The lowest batting average for a 40-homer hitter in a season in Major League Baseball history is Adam Dunn.
Dunn, who retired after 2014, hit 41 home runs in 2014 with the Chicago White Sox, but only managed a .204 batting average. That’s the lowest batting average ever recorded by a 40-homer hitter in a season. He also struck out 222 times that year, one short of the all-time single-season record.
Dunn made his major league debut with the Cincinnati Reds in 2001, bouncing around the Arizona Diamondbacks, Washington Nationals, and White Sox before hanging up his uniform with the Oakland Athletics in 2014.
He had a career .237 batting average, 1,631 hits, 462 home runs, and six seasons of 40+ home runs. But he also struck out a lot. In his career, he struck out 2379 times in 8328 at-bats, a 28.6% strikeout rate. He struck out three times out of every 10 plate appearances.
This year, however, there’s a player on the verge of surpassing Dunn’s “record. Philadelphia Phillies left-handed slugger Kyle Schwarber is on the verge of a historic record.
Schwarber hit two home runs in the first game of a doubleheader against Washington at Citizens Bank Park on Sept. 9 to reach the 30-homer plateau for the season.
Trailing 3-0 in the third inning, Schwarber hit a two-run homer to right-center field with runners on first and second, and a three-run shot to right-center field with runners on second and third in the fourth inning. It was his 29th and 30th home runs of the season in back-to-back at-bats. Led by Schwarber’s 4-for-5 night at the plate with two doubles, five RBIs and two runs scored, the Phillies went on to win 8-4.
In the second game of the doubleheader, Schwarber went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored as the Phillies fell 4-5.
Schwarber has hit 30 home runs in three straight years since 2021, so it’s safe to say he’s a major league powerhouse.
However, Schwarber is batting just .183 (77-for-420) on the day, the lowest among 144 hitters in both leagues with at least one home run in regulation. He’s tied with Max Muncy of the Los Angeles Dodgers (0.192) as the only other 1-for-1 hitter. Schwarber is on pace to hit 43 home runs this season. He could become the first player in history to hit 40 homers in a season. 토토사이트
Schwarber hit 46 home runs last year to win the NL home run title, but he also hit just .218 and struck out more than 200 times, the most in both leagues combined. Even this season, he has struck out 149 times, the most of any hitter to date.
It’s a classic all-or-nothing style of hitting. However, Schwarber also draws a lot of walks. He drew 83 walks, second only to Juan Soto of the San Diego Padres (99). His on-base percentage is a whopping triple (.324). That’s why he’s the leadoff man. Schwarber signed a four-year, $79 million free agent contract with the Phillies right after the lockout last March.
For reference, the all-time record for most home runs by a first baseman in a season is held by Joey Gallo. In 2021, Gallo hit a combined 38 home runs for the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees while batting .199. He is the only player in Major League Baseball history to hit 38 or more home runs in a season with a batting average in the 1s.