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Originally Posted by oldjudge
Don’t forget that Maris broke the record in an expansion season. Other than 1961 he never hit more than 39 homers.
I guess steroids allow you to hit the ball farther.
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Yes, but league-wide HR rates were only up a few percentage points in 1961 over the few years prior.
1958: 0.91 HR per team per game
1959: 0.91
1960: 0.86
1961: 0.95
1962: 0.93