Ray’s Ramblings: 2022 Review – Homers

As we continue our look around the diamond with some light hearted analysis, it is time to delve in to the homer. This piece will look at the homer for batters while a following piece will look at the big fly and the pitcher.

HOMER LEADERS

Name	Team	G	PA	SLG	ISO	HR
Aaron Judge	NYY	157	696	0.686	0.375	62
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	155	669	0.504	0.286	46
Pete Alonso	NYM	160	685	0.518	0.246	40
Mike Trout	LAA	119	499	0.630	0.347	40
Austin Riley	ATL	159	693	0.528	0.255	38
Yordan Alvarez	HOU	135	561	0.613	0.306	37
Christian Walker	ARI	160	667	0.477	0.235	36
Paul Goldschmidt	STL	151	651	0.578	0.260	35
Mookie Betts	LAD	142	639	0.533	0.264	35
Rowdy Tellez	MIL	153	599	0.461	0.242	35
Matt Olson	ATL	162	699	0.477	0.237	34
Shohei Ohtani	LAA	157	666	0.519	0.246	34
Corey Seager	TEX	151	663	0.455	0.211	33
Anthony Santander	BAL	152	647	0.455	0.214	33
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	160	706	0.480	0.205	32
Manny Machado	SDP	150	644	0.531	0.234	32
Anthony Rizzo	NYY	130	548	0.480	0.256	32
Eugenio Suarez	SEA	150	629	0.459	0.223	31
Willy Adames	MIL	139	617	0.458	0.220	31
Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	110	452	0.462	0.251	31
Rhys Hoskins	PHI	156	672	0.462	0.216	30
Nolan Arenado	STL	148	620	0.533	0.241	30
Kyle Tucker	HOU	150	609	0.478	0.221	30

HOMER TO FLY BALL RATIO – MINIMUM 15 HOMERS

Name	Team	G	PA	SLG	ISO	HR	LA	FB%	HR/FB
Aaron Judge	NYY	157	696	0.686	0.375	62	14.9	43.50%	35.60%
Matt Carpenter	NYY	47	154	0.727	0.422	15	22.4	53.30%	30.60%
Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	110	452	0.462	0.251	31	10.8	38.60%	30.40%
William Contreras	ATL	97	376	0.506	0.228	20	6.1	31.90%	27.00%
Yordan Alvarez	HOU	135	561	0.613	0.306	37	12.3	39.40%	25.30%
Byron Buxton	MIN	92	382	0.526	0.303	28	21.4	51.10%	24.30%
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	155	669	0.504	0.286	46	19.2	51.10%	24.00%
Oneil Cruz	PIT	87	361	0.450	0.218	17	8.3	34.50%	23.90%
Mike Trout	LAA	119	499	0.630	0.347	40	24.6	56.70%	23.50%
Michael Harris II	ATL	114	441	0.514	0.217	19	4.5	27.10%	22.90%
Austin Riley	ATL	159	693	0.528	0.255	38	12.9	38.60%	21.80%
Eloy Jimenez	CHW	84	327	0.500	0.205	16	7.4	33.00%	21.60%
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	132	560	0.509	0.225	28	10.1	35.70%	21.40%
Willson Contreras	CHC	113	487	0.466	0.224	22	8.5	33.00%	21.20%
Jack Suwinski	PIT	106	372	0.411	0.209	19	14.3	42.30%	21.10%
Shohei Ohtani	LAA	157	666	0.519	0.246	34	12.1	38.10%	21.00%
Teoscar Hernandez	TOR	131	535	0.491	0.224	25	11.6	34.30%	21.00%
Albert Pujols	STL	109	351	0.550	0.280	24	16.4	45.30%	20.50%
Christopher Morel	CHC	113	425	0.433	0.198	16	9.1	32.50%	20.50%
Paul Goldschmidt	STL	151	651	0.578	0.260	35	15.7	40.80%	20.20%
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	160	706	0.480	0.205	32	4.3	30.60%	19.90%
Nathaniel Lowe	TEX	157	645	0.492	0.191	27	8.0	30.60%	19.90%
Joey Gallo	– – –	126	410	0.357	0.197	19	23.8	52.70%	19.40%
Eugenio Suarez	SEA	150	629	0.459	0.223	31	19.9	45.70%	19.30%
Bryan Reynolds	PIT	145	614	0.461	0.199	27	12.0	34.70%	19.30%
Cal Raleigh	SEA	119	415	0.489	0.278	27	22.5	55.70%	19.10%
Pete Alonso	NYM	160	685	0.518	0.246	40	18.2	43.90%	19.00%

