The Phillies Four
I couldn’t believe this when I saw it the other night. The Philadelphia Phillies have four guys with 30 or more home runs. I just thought that was amazing. It’s almost like a rare feat in baseball but come to find out, it’s happened more then once.
It happened in 1977 when the Dodgers did it.
Steve Garvey had 33 home runs
Reggie Smith had 32 home runs
Dusty Baker had 30 home runs
Ron Cey had 30 home runs.
That is very impressive. What’s even more impressive is that the Colorado Rockies did it three years in a row from 1995-1997 and also did it again in 1999.
In the 1995 season
Dante Bichette had 40 home runs
Larry Walker had 36 home runs
Vinny Castilla had 32 home runs
Andres Galarraga had 31 runs
In the 1996 season
Andres Galarraga had 47 home runs
Ellis Burks had 40 home runs
Vinny Castilla had 40 runs
Dante Bichette had 31 runs
In the 1997 season
Larry Walker had 49 home runs
Andres Galarraga had 41 home runs
Vinny Castilla had 40 home runs
Ellis Burks had 32 home runs
In the 1999 season
Larry Walker had 37 home runs
Todd Helton had 35 home runs
Dante Bichette had 34 home runs
Vinny Castilla had 33 home runs
That is incredible but considering the Rockies ballpark it doesn’t surprise me. Now you fast forward 10 years with defending World Series Champions the Philadelphia Phillies. They now have four players with 30 or more home runs on their team. Those players are Ryan Howard, Jayson Werth, Chase Utley, and Raul Ibanez. What’s impressive about Ibanez hitting 30 home runs is he missed a month of the season due to an injury. The Phillies have the capabilities of being World Series Champions again. They can put up big numbers at anytime. The Phillies four might just get them back to the promise land. We’ll just have to wait and see if they can make another run like they did before.
If there are any other teams I may have left out please post a comment on what teams have had four players with 30 or more home runs in a year. Please list the year, the players, and how many home runs they had. Thanks
