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I will deal with the major leagues only from 19th century to present. I`m good on baseball history, records, statistics, ballparks. I don't do off-the-field stuff. Please if you already know the answer to the question, please don't ask it. I don't want to play "stump the expert."

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I've written on the subject, and I have substantial library of resources.

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Numerous encyclopedia, newspaper, magazine articles. One book, several book chapters.

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Ph.D. in American history.

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Bevy of writing awards.

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Baseball Trivia (General) - Teams with 6 or more hitters with 20+ HRs, season

Expert: Tom Schott - 8/29/2009

Question
How many teams have had 6 or more players with 20 home runs or more in a season

Answer
Hi Bob,

Fourteen teams, and three of these had 7 such hitters. Nine of the teams are in this century, and only two of them are National League teams.

2005 AL Texas Rangers        7 Mark Teixeira / Hank Blalock / Michael Young / Alfonso Soriano / Kevin Mench / David Dellucci / Rod Barajas

2000 AL Toronto Blue Jays    7 Jose Cruz / Carlos Delgado / Tony Batista / Shannon Stewart / Brad Fullmer / Darrin Fletcher / Raul Mondesi

1996 AL Baltimore Orioles    7 Cal Ripken / Rafael Palmeiro / Bobby Bonilla / Roberto Alomar / Brady Anderson / B.J. Surhoff / Chris Hoiles

2009 AL New York Yankees     6 Robinson Cano / Mark Teixeira / Nick Swisher / Johnny Damon / Hideki Matsui / Alex Rodriguez

2008 AL Chicago White Sox    6 Jermaine Dye / Nick Swisher / Jim Thome / Alexei Ramirez / Carlos Quentin / Paul Konerko

2004 AL Chicago White Sox    6 Paul Konerko / Carlos Lee / Joe Crede / Aaron Rowand / Juan Uribe / Jose Valentin

2004 AL New York Yankees     6 Hideki Matsui / Alex Rodriguez / Gary Sheffield / Derek Jeter / Bernie Williams / Jorge Posada

2003 NL Atlanta Braves       6 Andruw Jones / Gary Sheffield / Chipper Jones / Vinny Castilla / Marcus Giles / Javy Lopez

2003 AL Boston Red Sox       6 Nomar Garciaparra / Manny Ramirez / Kevin Millar / Jason Varitek / Trot Nixon / David Ortiz

2001 AL Cleveland Indians    6 Roberto Alomar / Jim Thome / Juan Gonzalez / Ellis Burks / Marty Cordova / Russell Branyan

1999 AL Texas Rangers        6 Rafael Palmeiro / Todd Zeile / Rusty Greer / Lee Stevens / Juan Gonzalez / Ivan Rodriguez

1997 AL Seattle Mariners     6 Ken Griffey / Jay Buhner / Edgar Martinez / Paul Sorrento / Alex Rodriguez / Russ Davis

1986 AL Detroit Tigers       6 Darrell Evans / Alan Trammell / Lou Whitaker / Darnell Coles / Kirk Gibson / Lance Parrish

1965 NL Milwaukee Braves     6 Eddie Mathews / Hank Aaron / Joe Torre / Mack Jones / Felipe Alou / Gene Oliver

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