It will be two months until baseball returns to Chicago, so 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 on the offensive side of the ball with home runs.
As you might expect by this point, the White Sox and Cubs, based on the raw numbers, are far and away the leaders in this category, as they are, as always, the teams I’ve seen most often. When you adjust the numbers per game, the California incarnation of the Angels and the Guardians are the only teams at or above two home runs per game. The Nationals and the Anaheim version of the Angels are the only teams with less than a home run every other game.
Home Runs
| TeamName | TotalTriples |
|---|---|
| Chicago White Sox | 811 |
| Chicago Cubs | 498 |
| Cleveland Indians | 72 |
| Kansas City Royals | 68 |
| Detroit Tigers | 66 |
| Minnesota Twins | 65 |
| Seattle Mariners | 58 |
| Texas Rangers | 49 |
| Boston Red Sox | 49 |
| Houston Astros | 48 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 45 |
| New York Yankees | 44 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 42 |
| Oakland Athletics | 42 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 41 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 40 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 36 |
| Florida Marlins | 32 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 32 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 32 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 29 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 26 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 26 |
| Atlanta Braves | 23 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 23 |
| San Diego Padres | 21 |
| New York Mets | 21 |
| Colorado Rockies | 17 |
| San Francisco Giants | 17 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 6 |
| California Angels | 6 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 6 |
| Washington Nationals | 6 |
| Montreal Expos | 4 |
| Miami Marlins | 1 |
| Anaheim Angels | 0 |
Home Runs per Game
| Team Name | Home Runs per Game |
|---|---|
| California Angels | 3 |
| Cleveland Guardians | 2 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 1.88235294117647 |
| Boston Red Sox | 1.53125 |
| Seattle Mariners | 1.45 |
| New York Yankees | 1.41935483870968 |
| Florida Marlins | 1.39130434782609 |
| Oakland Athletics | 1.35483870967742 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 1.3 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 1.27272727272727 |
| Texas Rangers | 1.25641025641026 |
| Cleveland Indians | 1.24137931034483 |
| New York Mets | 1.23529411764706 |
| Chicago White Sox | 1.20684523809524 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 1.2 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 1.14285714285714 |
| Chicago Cubs | 1.1395881006865 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 1.13888888888889 |
| Detroit Tigers | 1.11864406779661 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 1.09756097560976 |
| Kansas City Royals | 1.09677419354839 |
| Atlanta Braves | 1.0952380952381 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 1 |
| San Diego Padres | 1 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 1 |
| Houston Astros | 0.979591836734694 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 0.962962962962963 |
| Minnesota Twins | 0.955882352941177 |
| Colorado Rockies | 0.944444444444444 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 0.9 |
| Montreal Expos | 0.8 |
| San Francisco Giants | 0.739130434782609 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0.695652173913043 |
| Miami Marlins | 0.5 |
| Washington Nationals | 0.461538461538462 |
| Anaheim Angels | 0 |