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Total Home Runs Hit in Major League Baseball by Season and the Top 20 Years with the Most Home Runs
Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire: Poster Children of the Steroid Era
The 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame inductees are: no one. Neither Barry Bonds, nor Roger Clemens, not even Mike Piazza or Craig Biggio, made it in on their first ballot.
It was a protest vote from writers, a pushback against the era of steroids. Maybe they are hoping more information will come to light regarding those players who are guilty by association with the 1990′s and 2000′s.
Home run statistics are often cited as a measure of proof that many players were doing steroids during those decades.
But they are really only partially supportive.
Take the top 20 seasons in baseball history when the most home runs were hit. Yes, at the top there are suspect years: seven of the top 10 occurred between the seasons 1998 and 2004.
But then again every season after 2004 (2005-2012) – which is after the PED news broke – shows up in the top 20, too.
What gives? Well, baseball has had 30 teams since 1998. That makes things interesting. Since 1998, the steroid years do appear to have more home runs hit (more in the top half) than after baseball “caught on” (more in the bottom half).
Below the top 20, check out a second list today, total home runs hit every season since 1903, the first year of the World Series.
Follow @VinGetzTOP 20 SEASONS: MOST TOTAL HOME RUNS HIT
| YEAR | HR | HR/GAME | GAMES | AB | TEAMS | PLAYERS | |
| 1. | 2000 | 5,693 | 1.172 | 4,858 | 167,290 | 30 | 1,230 |
| 2. | 1999 | 5,528 | 1.138 | 4,856 | 167,137 | 30 | 1,209 |
| 3. | 2001 | 5,458 | 1.124 | 4,858 | 166,234 | 30 | 1,220 |
| 4. | 2004 | 5,451 | 1.123 | 4,856 | 167,353 | 30 | 1,247 |
| 5. | 2006 | 5,386 | 1.109 | 4,858 | 167,341 | 30 | 1,242 |
| 6. | 2003 | 5,207 | 1.071 | 4,860 | 166,737 | 30 | 1,230 |
| 7. | 1998 | 5,064 | 1.041 | 4,864 | 167,116 | 30 | 1,186 |
| 8. | 2002 | 5,059 | 1.043 | 4,852 | 165,582 | 30 | 1,218 |
| 9. | 2009 | 5,042 | 1.037 | 4,860 | 165,849 | 30 | 1,266 |
| 10. | 2005 | 5,017 | 1.032 | 4,862 | 166,335 | 30 | 1,237 |
| 11. | 1996 | 4,962 | 1.094 | 4,534 | 156,801 | 28 | 1,141 |
| 12. | 2007 | 4,957 | 1.020 | 4,862 | 167,783 | 30 | 1,278 |
| 13. | 2012 | 4,934 | 1.015 | 4,860 | 165,251 | 30 | 1,284 |
| 14. | 2008 | 4,878 | 1.005 | 4,856 | 166,714 | 30 | 1,291 |
| 15. | 1997 | 4,640 | 1.024 | 4,532 | 155,438 | 28 | 1,123 |
| 16. | 2010 | 4,613 | 0.949 | 4,860 | 165,353 | 30 | 1,249 |
| 17. | 2011 | 4,552 | 0.937 | 4,858 | 165,705 | 30 | 1,295 |
| 18. | 1987 | 4,458 | 1.059 | 4,210 | 144,095 | 26 | 975 |
| 19. | 1995 | 4,081 | 1.012 | 4,034 | 138,571 | 28 | 1,133 |
| 20. | 1993 | 4,030 | 0.888 | 4,538 | 154,995 | 28 | 1,104 |
Incidentally, those 20 seasons are the only ones with at least 4,000 home runs hit.
