Minimum two homers. Eat your heart out, Jose Bautista.
Home runs per plate appearance:
1. Zach Duke (D-backs) - 2/15 - .133
2. Wily Mo Pena (D-backs) - 5/40 - .125
3. Jason Giambi (Rockies) - 9/93 - .097
4. Brandon Boggs (Brewers) - 2/22 - .091
5. Jose Bautista (Blue Jays) - 28/357 - .078
6. Lance Berkman (Cardinals) - 23/312 - .074
7. Nelson Cruz (Rangers) - 20/288 - .069
8. Adam Rosales (Athletics) - 2/29 - .069
9. Curtis Granderson (Yankees) - 25/371 - .067
10. Mark Teixeira (Yankees) - 25/372 - .067
11. Henry Blanco (D-backs) - 4/60 - .067
12. Mike Napoli (Rangers) - 11/172 - .064
13. Paul Konerko (White Sox) - 22/360 - .061
14. David Ross (Braves) - 4/66 - .061
15. Mark Reynolds (Orioles) - 20/331 - .060
The Diamondbacks dominate the list. Unfortunately, though, their three guys here have a total of 11 homers, which is about 40 percent of the way to Bautista’s total alone.
If I removed the two-homer requirement, the actual leader in home runs per plate appearances would be Brandon Guyer. He had one homer in three at-bats during a brief stint with the Rays earlier this season.
Anyway, I’ll admit this was just mostly an excuse to get Wily Mo’s name on the blog again.