THE 50 HR CLUB...a very telling list.....

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Posted By: scott dango

Ruth 1920,1921, 1927, 1928
Hack Wilson 1928
Jimmie Foxx 1932, 1938
Greenberg 1938
Mize 1947
Kiner 1947 1949
Mays 1955 1965
Mantle 1956 1961
Maris 1961
Foster 1977
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Cecil Fielder 1990
Albert Belle 1995
Brady Anderson 1996
M McGwire 1996 1997 1998
Griffey Jr 1997 1998
Sosa 1998 1999 2000 2001
AROD 2001 2002 2007
Luis Gonzalez 2001
Barry Bondz 2001
Jim Thome 2002
Andruw Jones 2005
Ryan Howard 2006
David Ortiz 2006
Prince Fielder 2007

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A few interesting things....the first group is a list of all-time greats and triple crown winners (except Foster who doesnt belong in the same Tier).....

The second group has a number of players already found to be PED users......not all there have been caught, but most would agree ALL those players could be suspected PED users...exepct maybe the bookends, the Fielders seem clean....

Third thing i notice about the bottom grouping is that most of these 50 HR seasons were abnormal, looking at the players total body of work.....some were extremely abnormal ( Anderson, Gonzalez)......some players (AROD, bondZ, Sosa) had more than spikes, they had multiple seasons with elevated stats....

the next thing i noticed was the lack of Albert Pujols' name on that list....he has only approached 50 once and has never had "the Spike" in HR's many PED users show....he has been as consistent as they come...If a hitter of his Caliber would have been using PED's like the rest, he would have hit 80 HR's........

.the fact that most of the hitters in the lower grouping are sub .300 hitters, may be more evidence that PED's help POWER NUMBERS alone and dont improve your COMMAND and KNOWLEDGE of the STRIKEZONE like only TRULY Great hitters Have......Ruth Foxx Wilson Greenberg Mays Mantle all had command of the strikezone, something many of the modern sluggers are unfamiliar with.....

Not saying that if a player hits 50 HRs in todays game they are PED users, But the list of Modern Current Members in this "Club" dont look to Trustworthy.....it gets worse when you look at the 60 hr club....