HOME RUNS HIT BY SEASON
| YEAR | HR | HR/GAME | GAMES | AB | TEAMS | PLAYERS |
| 1903 | 335 | 0.150 | 2,228 | 75,439 | 16 | 368 |
| 1904 | 331 | 0.133 | 2,498 | 82,488 | 16 | 364 |
| 1905 | 338 | 0.137 | 2,474 | 81,841 | 16 | 390 |
| 1906 | 261 | 0.106 | 2,456 | 80,061 | 16 | 412 |
| 1907 | 244 | 0.099 | 2,466 | 80,304 | 16 | 418 |
| 1908 | 267 | 0.107 | 2,488 | 80,680 | 16 | 440 |
| 1909 | 259 | 0.104 | 2,482 | 80,613 | 16 | 504 |
| 1910 | 361 | 0.145 | 2,498 | 81,548 | 16 | 508 |
| 1911 | 514 | 0.208 | 2,474 | 82,258 | 16 | 536 |
| 1912 | 442 | 0.179 | 2,464 | 82,039 | 16 | 604 |
| 1913 | 470 | 0.190 | 2,468 | 81,216 | 16 | 582 |
| 1914 | 710 | 0.189 | 3,760 | 122,587 | 24 | 740 |
| 1915 | 635 | 0.170 | 3,728 | 121,704 | 24 | 733 |
| 1916 | 383 | 0.154 | 2,494 | 81,923 | 16 | 527 |
| 1917 | 335 | 0.134 | 2,494 | 82,055 | 16 | 490 |
| 1918 | 235 | 0.116 | 2,032 | 67,315 | 16 | 489 |
| 1919 | 447 | 0.200 | 2,236 | 74,671 | 16 | 479 |
| 1920 | 630 | 0.255 | 2,468 | 84,179 | 16 | 495 |
| 1921 | 937 | 0.381 | 2,458 | 85,172 | 16 | 492 |
| 1922 | 1,055 | 0.426 | 2,476 | 85,346 | 16 | 497 |
| 1923 | 980 | 0.397 | 2,466 | 85,232 | 16 | 513 |
| 1924 | 896 | 0.364 | 2,462 | 84,670 | 16 | 529 |
| 1925 | 1,169 | 0.476 | 2,456 | 85,432 | 16 | 526 |
| 1926 | 863 | 0.350 | 2,468 | 83,762 | 16 | 502 |
| 1927 | 922 | 0.373 | 2,472 | 84,461 | 16 | 512 |
| 1928 | 1,093 | 0.444 | 2,462 | 84,480 | 16 | 505 |
| 1929 | 1,349 | 0.549 | 2,458 | 85,210 | 16 | 510 |
| 1930 | 1,565 | 0.634 | 2,468 | 86,571 | 16 | 493 |
| 1931 | 1,069 | 0.432 | 2,472 | 86,614 | 16 | 492 |
| 1932 | 1,358 | 0.551 | 2,466 | 87,182 | 16 | 491 |
| 1933 | 1,067 | 0.435 | 2,452 | 85,222 | 16 | 460 |
| 1934 | 1,344 | 0.549 | 2,446 | 85,911 | 16 | 487 |
| 1935 | 1,325 | 0.539 | 2,456 | 86,437 | 16 | 484 |
| 1936 | 1,364 | 0.551 | 2,476 | 87,638 | 16 | 481 |
| 1937 | 1,430 | 0.577 | 2,478 | 85,963 | 16 | 498 |
| 1938 | 1,475 | 0.603 | 2,446 | 85,013 | 16 | 502 |
| 1939 | 1,445 | 0.587 | 2,462 | 84,879 | 16 | 533 |
| 1940 | 1,571 | 0.636 | 2,472 | 86,003 | 16 | 514 |
| 1941 | 1,331 | 0.535 | 2,488 | 85,854 | 16 | 546 |
| 1942 | 1,071 | 0.438 | 2,448 | 83,731 | 16 | 512 |
| 1943 | 905 | 0.366 | 2,476 | 84,701 | 16 | 519 |
| 1944 | 1,034 | 0.416 | 2,484 | 85,665 | 16 | 548 |
| 1945 | 1,007 | 0.409 | 2,460 | 84,447 | 16 | 547 |
| 1946 | 1,215 | 0.489 | 2,484 | 84,333 | 16 | 633 |
| 1947 | 1,565 | 0.630 | 2,486 | 84,436 | 16 | 544 |
| 1948 | 1,555 | 0.629 | 2,474 | 84,411 | 16 | 542 |
| 1949 | 1,704 | 0.687 | 2,480 | 84,380 | 16 | 532 |
| 1950 | 2,073 | 0.837 | 2,476 | 84,823 | 16 | 530 |
| 1951 | 1,863 | 0.752 | 2,478 | 85,065 | 16 | 543 |
| 1952 | 1,701 | 0.686 | 2,478 | 84,195 | 16 | 556 |
| 1953 | 2,076 | 0.837 | 2,480 | 84,997 | 16 | 534 |
| 1954 | 1,937 | 0.783 | 2,474 | 83,936 | 16 | 536 |
| 1955 | 2,224 | 0.901 | 2,468 | 83,590 | 16 | 599 |
| 1956 | 2,294 | 0.926 | 2,478 | 83,856 | 16 | 552 |
| 1957 | 2,202 | 0.891 | 2,470 | 84,906 | 16 | 563 |
