Quiz – Modern Sluggers (solved)

Alfonso Soriano has been in the news this week with his stellar play in his return to pinstripes. Appropriate then that he is included in this list of recent power hitters.

Really simple quiz. What is the career accomplishment shared by only these players over the past 25 seasons (since 1989)? Note for players active before 1989 that, to be included in this list, they must have achieved this career accomplishment only within the the 1989 to 2013 period.

 Player
Jeff Bagwell
Barry Bonds
Carlos Delgado
Chipper Jones
David Ortiz
Rafael Palmeiro
Albert Pujols
Manny Ramirez
Alex Rodriguez
Alfonso Soriano
Sammy Sosa
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 8/13/2013.
Congratulations to Chris C! He (or she) correctly identified these sluggers as the only players since 1989 with 12 or more consecutive seasons of 20+ home runs, a club joined last year by Albert Pujols, and this season by David Ortiz and Alfonso Soriano. More after the jump.

Here are these players’ longest consecutive season streaks for different home run levels, during their entire careers (i.e. including seasons before 1989). Leading players and streaks are highlighted.

20 HR 25 HR 30 HR 35 HR 40 HR
Albert Pujols 12 12 12 4 4
Alex Rodriguez
15
13
13
11
6
Alfonso Soriano 12 7 3 2 1
Barry Bonds
15
15
13
5 5
Carlos Delgado 13 11 10 4 2
Chipper Jones 14 7 4 3 1
David Ortiz 12 5 5 4 3
Jeff Bagwell 12 9 8 3 2
Manny Ramirez 14 12 9 4 2
Rafael Palmeiro 14 9 9 9 2
Sammy Sosa 12 12 10 10
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Chris C
10 years ago

Is part of it that all had 12 consecutive seasons of 20+ home runs.

JasonZ
10 years ago

Does it have to do with a minimum number (375??) of career homers and RBI’s by each player.

JasonZ
10 years ago

Excuse me. HR and doubles.