# 2010 MLB Home Run Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 29, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167 "2010-03-29T01:42:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/201 "2010-08-29T23:03:05Z")
Week 5 Paul Konerko Week 6 Jayson Werth Week 7 Jose Bautista Week 8 Alex Gonzalez Week 9 Mark Teixeira Week 10 Troy Glaus Week 11 Josh Hamilton Week 12 Adam Dunn Week 13 Matt Holliday Week 14 Albert Pujols Week 16 Joey Votto Week 17 Prince Fielder Week 18 Robinson Cano Week 19 Carlos Gonzalez Week 20 Alex Rodriguez Week 21 Evan Longoria Week 22 Adam LaRoche ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/202 "2010-08-30T00:56:12Z")
Week 1: Alex Rodriguez (NYY) Week 2: Chase Utley (PHI) Week 3: Dan Uggla (FLA) Week 4: Derrek Lee (CHC) Week 5: Adam Dunn (WSH) Week 6: Albert Pujols (STL) Week 7: Prince Fielder (MIL) Week 8: Kevin Youkilis (BOS) Week 9: Mark Teixeira (NYY) Week 10: Vladimir Guerrero (TEX) Week 11: Miguel Cabrera (DET) Week 12: Jose Guillen (KC) Week 13: Josh Hamilton (TEX) Week 14: Ryan Howard (PHI) Week 15: Paul Konerko (CWS) Week 16: Ryan Braun (MIL) Week 17: Brian McCann (ATL) Week 18: David Ortiz (BOS) Week 19: Ryan Zimmerman (WSH) Week 20: Luke Scott (BAL) Week 21: Matt Holliday (STL) **Week 22: Robinson Cano (NYY)** ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/203 "2010-08-30T01:15:00Z")
week 22. Konerko. ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/204 "2010-08-30T16:57:29Z")
Standings after week 21: ```auto |Season| Week |Rank| Participant |HR AB|Player HR AB|Chng| --------------------------+------+-------------------+----+ Hawkeyeop |31 487|J. Bautista 4 20|Up 1| Ambihelical Hexnut |29 490|M. Holliday 2 30|Dn 1| Bootis |20 458|M. Cabrera 2 28|Up 1| Incensed |20 507|P. Konerko 1 23|Dn 1| The Other Jeffrey Lebowski|15 347|E. Longoria 1 23| | wolfman |14 388| | | FoieGrasIsEvil | 9 272| | | Munch | 5 223| | | storyteller0910 | 1 42| | | In total, our picks have hit 144 HR in 3214 AB (4.48 HR/100 AB) Last week, our picks hit 10 HR in 124 AB (8.06 HR/100 AB) ``` What a week. Our overall rate of 8.06 HR per 100 AB was the best seen so far, and this was also the first week in which everybody who participated got at least 1 homer. Alas, my stay in first place lasted only 24 hours, with **Hawkeyeop** moving back into the lead thanks to 4 HR in 20 AB from Jose Bautista (this ties the 2nd best numbers returned in a single week so far - the 4 HR in 20 AB recorded by Nelson Cruz in week 1 that put **Hawkeyeop** in the lead to begin with). Elsewhere, **Incensed** and **Bootis** both reached the 20 HR mark, **Bootis** moving into third place due to having fewer AB. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/205 "2010-08-31T15:06:23Z")
1. Victor Martinez 2. Carlos Pena 3. Albert Pujols 4. Adrian Gonzolez 5. Chase Utley 6. Ian Stewart 7. Dustin Pedroia 8. Prince Fielder 9. David Ortiz 10. Vlad Guerrero 11. Corey HArt 12. Justin Morneau 13. Vernon Wells, Tor 14. Miguel Olivo 15. Tori Hunter 16: Josh Hamilton, TEX 17: Ryan Howard PHI 18: Jose Bautista, TOR 19: Adam Dunn, WAS 20: Paul Konerko, CHI 21: Miguel Cabrera, DET Week 22: **Adrian Beltre, BOS** ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/206 "2010-08-31T17:43:09Z")
Carlos Gonzalez ---
**Author:** ![Incensed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Incensed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incensed)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/207 "2010-09-05T19:29:11Z")
1 Michael Cuddyer 2 Evan Longoria 3 Miguel Cabrera 4 Mark Reynolds 5 Albert Pujols 6 Dan Uggla 7 Ryan Zimmerman 8 Ben Zobrist 9 Robinson Cano 10 Lance Berkman 11 Prince Fielder 12 Chase Utley 13 David Wright 14 Brennan Boesch 15 (No Pick-AS Game) 16 Josh Hamilton 17 Jason Heyward 18 Jason Werth 19 Adrian Beltre 20 Adrian Gonzalez 21 Paul Konerko 22 Joey Votto **Week 23, Jose Bautista, Toronto** ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/208 "2010-09-05T23:51:42Z")