| 1958 | 2,240 | 0.907 | 2,470 | 83,827 | 16 | 580 |
| 1959 | 2,250 | 0.909 | 2,476 | 84,294 | 16 | 571 |
| 1960 | 2,128 | 0.861 | 2,472 | 84,014 | 16 | 575 |
| 1961 | 2,730 | 0.955 | 2,860 | 97,032 | 18 | 620 |
| 1962 | 3,001 | 0.926 | 3,242 | 110,688 | 20 | 702 |
| 1963 | 2,704 | 0.835 | 3,238 | 109,814 | 20 | 695 |
| 1964 | 2,762 | 0.849 | 3,252 | 110,464 | 20 | 700 |
| 1965 | 2,688 | 0.828 | 3,246 | 109,739 | 20 | 702 |
| 1966 | 2,743 | 0.849 | 3,230 | 109,467 | 20 | 714 |
| 1967 | 2,299 | 0.710 | 3,240 | 109,205 | 20 | 718 |
| 1968 | 1,995 | 0.614 | 3,250 | 108,622 | 20 | 676 |
| 1969 | 3,119 | 0.801 | 3,892 | 131,287 | 24 | 849 |
| 1970 | 3,429 | 0.882 | 3,888 | 132,140 | 24 | 849 |
| 1971 | 2,863 | 0.739 | 3,876 | 130,544 | 24 | 828 |
| 1972 | 2,534 | 0.682 | 3,718 | 124,828 | 24 | 824 |
| 1973 | 3,102 | 0.798 | 3,886 | 132,363 | 24 | 821 |
| 1974 | 2,649 | 0.681 | 3,890 | 132,256 | 24 | 861 |
| 1975 | 2,698 | 0.698 | 3,868 | 131,473 | 24 | 844 |
| 1976 | 2,235 | 0.576 | 3,878 | 131,525 | 24 | 818 |
| 1977 | 3,644 | 0.866 | 4,206 | 143,974 | 26 | 900 |
| 1978 | 2,956 | 0.703 | 4,204 | 141,567 | 26 | 904 |
| 1979 | 3,433 | 0.818 | 4,198 | 142,792 | 26 | 899 |
| 1980 | 3,087 | 0.733 | 4,210 | 144,160 | 26 | 916 |
| 1981 | 1,781 | 0.639 | 2,788 | 94,467 | 26 | 907 |
| 1982 | 3,379 | 0.802 | 4,214 | 144,149 | 26 | 932 |
| 1983 | 3,301 | 0.783 | 4,218 | 143,538 | 26 | 953 |
| 1984 | 3,258 | 0.774 | 4,210 | 143,829 | 26 | 935 |
| 1985 | 3,602 | 0.856 | 4,206 | 143,075 | 26 | 943 |
| 1986 | 3,813 | 0.907 | 4,206 | 143,106 | 26 | 953 |
| 1987 | 4,458 | 1.059 | 4,210 | 144,095 | 26 | 975 |
| 1988 | 3,180 | 0.757 | 4,200 | 142,568 | 26 | 973 |
| 1989 | 3,083 | 0.732 | 4,212 | 142,821 | 26 | 988 |
| 1990 | 3,317 | 0.788 | 4,210 | 142,768 | 26 | 1,030 |
| 1991 | 3,383 | 0.804 | 4,208 | 142,968 | 26 | 1,034 |
| 1992 | 3,038 | 0.721 | 4,212 | 142,895 | 26 | 1,007 |
| 1993 | 4,030 | 0.888 | 4,538 | 154,995 | 28 | 1,104 |
| 1994 | 3,306 | 1.033 | 3,200 | 110,266 | 28 | 991 |
| 1995 | 4,081 | 1.012 | 4,034 | 138,571 | 28 | 1,133 |
| 1996 | 4,962 | 1.094 | 4,534 | 156,801 | 28 | 1,141 |
| 1997 | 4,640 | 1.024 | 4,532 | 155,438 | 28 | 1,123 |
| 1998 | 5,064 | 1.041 | 4,864 | 167,116 | 30 | 1,186 |
| 1999 | 5,528 | 1.138 | 4,856 | 167,137 | 30 | 1,209 |
| 2000 | 5,693 | 1.172 | 4,858 | 167,290 | 30 | 1,230 |
| 2001 | 5,458 | 1.124 | 4,858 | 166,234 | 30 | 1,220 |
| 2002 | 5,059 | 1.043 | 4,852 | 165,582 | 30 | 1,218 |
| 2003 | 5,207 | 1.071 | 4,860 | 166,737 | 30 | 1,230 |
| 2004 | 5,451 | 1.123 | 4,856 | 167,353 | 30 | 1,247 |
| 2005 | 5,017 | 1.032 | 4,862 | 166,335 | 30 | 1,237 |
| 2006 | 5,386 | 1.109 | 4,858 | 167,341 | 30 | 1,242 |
| 2007 | 4,957 | 1.020 | 4,862 | 167,783 | 30 | 1,278 |
| 2008 | 4,878 | 1.005 | 4,856 | 166,714 | 30 | 1,291 |
| 2009 | 5,042 | 1.037 | 4,860 | 165,849 | 30 | 1,266 |
| 2010 | 4,613 | 0.949 | 4,860 | 165,353 | 30 | 1,249 |
| 2011 | 4,552 | 0.937 | 4,858 | 165,705 | 30 | 1,295 |
