Mr. Harper Tied for 241st place All Time. Does not beat the Nats this game.

241.	Goose Goslin+ (18)	248	L	HR Log
	Bryce Harper (10, 28)	248	L	HR Log
	Ted Simmons+ (21)	248	B	HR Log

Mr. Harper Tied for 241st place All Time

Bryce had a good game but the Nats finally got off the slide.

Soto hit a big one to get to 86 in his young career, still age 22, a mere 9 homers from the top 1,000. Where will La Fiera be after 6 more years? Who knows.

Goose played his beginning years with the Washington Senators, from 1920 on. He had some good years to lead the league in triples a couple of times, too. He played till 1938, born in Salem, New Jersey in 1938.

Ted Simmons made the Hall of Fame, playing from 1968 to 1988 with the Cardinals, Brewers, then the Braves for the last three years. Lifetime .285 hitter, not exactly sure why his numbers merit the call.

He was born in Highland Park, Michigan.

Goslin made the Hall, too, lifetime batting of .316.

That seems much better, in a time when the Babe and a few others were making the long ball a more popular thing.

 Giving a Lesson on Section 84 this Sunday

Harper at 243 All Time with 247 Career Homers

Moving up the charts.

247	L	HR Log
	Justin Morneau (14)	247	L	HR Log
	Vern Stephens (15)	247	R	HR Log

Tied with the above gentlemen; he is is quickly becoming elite, reaching the status of the all timers.

Morneau was an elite hitter for batting average a few years, winning a batting title in his 12th season at at age 33. He retired in 2016 at age 35.

Stephens played for teams like the St. Louis Browns and the Boston Red Sox from 1941 to 1955, a solid 15 seasons.

243.

Bryce Harper (10, 28)

247

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HR Log

Harper Jumps to 245th Most Homers All Time; Tied with some Greats

Harper Jumps to 245th Most Homers All Time; Tied with some Greats (coincidentally at 245 total)

It seems Bryce has hit five more long balls since I recorded his last achievements, moving up the all time list. I had to travel pretty far and I am far from home lately, so this is my chance to catch up. We are a few hours from my mom's birthday. She would have been 81; she passed eight years ago at 73, when Bryce was having some success as a young phenom.

I consider Victor Martinez as an all time great because he was a really good hitting catcher. The others below have some cache to their names, including Cecil Cooper who had a 50 home run season around 1991, the fist of those since the the 1970s. No one did it for the entire 1980s, which is when I first really dug into baseball and certain statistics. I liked stolen bases, hits, runs, and walks and OBP best because of my favorite player of all time Tim Raines, Sr.

Bryce was my fav for a while, but now Juan the Truth Soto is the replacement favorite on the hometown Nationals. But I keep tracking the Stormin' Mormon, who was married in San Diego at the same temple where my niece Lizzie was just sealed for time and all eternity about two weeks ago.

Hack Wilson is a Hall of Famer.  Others like Pence, Whitaker, Baker, Bando, and Monday are popular, too. Even Barfield and Drew and Huff were pretty well known in their time.

Bryce is on pace to have a better Phillie year than normal. July and August as hot months portend well for the long drives.

245.	Bryce Harper (10, 28)	246	L	HR Log
	Victor Martinez (16)	246	B	HR Log
	Ken Singleton (15)	246	B	HR Log
248.	Deron Johnson (16)	245	R	HR Log
	Nick Swisher (12)	245	B	HR Log
	Mickey Tettleton (14)	245	B	HR Log
Rank	Player (yrs, age)	Home Runs	Bats	HR Log
251.	Hunter Pence (14)	244	R	HR Log
	Lou Whitaker (19)	244	L	HR Log
	Hack Wilson+ (12)	244	R	HR Log
254.	Dusty Baker (19)	242	R	HR Log
	Sal Bando (16)	242	R	HR Log
	Wally Berger (11)	242	R	HR Log
	J.D. Drew (14)	242	L	HR Log
	Aubrey Huff (13)	242	L	HR Log
	David Wright (14)	242	R	HR Log
260.	Jesse Barfield (12)	241	R	HR Log
	Cecil Cooper (17)	241	L	HR Log
	Rick Monday (19)	241	L	HR Log