Puig – Nobody – Pederson – Seager – Bellinger

Phil Gurnee ♦ June 14, 2017 ♦ 1 Comment

Home runs are up all over baseball and nowhere is that more apparent than at Dodger Stadium where rookie after rookie keep launching home runs.

Prior to 2014, the most LAD rookie home runs was the magic 35 by Mike Piazza in 1993. The 2nd most was 23 by Frank Howard back in 1960 before Dodger Stadium was built. Eric Karros and Greg Brock were tied for 3rd with 20.

Eric Karros (20), Mike Piazza (35), and Raul Mondesi (16) combined for 71 home runs from 1992 – 1994.

Joc Pederson (26), Corey Seager (26), and Cody Bellinger (17 and counting) have combined for 69 home runs. It is just a matter of time before Bellinger passes twenty giving the Dodgers three rookies in three years to hit at least 20 home runs.

When you look at the leaderboard below it is crazy that Bellinger has seventeen home runs in only 185 plate appearances.

Player                   HR Year Age  PA  OPS    Pos
Mike Piazza (RoY-1st)    35 1993  24 602 .932  *2/H3
Corey Seager (ROY-1st)   26 2016  22 687 .877   *6/H
Joc Pederson (ROY-6th)   26 2015  23 585 .763    *8H
Frank Howard (RoY-1st)   23 1960  23 487 .784 *97/3H
Eric Karros (RoY-1st)    20 1992  24 589 .730   *3/H
Greg Brock (RoY-7th)     20 1983  26 543 .738   *3/H
Yasiel Puig (RoY-2nd)    19 2013  22 432 .925 *98/H7
Cody Bellinger           17 2017  21 185 .965 *73/H9
Raul Mondesi (RoY-1st)   16 1994  23 454 .849    *98
James Loney (RoY-6th)    15 2007  23 375 .919  *3/H9
Ron Cey (RoY-6th)        15 1973  25 595 .723   *5/H

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Generated 6/14/2017.