| 2012 | 4,934 | 1.015 | 4,860 | 165,251 | 30 | 1,284 |
Thanks to baseball-reference.com for the source data. Check it out!
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Top 20 NFL Head Coaches with the Most Years Coaching
George Halas Was the Chicago Bears’ Head Coach for 40 Years in Total
The Chicago Bears‘ George Halas coached more years at the helm than any another head coach in NFL history: 40 years over five decades. Halas was the first head coach in Bears history, back in 1920, when the team was called the Decatur Staleys.
Curly Lambeau, for whom the current Green Bay Packers‘ stadium is named, was the first coach in that team’s history. Lambeau also coached the Chicago Cardinals (now Arizona) and the Washington Redskins.
Don Shula and Lambeau coached a cool 33 years each, second longest to Halas.
What about actives?
Mike Shanahan (Redskins) is in his 19th year, followed by Bill Belichick (Patriots, 18), Jeff Fisher (Rams, 18) and Tom Coughlin (Giants, 17).
Follow @VinGetz| COACH | YRS | TEAMS | |
| 1. | George Halas | 40 | Decatur Staleys (1920); Chicago Staleys (1921); Chicago Bears (1922-1929, 1933-1942, 1946-1955, 1958-1967) |
| 2. | Curly Lambeau | 33 | Green Bay Packers (1921-1949); Chicago Cardinals (1950, 1951); Washington Redskins (1952, 1953) |
| 2. | Don Shula | 33 | Baltimore Colts (1963-1969); Miami Dolphins (1970-1995) |
| 4. | Tom Landry | 29 | Dallas Cowboys (1960-1988) |
| 5. | Paul Brown | 25 | Cleveland Browns (AAFC 1946-1949, NFL 1950-1962); Cincinnati Bengals (AFL 1968, 1969, NFL 1970-1975) |
| 6. | Chuck Noll | 23 | Pittsburgh Steelers (1969-1991) |
| 6. | Steve Owen | 23 | New York Giants (1931-1953) |
| 6. | Dan Reeves | 23 | Denver Broncos (1981-1992); New York Giants (1993-1996); Atlanta Falcons (1997-2003) |
| 9. | Chuck Knox | 22 | Los Angeles Rams (1973-1977, 1992-1994); Buffalo Bills (1978-1982); Saettle Seahawks (1983-1991) |
| 10. | Marty Schottenheimer | 21 | Cleveland Browns (1984-1988); Kansas City Chiefs (1989-1998); Washington Redskins (2001); San Diego Chargers (2002-2006) |
| 11. | Weeb Ewbank | 20 | Baltimore Colts (1954-1962); New York Jets (AFL 1963-1969, NFL 1970-1973) |
| 12. | Bill Parcells | 19 | New York Giants (1983-1990); New England Patriots (1993-1996); New York Jets (1997-1999); Dallas Cowboys (2003-2006) |
| 12. | Mike Shanahan | 19 | Los Angeles Raiders (1988, 1989); Denver Broncos (1995-2008); Washington Redskins (2010-2012) |
| 14. | Bill Belichick | 18 | Cleveland Browns (1991-1995); New England Patriots (2000-2012) |
| 14. | Jeff Fisher | 18 | Houston Oilers (1994-1996); Tennessee Oilers (1997,1998); Tennesee Titans (1999-2010); St. Louis Rams (2012) |
| 14. | Sid Gillman | 18 | Los Angeles Rams (1955-1959); Los Angeles Chargers (AFL 1960); San Diego Chargers (AFL 1961-1969, NFL 1971); Houston Oilers (1973, 1974) |
| 14. | Bud Grant | 18 | Minnesota Vikings (1967-1983, 1985) |
| 18. | Tom Coughlin | 17 | Jacksonville Jaguars (1995-2002); New York Giants (2004-2012) |
