Thread: Willingham's HR Pace

Willingham hit his 25th home run last night in the Twins' 97th game of the season. That is the ninth fastest in club history. Where will he end up? So far, only Harmon Killebrew has hit more than 35 homers in a season in the Twins' history. He did it eight times.

Game #	Year	Player	Pace @ 25	Final
70	1964	Killebrew	58	49
79	1961	Killebrew	51	46
81	1970	Killebrew	50	41
84	1967	Killebrew	48	44
84	1969	Killebrew	48	49
92	2006	Morneau	44	34
92	2007	Morneau	44	31
96	1962	Killebrew	42	48
97	2012	Willingham	42	??
99	2009	Morneau	41	30

Plouffe is going to come back and hit another 10 HR's in 2 weeks.

Willingham is still on pace for over 40 homers. He has reached 30 in 116 team games. That is the eighth fastest pace in Twins' history. He is the twelfth Twins player to reach 30 in one season (24 times total).

Game #	Year	Player	Pace @ 30	Final
81	1964	Killebrew	60	49
91	1970	Killebrew	53	41
95	1961	Killebrew	51	46
98	1967	Killebrew	50	44
102	1969	Killebrew	48	49
113	1962	Killebrew	43	48
113	2006	Morneau	43	34
116	2012	Willingham	42	??
118	1987	Hrbek	41	34
131	1963	Killebrew	37	45
132	1966	Killebrew	37	39
133	1963	Allison	37	35
137	1964	Oliva	35	32
139	1986	Gaetti	35	34
139	2009	Morneau	35	30
140	1964	Allison	35	32
144	1984	Brunansky	34	32
145	1963	Hall	34	33
147	2007	Morneau	33	31
148	1987	Brunansky	33	32
149	1987	Gaetti	33	31
153	2009	Cuddyer	32	32
156	2006	Hunter	31	31
157	1986	Puckett	31	31

His power has been a real bright spot on the 2012 team, and he's making the FO look pretty good in this case. I also love that they found a right-handed masher who can make use of the left field bleachers at Target Field. I never figured the park for the home run wasteland it was in 2010-2011, and Willingham is starting to prove that it isn't. Here's hoping for 40!