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John Lowenstein - 68 Oriole Career Homers
Lowenstein had a reputation of being a big clutch hitter and his BHI score bears that out. Out of 68 Oriole career homers, 24 put the team ahead. He also had a walk-off homer and a mere 11 in "Garbage Time". Lowenstein earns a more than respectable score
BHI - 393
Roberto Alomar - 50 Oriole Career Homers
Alomar makes my arbitrary standard of 50 Oriole career homers to qualify for BHI. Alomar was very middle of the road. 22% of his homers came during "Garbage Time", 42% either tied the game or put the O's ahead and 52% of his homers were solo shots. Just above average here.
BHI - 230
Doug DeCinces - 107 Oriole Career Homers
DeCinces demonstrated some limited pop during his Oriole career and tends to hit all extremes. He hit over 30% of his homers in "Garbage Team" but nearly 40% of his homers were tying or go ahead shots. But his two walk-off homers give him respecatability.
BHI - 225
The updated list:
BHI Leaders - Oriole Career
Brooks Robinson - 495
Eddie Murray - 469
Rafael Palmiero - 469
John Lowenstein - 393
Larry Sheets - 266
Chris Hoiles - 240
Roberto Alomar - 230
Doug DeCinces - 225
Brian Roberts - 224
Cal Ripken - 197
Brady Anderson - 138
Rick Dempsey - 136
Jay Gibbons - 42
B.J. Surhoff - -64
Monday, December 1, 2008
Big Homer Index: Lowenstein, DeCinces and Alomar
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2 comments:
Hmmm...interesting. I would have guessed DeCinces to be higher. I guess because I remember a couple of his clutch hits in '79. Sometimes memory is tricky.
Well, in fairness, DeCinces did pretty well and since this is a "made-up" index, we really don't know what 225 means! I'd be interested to see a graph once I get, say, 50 players on the list...
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