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Baseball

kairos12

(13,346 posts) Tue Jul 17, 2018, 11:00 AM Jul 2018

Lou Gehrig [View all]

Holds the all-time record for the ratio of home runs to strikeouts in a season.

1934. 49 Home runs/31 strikeouts.

+18

Joe DiMaggio is second in 1941 at +17 at 30/13.

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Lou Gehrig [View all] kairos12 Jul 2018 OP

It's awesome to think that this record has stood for so many years! Ohiogal Jul 2018 #1

That is amazing. How many ABs those years for LG or JD? JDC Jul 2018 #2

2017 Aaron Judge - 52 HR to 208 strike outs. Strikeouts do not matter to these new guys. tonyt53 Jul 2018 #3