It is no surprise to see Aaron Judge top the list. It is wild to think that his teammate, Matt Carpenter was second. Of course, he barely had 150 PAs, we will get into that more below, so take that effort with a grain o’ salt as the kids say. Third on the list, another Yankee in Giancarlo Stanton. The only three men in baseball over 30 percent.

Only two others were over 25 percent in William Contreras and Yordan Alvarez.

HOMERS PER PLATE APPEARACE – 500 PA

Name	Team	G	PA	SLG	ISO	HR	LA	FB%	HR/FB	HR/PA
Aaron Judge	NYY	157	696	0.686	0.375	62	14.9	43.50%	35.60%	11.23
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	155	669	0.504	0.286	46	19.2	51.10%	24.00%	14.54
Yordan Alvarez	HOU	135	561	0.613	0.306	37	12.3	39.40%	25.30%	15.16
Rowdy Tellez	MIL	153	599	0.461	0.242	35	15.3	45.50%	18.70%	17.11
Pete Alonso	NYM	160	685	0.518	0.246	40	18.2	43.90%	19.00%	17.13
Anthony Rizzo	NYY	130	548	0.480	0.256	32	19.3	49.30%	17.80%	17.13
Hunter Renfroe	MIL	125	522	0.492	0.236	29	17.7	46.50%	17.60%	18.00
Austin Riley	ATL	159	693	0.528	0.255	38	12.9	38.60%	21.80%	18.24
Mookie Betts	LAD	142	639	0.533	0.264	35	18.6	47.70%	15.60%	18.26
Christian Walker	ARI	160	667	0.477	0.235	36	17.0	44.20%	17.70%	18.53
Paul Goldschmidt	STL	151	651	0.578	0.260	35	15.7	40.80%	20.20%	18.60
Shohei Ohtani	LAA	157	666	0.519	0.246	34	12.1	38.10%	21.00%	19.59
Anthony Santander	BAL	152	647	0.455	0.214	33	21.4	49.80%	14.50%	19.61
Willy Adames	MIL	139	617	0.458	0.220	31	18.9	45.90%	16.80%	19.90
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	132	560	0.509	0.225	28	10.1	35.70%	21.40%	20.00
Corey Seager	TEX	151	663	0.455	0.211	33	13.6	39.00%	17.10%	20.09
Manny Machado	SDP	150	644	0.531	0.234	32	16.0	41.20%	17.40%	20.13
Brandon Drury	– – –	138	568	0.492	0.230	28	13.8	39.40%	17.90%	20.29
Eugenio Suarez	SEA	150	629	0.459	0.223	31	19.9	45.70%	19.30%	20.29
Kyle Tucker	HOU	150	609	0.478	0.221	30	19.0	47.00%	14.20%	20.30
Matt Olson	ATL	162	699	0.477	0.237	34	16.1	42.30%	17.90%	20.56
Nolan Arenado	STL	148	620	0.533	0.241	30	21.7	49.90%	12.30%	20.67
Patrick Wisdom	CHC	134	534	0.426	0.220	25	21.0	48.80%	17.90%	21.36
Teoscar Hernandez	TOR	131	535	0.491	0.224	25	11.6	34.30%	21.00%	21.40
Jose Altuve	HOU	141	604	0.533	0.233	28	16.1	38.70%	16.80%	21.57
C.J. Cron	COL	150	632	0.468	0.210	29	14.1	40.10%	17.40%	21.79
Daulton Varsho	ARI	151	592	0.443	0.207	27	14.9	44.30%	16.10%	21.93

Aaron Judge hit a homer ever 11.23 plate appearances which is a remarkable number.

