Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Can Aaron Judge approach his rookie year HR total in year 2?

Aaron Judge barged on to the MLB scene last season with a historic 52 HR's in his rookie season.

It got me thinking. How did other rookies that hit at least 30 HR's do in their 2nd year?

There are 27 previous seasons where a rookie hit 30 or more HR's.

The next season 25 of 27 (92.6%) hit fewer HR's.

And not only that, the 27 players hit  or 25.7% fewer HR's (881 rookie year - 655 2nd year).

So if you are looking for the approximate HR total for Aaron Judge in 2018, 39 would be the the number. Which is still a good year but not the record setting number he hit in 2017.

Here are the details.

PLAYERTMYEARROOKIE HR2nd YEARUP/DOWN
Aaron JudgeNYY201752(39-Proj)-
Mark McGwireOAK19874932↓
Cody BellingerLAD201739(29-Proj)-
Frank RobinsonCIN19563829↓
Wally BergerBSN19303819↓
Albert PujolsSTL20013734↓
Al RosenCLE19503724↓
Jose AbreuCHW20143630↓
Mike PiazzaLAD19933524↓
Ron KittleCHW19833532↓
Rudy YorkDET19373533↓
Hal TroskyCLE19343526↓
Ryan BraunMIL20073437↑
Walt DropoBOS19503411↓
Jose Canseco OAK19863331↓
Earl WilliamsATL19713328↓
Jimmie HallMIN19633325↓
Chris YoungARI20073222↓
Matt NokesDET19873216↓
Tony OlivaMIN19643216↓
Tim SalmonCAL19933123↓
Jim Ray HartSFG19643123↓
Ted WilliamsBOS19393123↓
Mike TroutLAA20123027↓
Nomar GarciaparraBOS19973035↑
Pete IncavigliaTEX19863027↓
Willie MontanezPHI19713013↓
Bob AllisonWSH19593015↓

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