Trivia: Final original franchise to have a player hit 30 HRs in a season

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Originally Posted by packs

Kiner did lead the league with those 23 homers though.

In 1947 he hit 28 at home and 23 on the road. Even with the home discount he probably would have hit 7 homers there.

The Pirates only moved the fences in to convince Hank Greenberg to play for them in 1947. Without Greenberg, there is a 0% chance Kiner hits 30 HRs in 1947. Kiner got off the a slow start and the Pirates were going to send him to the minors. Greenberg talked the Pirates into leaving him in the majors so Greenberg could work with Kiner. Kiner hit 1 HR in April and 2 HRs in May. Under Greenberg's mentorship, everything fell into place and Kiner hit 48 HRs the last 4 months of the season.