The number two man in baseball was #2 in homers – Kyle Schwarber.

Tellez/Alonzo/Rizzo all posted nearly identical numbers that would have been the same if we used one decimal spot. They all play first base too.

Hunter Renfro is the top man on the list who didn’t go deep 30 times. He and Julio Rodriguez were the only two men in the top-15 who failed to reach 30 bombs.

The lowest mark recorded for a player who hit 30 homers was had by Rhys Hoskins at 22.4.

HOMERS PER PLATE APPEARACE – 250-499 PA

Name	Team	G	PA	SLG	ISO	HR	LA	FB%	HR/FB	HR/PA
Mike Trout	LAA	119	499	0.630	0.347	40	24.6	56.70%	23.50%	12.48
Byron Buxton	MIN	92	382	0.526	0.303	28	21.4	51.10%	24.30%	13.64
Giancarlo Stanton	NYY	110	452	0.462	0.251	31	10.8	38.60%	30.40%	14.58
Albert Pujols	STL	109	351	0.550	0.280	24	16.4	45.30%	20.50%	14.63
Cal Raleigh	SEA	119	415	0.489	0.278	27	22.5	55.70%	19.10%	15.37
William Contreras	ATL	97	376	0.506	0.228	20	6.1	31.90%	27.00%	18.80
Joc Pederson	SFG	134	433	0.521	0.247	23	14.8	45.00%	18.30%	18.83
Keston Hiura	MIL	80	266	0.449	0.222	14	16.1	37.10%	30.40%	19.00
Isaac Paredes	TBR	111	381	0.435	0.230	20	15.9	45.50%	16.50%	19.05
Jack Suwinski	PIT	106	372	0.411	0.209	19	14.3	42.30%	21.10%	19.58
Trayce Thompson	– – –	80	255	0.507	0.251	13	16.3	39.10%	26.00%	19.62
Eloy Jimenez	CHW	84	327	0.500	0.205	16	7.4	33.00%	21.60%	20.44
Salvador Perez	KCR	114	473	0.465	0.211	23	17.8	46.00%	14.70%	20.57
Oneil Cruz	PIT	87	361	0.450	0.218	17	8.3	34.50%	23.90%	21.24
Evan Longoria	SFG	89	298	0.451	0.207	14	18.2	41.40%	18.20%	21.29
Joey Gallo	– – –	126	410	0.357	0.197	19	23.8	52.70%	19.40%	21.58
Willson Contreras	CHC	113	487	0.466	0.224	22	8.5	33.00%	21.20%	22.14
Nolan Gorman	STL	89	313	0.420	0.194	14	20.0	48.30%	16.10%	22.36
Juan Yepez	STL	76	274	0.447	0.194	12	17.1	46.90%	13.00%	22.83
Michael Harris II	ATL	114	441	0.514	0.217	19	4.5	27.10%	22.90%	23.21
Jorge Soler	MIA	72	306	0.400	0.193	13	13.7	40.30%	17.80%	23.54
Bryce Harper	PHI	99	426	0.514	0.227	18	11.8	34.50%	18.20%	23.67
Travis d’Arnaud	ATL	107	426	0.472	0.205	18	11.8	36.30%	16.20%	23.67
Tyrone Taylor	MIL	120	405	0.442	0.209	17	16.9	44.00%	14.20%	23.82
Trevor Story	BOS	94	396	0.434	0.196	16	17.8	45.20%	14.80%	24.75
Lars Nootbaar	STL	108	347	0.448	0.221	14	10.7	38.80%	16.50%	24.79
Josh Naylor	CLE	122	498	0.452	0.196	20	10.3	33.70%	15.90%	24.90

Mike Trout has some kinks in the old armor these days, but there is zero doubt that he still brings the thunder.