| 18. | Mike Holmgren | 17 | Green Bay Packers (1992-1998); Seattle Seahawks (1999-2008) |
| 18. | Marv Levy | 17 | Kansas City Chiefs (1978-1982); Buffalo Bills (1986-1997) |
| 18. | Hank Stram | 17 | Dallas Texans (AFL 1960-1962); Kansas City Chiefs (AFL 1963-1969, NFL 1970-1974); New Orleans Saints (1976, 1977) |
Thanks to pro-football-reference.com.
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NCAA Football 2012-13: List and Links of Conferences and Schools, Scores and Bowl Schedule
The 2013 BCS National Championship Will Be On Monday, January 7, at Sun Life Stadium
Football is here! It’s the first day of the 2012-13 NCAA College Football Season. Check out all the games and scores today and all season long at ESPN’s College Football Scoreboard.
To celebrate, here are a couple of lists running down the Division I college football conferences and the schools/teams which constitute them. These conferences currently represent (bold, active), or at one time represented (non-bold), the highest level of college football in the country.
Schools from these conferences (and Independents) are the ones that make it to those bowl games come December and January. Here’s the whole BCS bowl schedule for 2012-13, by the way.
Today’s first list sorts all the Division I conferences in history by the year of each one’s founding. Included are either the current team makeup of each conference, or the final composition for defunct conferences. The second list sorts the conferences by straight up age. In both cases, active conferences are bold.
Click on the school for that team’s official home page, but note that some schools no longer support a football program (like the University of Denver’s Pioneers).
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CONFERENCES BY AGE
| CONFERENCE | FOUNDED | CEASED | YRS | |
| 1. | Independent | 1869 | 143 | |
| 2. | Big Ten Conference | 1896 | 117 | |
| 3. | Pacific-12 Conference | 1916 | 97 | |
| 4. | Big Eight Conference | 1907 | 1995 | 89 |
| 5. | Southwest Conference | 1914 | 1995 | 82 |
| 6. | Southeastern Conference | 1933 | 80 | |
| 7. | Southern Conference | 1921 | 1981 | 61 |
| 8. | Atlantic Coast Conference | 1953 | 60 | |
| 9. | Missouri Valley Conference | 1928 | 1985 | 58 |
| 10. | Western Athletic Conference | 1962 | 51 | |
| 10. | Mid-American Conference | 1962 | 51 | |
| 12. | Big West Conference | 1969 | 2000 | 32 |
| 13. | Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 1931 | 1961 | 30 |
| 14. | Rocky Mountain Conference | 1910 | 1937 | 28 |
| 15. | Ivy Group | 1956 | 1981 | 26 |
| 16. | Skyline Conference | 1938 | 1961 | 24 |
| 17. | Big East Conference | 1991 | 22 | |
| 18. | Conference USA | 1996 | 17 | |
| 18. | Big 12 Conference | 1996 | 17 | |
| 20. | Mountain West Conference | 1999 | 14 | |
| 21. | Sun Belt Conference | 2001 | 12 | |
| 22. | Southland Conference | 1975 | 1981 | 7 |
| 23. | Southwest Athletic Conference | 1977 | 1977 | 1 |
