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That Guy asked in SportsBaseball · 1 decade ago

What AL Slugger will surpass Roger Maris' 61 HR mark?

I find it very disturbing that guys like Jim Thome, Frank Thomas, Babe Ruth, Eddie Matthews, Ken Griffey Jr. Jimmie Foxx and many more have never passed Roger Maris' AL Record of 61 HR.

Will any AL Slugger ever break the AL HR record?

(Notice that all the players I mentioned are in the 500 HR Club and played most of their career in the AL)

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  • David U (Heat fan for life)
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    I think Alex Rodriguez will or rather has the potential. He is still the player you want on your team in the regular season because he hits for the fences and still hits .300 but he hit nearly 55 home runs in one year.

  • Chipmaker Authentic
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Ruth and Foxx never had a chance to surprass Maris, since both were retired and dead by 1961.

    Mathews played parts of two seasons with Detroit at the very end of his career; otherwise he was an NL star.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Babe Ruth couldn't have passed Maris's record since he played 20 years before Maris.

  • cheatwood
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    you recognize that is a physically powerful element by using fact on the all famous individual sport the yank League consistently has wonderful capability yet yet they cant get to sixty one homeruns. This season it won't get broken, yet whilst a huge national league hitter like Ryan Howard, David Wright, Albert Pujols, or Derek Lee comes over to the Al it gets broken.

  • mlbrulesbaseball
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Josh Hamilton

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    NL has better sluggers yea

    but you got to think A Rod

  • Jimmy Jazz
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I also notice that two of your list played before Maris did and one was contemporary to him.

    Alex Rodriguez could do it. Possibly. He hit 54 two seasons ago.

  • Who Run this? Alqueda Jada
    1 decade ago

    A.Rod or Josh Hamilton

  • fanofchan
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    A.Rod folds under pressure.........he might hit 60 and stop.

    I'll go with Josh Hamilton or Mark Teixeira

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I'd say Arod has a good shot at passing that mark.

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