Byron Buxton. If… I don’t even need to finish the sentence.

Did you even draft Cal Raleigh in an AL-only league? No, you didn’t.

Keston Hiura has huge holes in his game and he once again spent time in the minors, but he can still slug it.

Isaac Paredes went nuts for about three weeks. Overall, he was 9^th in this segment of PAs, even if his overall performance was a bit lacking.

Joey Gallo had 19 homers in 410 PAs in a terribly depressed and disappointing season for the slugger.

HOMERS PER PLATE APPEARACE – 100-249 PA

Name	Team	G	PA	SLG	ISO	HR	LA	FB%	HR/FB	HR/PA
Matt Carpenter	NYY	47	154	0.727	0.422	15	22.4	53.30%	30.60%	10.27
Darick Hall	PHI	42	142	0.522	0.272	9	18.6	45.70%	21.40%	15.78
Danny Jansen	TOR	72	248	0.516	0.256	15	22.2	50.60%	16.90%	16.53
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	MIA	60	241	0.535	0.282	14	15.1	40.80%	23.30%	17.21
Kyle Garlick	MIN	66	162	0.433	0.200	9	15.1	37.90%	23.10%	18.00
Joey Meneses	WSN	56	240	0.563	0.239	13	9.5	29.70%	25.50%	18.46
Kerry Carpenter	DET	31	113	0.485	0.233	6	14.5	44.40%	18.80%	18.83
David Villar	SFG	52	181	0.455	0.224	9	17.8	44.40%	20.50%	20.11
Josh Jung	TEX	26	102	0.418	0.214	5	14.3	33.90%	25.00%	20.40
Jake Fraley	CIN	68	247	0.468	0.208	12	13.8	36.60%	20.00%	20.58
Jordan Luplow	ARI	83	234	0.361	0.185	11	17.7	44.50%	16.90%	21.27
Mitch Garver	TEX	54	215	0.404	0.197	10	18.4	48.90%	14.90%	21.50
Drew Waters	KCR	32	109	0.479	0.240	5	10.4	33.90%	26.30%	21.80
Stuart Fairchild	– – –	46	110	0.464	0.216	5	13.3	39.30%	20.80%	22.00
Michael Perez	– – –	45	132	0.298	0.149	6	18.3	49.40%	13.60%	22.00
Mitch Haniger	SEA	57	247	0.429	0.183	11	18.2	42.90%	15.90%	22.45
Jake Burger	CHW	51	183	0.458	0.208	8	12.3	42.50%	16.70%	22.88
Garrett Stubbs	PHI	50	121	0.462	0.198	5	15.2	39.10%	18.50%	24.20
Mike Zunino	TBR	36	123	0.304	0.157	5	20.8	54.30%	13.20%	24.60
Kyle Higashioka	NYY	83	248	0.389	0.162	10	17.2	43.10%	12.80%	24.80
Dermis Garcia	OAK	39	125	0.388	0.181	5	12.2	36.10%	22.70%	25.00
Kody Clemens	DET	57	127	0.308	0.162	5	17.4	47.70%	12.20%	25.40
Shea Langeliers	OAK	40	153	0.430	0.211	6	16.9	39.60%	16.70%	25.50
Peyton Burdick	MIA	32	102	0.380	0.174	4	18.0	46.40%	15.40%	25.50
Colin Moran	CIN	42	128	0.376	0.165	5	10.3	30.50%	20.00%	25.60
Jarred Kelenic	SEA	54	181	0.313	0.172	7	18.0	52.40%	13.00%	25.86

Matt Carpenter was insanely good.

Darick Hall had his moment in the sun, and though the year ended disappointingly, he blasted the ball with the best of them.

Oh, what could have been Jazz Chisholm.

How about that Joey Meneses kid who had an utterly amazing 1/3 of a season run?

Josh Jung is a name to remember for 2023. Don’t worry, you will hear everyone talking about his power at some point in the preseason.

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