest between a TEAM's first and second place finisher was in 2001 when Sammy Sosa led the Cubs with 64 long balls and Matt Stairs and Rondell White were second on the club with 17 homers each.

[J Mac]

Thanks you guys, I got some info from the SOM players. ( Been one since 1965)

http://www.stratfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40613

1884 Chicago had the top 4 Home Run leaders

Ned Williamson 27
Fred Pfeffer 25
Abner Dalrymple 22
Cap Anson 21

J Mac

[J Mac]

Thanks again you guys. I've posted this thread to the SOM Locker Room.

J Mac