Willingham's HR Pace

[Curt]

Willingham hit his 25th home run last night in the Twins' 97th game of the season. That is the ninth fastest in club history. Where will he end up? So far, only Harmon Killebrew has hit more than 35 homers in a season in the Twins' history. He did it eight times.

 

[TABLE]

Game #

[TD=width: 69]Year[/TD]

[TD=width: 79]Player[/TD]

[TD=width: 80]Pace @ 25[/TD]

[TD=width: 56]Final[/TD]

70

1964

Killebrew

58

49

79

1961

Killebrew

51

46

81

1970

Killebrew

50

41

84

1967

Killebrew

48

44

84

1969

Killebrew

48

49

92

2006

Morneau

44

34

92

2007

Morneau

44

31

96

1962

Killebrew

42

48

97

2012

Willingham

42

??

99

2009

Morneau

41

30

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[Badsmerf]

Plouffe is going to come back and hit another 10 HR's in 2 weeks.

[Curt]

Willingham is still on pace for over 40 homers. He has reached 30 in 116 team games. That is the eighth fastest pace in Twins' history. He is the twelfth Twins player to reach 30 in one season (24 times total).

 

[TABLE]

[TD=width: 63]Game #[/TD]

[TD=width: 49]Year[/TD]

[TD=width: 79]Player[/TD]

[TD=width: 80]Pace @ 30[/TD]

[TD=width: 56]Final[/TD]

81

1964

Killebrew

60

49

91

1970

Killebrew

53

41

95

1961

Killebrew

51

46

98

1967

Killebrew

50

44

102

1969

Killebrew

48

49

113

1962

Killebrew

43

48

113

2006

Morneau

43

34

[TD=bgcolor: #FFFF00]116[/TD]

[TD=bgcolor: #FFFF00]2012[/TD]

[TD=bgcolor: #FFFF00]Willingham[/TD]

[TD=bgcolor: #FFFF00]42[/TD]

[TD=bgcolor: #E6FF00]??[/TD]

118

1987

Hrbek

41

34

131

1963

Killebrew

37

45

132

1966

Killebrew

37

39

133

1963

Allison

37

35

137

1964

Oliva

35

32

139

1986

Gaetti

35

34

139

2009

Morneau

35

30

140

1964

Allison

35

32

144

1984

Brunansky

34

32

145

1963

Hall

34

33

147

2007

Morneau

33

31

148

1987

Brunansky

33

32

149

1987

Gaetti

33

31

153

2009

Cuddyer

32

32

156

2006

Hunter

31

31

157

1986

Puckett

31

31

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[70charger]

His power has been a real bright spot on the 2012 team, and he's making the FO look pretty good in this case. I also love that they found a right-handed masher who can make use of the left field bleachers at Target Field. I never figured the park for the home run wasteland it was in 2010-2011, and Willingham is starting to prove that it isn't. Here's hoping for 40!