Homer hitters by team

Let’s hear it for the Phils’ Darin Ruf who picked up his first major league hit last night as Cole Hamels (16-6) topped the postseason bound Nationals last night. Now while I’m happy that Hamels has a new career high in wins, I’m even happier for Babe Ruf (he led all minor leaguers with 38 homers this season) because that first hit was a homer.

As the Billy-Ball.com newsroom found out that Ruf became the 24th player to homer for the Phillies this season, setting a franchise record (the previous mark of 23 was set in 1996), we were curious as to how many players homered for each team this season.

Here’s what we found:

Rk		Tm	#
1		Philadelphia Phillies	24
2		Baltimore Orioles	22
3		Boston Red Sox	22
4		Colorado Rockies	22
5		Houston Astros	22
6		Milwaukee Brewers	21
7		Oakland Athletics	21
8		Washington Nationals	21
9		Chicago Cubs	20
10		Arizona Diamondbacks	19
11		Cleveland Indians	19
12		Florida Marlins	19
13		Los Angeles Dodgers	19
14		New York Mets	19
15		Tampa Bay Rays	19
16		Toronto Blue Jays	19
17		Cincinnati Reds	18
18		New York Yankees	18
19		Pittsburgh Pirates	17
20		San Diego Padres	17
21		Seattle Mariners	17
22		St. Louis Cardinals	17
23		San Francisco Giants	16
24		Detroit Tigers	15
25		Kansas City Royals	15
26		Minnesota Twins	15
27		Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	14
28		Texas Rangers	14
29		Atlanta Braves	13
30		Chicago White Sox	13

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Generated 9/26/2012.