09-16-2019, 05:04 PM
Suarez currently is tied for the major league lead in HR with 47. He has 12 games left which gives him a a shot at George Fosters team record of 52. Leading the league would be an incredible feat. Even if the ball is juiced it is juiced for all the players. So I don't want to sound like I am bashing Suarez, but it would be a shame if he broke Fosters team record under these circumstances.
Foster hit his team record 52 in 1977. This was in a "dead ball" era. There are probably other factors that determine how many home runs are hit besides the ball, but when the numbers go down across the entire league part of it is clearly out of the control of the hitters. Fosters 52 HR season was like a lightening bolt out of the blue. Over the previous 5 seasons there had only been four 40 home run seasons and no one had hit 45. It had been 12 years since anyone hit 50+.
Compare that to today. Over the last 5 years there have been twenty-six 40 home runs seasons with 6 of 45+. Just two years ago 2 players hit 50+.
The year Foster hit 52 Jeff Burroughs would have had to hit over a quarter again as many home runs as he did (41) to catch Foster. He was the only other player to hit 40 that year. This year there are already 7 players with 40+ and 6 more within 37 who could easily hit 40. Three already have 45+ with three more sitting at 44.
Foster hit his team record 52 in 1977. This was in a "dead ball" era. There are probably other factors that determine how many home runs are hit besides the ball, but when the numbers go down across the entire league part of it is clearly out of the control of the hitters. Fosters 52 HR season was like a lightening bolt out of the blue. Over the previous 5 seasons there had only been four 40 home run seasons and no one had hit 45. It had been 12 years since anyone hit 50+.
Compare that to today. Over the last 5 years there have been twenty-six 40 home runs seasons with 6 of 45+. Just two years ago 2 players hit 50+.
The year Foster hit 52 Jeff Burroughs would have had to hit over a quarter again as many home runs as he did (41) to catch Foster. He was the only other player to hit 40 that year. This year there are already 7 players with 40+ and 6 more within 37 who could easily hit 40. Three already have 45+ with three more sitting at 44.
