Bryce Harper among the All-Time Best, Top 100 Home Run Hitters

    He is 32 years-old, and is marching along as an all-time great prospect. As many of us have anticipated for years. My daughter got tired of these baseball posts, but there are a few pastimes that I enjoy. Chronicling one guy, maybe with a few others tossed in, how their highs and lows go. It was Raines, now Harper. What about Schwarber? And Soto, who just hit the most homers in his career for a single season. Also, Patrick Corbin came up as an "all-time" pitcher. For better or for worst, these guys mean something to a few of us.

    Where is Bryce now? Number 89 among the career best?

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80.	Carlton Fisk+ (24)	376	9853	R	HR Log
81.	Rocky Colavito (14)	374	7559	R	HR Log
82.	Paul Goldschmidt (15, 37)	372	8805	R	HR Log
83.	Gil Hodges+ (18)	370	8104	R	HR Log
84.	Todd Helton+ (17)	369	9453	L	HR Log
	Ralph Kiner+ (10)	369	6256	R	HR Log
86.	Manny Machado (14, 32)	368	8170	R	HR Log
87.	Lance Berkman (15)	366	7814	B	HR Log
88.	Freddie Freeman (16, 35)	364	9335	L	HR Log
89.	Bryce Harper (14, 32)	363	7640	L	HR Log
	Aaron Judge (10, 33)	363	4965	R	HR Log
91.	Joe DiMaggio+ (13)	361	7672	R	HR Log
92.	Gary Gaetti (20)	360	9817	R	HR Log
93.	Johnny Mize+ (15)	359	7372	L	HR Log
94.	Yogi Berra+ (19)	358	8364	L	HR Log
	Carlos Lee (14)	358	8787	R	HR Log
96.	Joey Votto (17)	356	8746	L	HR Log
97.	Greg Vaughn (15)	355	7070	R	HR Log
98.	Luis Gonzalez (19)	354	10531	L	HR Log
	Lee May (18)	354	8219	R	HR Log
100.	Torii Hunter (19)	353	9692	R	HR Log

    I know a lot of the above players during my lifetime. I feel like Lee May was more before my time.   Carlos Lee (the Caballo?) and Vaughn squeezed in their numbers in 14 and 15 years, respectively. Berkman, did, too, plus legends like Kiner in 10, Mize in 15 years, and Colavito in 14. Then you have all-time greats like Berra and DiMaggio in there.  Fisk was a long toother, playing 24 years!

    Bryce is  competing with a few contemporaries, the oldest being Goldschmidt at 37, Freeman at 35, Judge at 33 (the amazing phenom) and then the slightly younger Manny Machado. It looks like Bryce has a shot at outpacing Freeman and Goldschmidt, career-wise, but Machado will be interesting to see whom comes out with the most. 

    The only active players with more career home runs are Mike Trout (33) with 399, and Giancarlos Stanton (35) with 449. Could Bryce surpass either one? Possibly, depending on health and a couple factors. Their eyes, their reflexes. Where they play. Who pitches to them.

    We shall see.

    Sorry, my daughter, if this bores you. Some things entertain an older guy...

    The only thing... I wrote "the only", and then I left it at the end. Editing error.  What did I mean to say?

    I love my wife and family, and all my extended family. I love you all!

    Saturday, many family members outs of town.