Week 1: Alex Rodriguez (NYY) Week 2: Chase Utley (PHI) Week 3: Dan Uggla (FLA) Week 4: Derrek Lee (CHC) Week 5: Adam Dunn (WSH) Week 6: Albert Pujols (STL) Week 7: Prince Fielder (MIL) Week 8: Kevin Youkilis (BOS) Week 9: Mark Teixeira (NYY) Week 10: Vladimir Guerrero (TEX) Week 11: Miguel Cabrera (DET) Week 12: Jose Guillen (KC) Week 13: Josh Hamilton (TEX) Week 14: Ryan Howard (PHI) Week 15: Paul Konerko (CWS) Week 16: Ryan Braun (MIL) Week 17: Brian McCann (ATL) Week 18: David Ortiz (BOS) Week 19: Ryan Zimmerman (WSH) Week 20: Luke Scott (BAL) Week 21: Matt Holliday (STL) Week 22: Robinson Cano (NYY) **Week 23: Joey Votto (CIN)** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/209 "2010-09-06T00:20:09Z")
Week 5 Paul Konerko Week 6 Jayson Werth Week 7 Jose Bautista Week 8 Alex Gonzalez Week 9 Mark Teixeira Week 10 Troy Glaus Week 11 Josh Hamilton Week 12 Adam Dunn Week 13 Matt Holliday Week 14 Albert Pujols Week 16 Joey Votto Week 17 Prince Fielder Week 18 Robinson Cano Week 19 Carlos Gonzalez Week 20 Alex Rodriguez Week 21 Evan Longoria Week 22 Adam LaRoche Week 23 Ryan Howard ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/210 "2010-09-06T15:54:09Z")
Standings after week 22: ```auto |Season| Week |Rank| Participant |HR AB|Player HR AB|Chng| --------------------------+------+-------------------+----+ Hawkeyeop |33 512|C. Gonzalez 2 25| | Ambihelical Hexnut |30 513|R. Cano 1 23| | Bootis |22 482|A. Beltre 2 24| | Incensed |20 528|J. Votto 21| | The Other Jeffrey Lebowski|15 364|A. LaRoche 17| | wolfman |15 411|P. Konerko 1 23| | FoieGrasIsEvil | 9 272| | | Munch | 5 223| | | storyteller0910 | 1 42| | | In total, our picks have hit 150 HR in 3347 AB (4.48 HR/100 AB) Last week, our picks hit 6 HR in 133 AB (4.51 HR/100 AB) ``` The were no changes on the leaderboard last week. Robinson Cano made it 10 straight weeks with at least one home run for me, but despite this, **Hawkeyeop** stretched his lead to 3 HR with 4 weeks to go. ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/211 "2010-09-06T16:16:02Z")
Paul Konerko ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/212 "2010-09-06T17:31:42Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Wolfman so far :1Ichiro:2Kubel:3Heyward: 4Pujols 5:MattHolliday: 6:MCabrera 7:Victorino 8:VWells 9:Morneau 10:Ian Stewart 11:Prince Fielder 12: Ryan Howard Week 13: Andre Eithier:Week 14: Vlad Guerrero 15: oops, 16: Boesch:17 oops . Week 18: David Ortiz week 19. Joey Votto 20 Carlos Gonzalez 22. Konerko 23.Alex Rodriquez ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/213 "2010-09-07T07:19:02Z")
1. Victor Martinez 2. Carlos Pena 3. Albert Pujols 4. Adrian Gonzolez 5. Chase Utley 6. Ian Stewart 7. Dustin Pedroia 8. Prince Fielder 9. David Ortiz 10. Vlad Guerrero 11. Corey HArt 12. Justin Morneau 13. Vernon Wells, Tor 14. Miguel Olivo 15. Tori Hunter 16: Josh Hamilton, TEX 17: Ryan Howard PHI 18: Jose Bautista, TOR 19: Adam Dunn, WAS 20: Paul Konerko, CHI 21: Miguel Cabrera, DET 22: Adrian Beltre, BOS Week 23: **Carlos Gonzalez** , COL ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/214 "2010-09-13T00:44:43Z")
Week 1: Alex Rodriguez (NYY) Week 2: Chase Utley (PHI) Week 3: Dan Uggla (FLA) Week 4: Derrek Lee (CHC) Week 5: Adam Dunn (WSH) Week 6: Albert Pujols (STL) Week 7: Prince Fielder (MIL) Week 8: Kevin Youkilis (BOS) Week 9: Mark Teixeira (NYY) Week 10: Vladimir Guerrero (TEX) Week 11: Miguel Cabrera (DET) Week 12: Jose Guillen (KC) Week 13: Josh Hamilton (TEX) Week 14: Ryan Howard (PHI) Week 15: Paul Konerko (CWS) Week 16: Ryan Braun (MIL) Week 17: Brian McCann (ATL) Week 18: David Ortiz (BOS) Week 19: Ryan Zimmerman (WSH) Week 20: Luke Scott (BAL) Week 21: Matt Holliday (STL) Week 22: Robinson Cano (NYY) Week 23: Joey Votto (CIN) **Week 24: Jose Bautista (TOR)** ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/215 "2010-09-13T15:56:21Z")
