With the postseason now in full swing, it will be a long six months until baseball returns to Chicago. I thought it would be a good time to revisit, for the first time in six years, the all-time rankings in both offensive and defensive categories for all iterations of the current 30 teams for the 1040 games I’ve identified that I have attended. We continue today with our first look at the defensive side of the ball with home runs surrendered.
Based on the raw numbers, the White Sox and Cubs are far and away the leaders in this category, which is to be expected as they are the teams I’ve seen most often. When you adjust the numbers per game, the Expos jump to the top (or bottom, depending on your point of view) of the heap, with an even two home runs given up per game. The Rockies, Phillies, Nationals, Diamondbacks, the Miami version of the Marlins, and Devil Rays are the only teams below one home run per game. The remaining teams fall in between.
Home Runs Surrendered
Team Name | Home Runs Surrendered |
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Chicago White Sox | 800 |
Chicago Cubs | 476 |
Minnesota Twins | 98 |
Kansas City Royals | 70 |
Cleveland Indians | 61 |
Detroit Tigers | 59 |
Houston Astros | 57 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 54 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 53 |
Seattle Mariners | 53 |
Cincinnati Reds | 51 |
Baltimore Orioles | 47 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 44 |
Texas Rangers | 44 |
Los Angeles Angels
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43 |
Boston Red Sox | 43 |
San Diego Padres | 35 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 34 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 32 |
New York Yankees | 31 |
Oakland Athletics | 31 |
San Francisco Giants | 25 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 25 |
Florida Marlins | 23 |
Atlanta Braves | 22 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 18 |
New York Mets | 18 |
Colorado Rockies | 17 |
Montreal Expos | 10 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 10 |
Washington Nationals | 8 |
Cleveland Guardians | 5 |
Anaheim Angels | 3 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 2 |
California Angels | 2 |
Miami Marlins | 1 |
Home Runs Surrendered per Game
TeamName | Expr1001 |
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Montreal Expos | 2 |
San Diego Padres | 1.66666666666667 |
Cleveland Guardians | 1.66666666666667 |
Anaheim Angels | 1.5 |
Minnesota Twins | 1.44117647058824 |
Boston Red Sox | 1.34375 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 1.33333333333333 |
Seattle Mariners | 1.325 |
Baltimore Orioles | 1.30555555555556 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 1.29268292682927 |
Cincinnati Reds | 1.275 |
Los Angeles Angels | 1.22857142857143 |
Chicago White Sox | 1.19047619047619 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 1.18518518518519 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 1.17391304347826 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 1.17241379310345 |
Houston Astros | 1.16326530612245 |
Kansas City Royals | 1.12903225806452 |
Texas Rangers | 1.12820512820513 |
Chicago Cubs | 1.08924485125858 |
San Francisco Giants | 1.08695652173913 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 1.08695652173913 |
New York Mets | 1.05882352941176 |
Cleveland Indians | 1.05172413793103 |
Atlanta Braves | 1.04761904761905 |
Detroit Tigers | 1 |
Florida Marlins | 1 |
Oakland Athletics | 1 |
California Angels | 1 |
New York Yankees | 1 |
Colorado Rockies | 0.944444444444444 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 0.9 |
Washington Nationals | 0.615384615384615 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 0.588235294117647 |
Miami Marlins | 0.5 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 0.4 |