1. Victor Martinez 2. Carlos Pena 3. Albert Pujols 4. Adrian Gonzolez 5. Chase Utley 6. Ian Stewart 7. Dustin Pedroia 8. Prince Fielder 9. David Ortiz 10. Vlad Guerrero 11. Corey HArt 12. Justin Morneau 13. Vernon Wells, Tor 14. Miguel Olivo 15. Tori Hunter 16: Josh Hamilton, TEX 17: Ryan Howard PHI 18: Jose Bautista, TOR 19: Adam Dunn, WAS 20: Paul Konerko, CHI 21: Miguel Cabrera, DET 22: Adrian Beltre, BOS 23:Carlos Gonzalez, COL Week 24: **Jim Thome, MIN** ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/216 "2010-09-13T17:16:13Z")
Standings after week 23: ```auto |Season| Week |Rank| Participant |HR AB|Player HR AB|Chng| --------------------------+------+-------------------+----+ Hawkeyeop |36 531|P. Konerko 3 19| | Ambihelical Hexnut |31 537|J. Votto 1 24| | Bootis |23 499|C. Gonzalez 1 17| | Incensed |23 554|J. Bautista 3 26| | The Other Jeffrey Lebowski|18 393|R. Howard 3 29| | wolfman |16 428|A. Rodriguez 1 17| | FoieGrasIsEvil | 9 272| | | Munch | 5 223| | | storyteller0910 | 1 42| | | In total, our picks have hit 162 HR in 3479 AB (4.66 HR/100 AB) Last week, our picks hit 12 HR in 132 AB (9.09 HR/100 AB) ``` 12 HR in 132 AB was our best overall performance in a single week so far. For the second straight week, everybody stays in the same position on the leaderboard, and for the second time in three weeks, everybody’s pick hit at least one homer. If we can keep this up, 200 total HR and an overall rate of 5 HR per 100 AB aren’t out of reach. **Hawkeyeop** (8 consecutive weeks) and I (11 consecutive weeks) continued our long streaks of getting at least one homer per week. **Hawkeyeop** now has a 5 HR lead with just 3 weeks to go - time’s running out for the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![Incensed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Incensed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incensed)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/217 "2010-09-13T17:27:53Z")
1 Michael Cuddyer 2 Evan Longoria 3 Miguel Cabrera 4 Mark Reynolds 5 Albert Pujols 6 Dan Uggla 7 Ryan Zimmerman 8 Ben Zobrist 9 Robinson Cano 10 Lance Berkman 11 Prince Fielder 12 Chase Utley 13 David Wright 14 Brennan Boesch 15 (No Pick-AS Game) 16 Josh Hamilton 17 Jason Heyward 18 Jason Werth 19 Adrian Beltre 20 Adrian Gonzalez 21 Paul Konerko 22 Joey Votto 23 Jose Bautista **Week 24, Ryan Howard, Philly** ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/218 "2010-09-13T22:30:55Z")
All week I was annoyed I went with Konerko over Pence and Tulo. He redeemed himself during the weekend. This week lets go with baseball’s newest slugger: Mike Stanton. ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/219 "2010-09-20T00:15:32Z")
Week 1: Alex Rodriguez (NYY) Week 2: Chase Utley (PHI) Week 3: Dan Uggla (FLA) Week 4: Derrek Lee (CHC) Week 5: Adam Dunn (WSH) Week 6: Albert Pujols (STL) Week 7: Prince Fielder (MIL) Week 8: Kevin Youkilis (BOS) Week 9: Mark Teixeira (NYY) Week 10: Vladimir Guerrero (TEX) Week 11: Miguel Cabrera (DET) Week 12: Jose Guillen (KC) Week 13: Josh Hamilton (TEX) Week 14: Ryan Howard (PHI) Week 15: Paul Konerko (CWS) Week 16: Ryan Braun (MIL) Week 17: Brian McCann (ATL) Week 18: David Ortiz (BOS) Week 19: Ryan Zimmerman (WSH) Week 20: Luke Scott (BAL) Week 21: Matt Holliday (STL) Week 22: Robinson Cano (NYY) Week 23: Joey Votto (CIN) Week 24: Jose Bautista (TOR) **Week 25: Nelson Cruz (TEX)** ---
**Author:** ![Incensed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Incensed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incensed)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167/220 "2010-09-20T00:33:28Z")
1 Michael Cuddyer 2 Evan Longoria 3 Miguel Cabrera 4 Mark Reynolds 5 Albert Pujols 6 Dan Uggla 7 Ryan Zimmerman 8 Ben Zobrist 9 Robinson Cano 10 Lance Berkman 11 Prince Fielder 12 Chase Utley 13 David Wright 14 Brennan Boesch 15 (No Pick-AS Game) 16 Josh Hamilton 17 Jason Heyward 18 Jason Werth 19 Adrian Beltre 20 Adrian Gonzalez 21 Paul Konerko 22 Joey Votto 23 Jose Bautista 24 Ryan Howard Well I thought Tulo was homered out going into this past week, and I was right-he only hit 6. So screw it- **Week 25, The Ghost of Babe Ruth, um, Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-mlb-home-run-pool/534167.md?page=12)