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Which outfielders have robbed hitters of the most home runs?
Posted by John Dewan on Dec 16th 2015
October 15, 2007
Baseball Info Solutions has been keeping a database over the last four years of good and great fielding plays. One of the coolest elements is called "RobsHR." That's a tally of home runs robbed by outfielders. You know, that leaping grab with the mitt hanging over the fence. Who's been the best? Here are the leaders for the last four years:
| Torii Hunter, Twins | 8 |
| Jason Bay, Pirates | 6 |
| Gary Matthews, Jr., Tex-LAA | 6 |
| Lew Ford, Twins | 5 |
| Carlos Beltran, KC-Hou-NYM | 4 |
| Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners | 4 |
| Randy Winn, Sea-SF | 4 |
| Nook Logan, Det-Was | 4 |
| Curtis Granderson, Tigers | 4 |
| Luis Gonzalez, Ari-LAD | 4 |
| Andruw Jones, Braves | 4 |
The only real surprise for me on this list was Jason Bay, especially that he's second. The others are known as excellent or very good defensive outfielders whilte Bay is average at best...
In 2007, several players had two. Here they are:
| Corey Patterson, Orioles | 2 |
| Torii Hunter, Twins | 2 |
| Mike Cameron, Padres | 2 |
| Corey Hart, Brewers | 2 |
| Joey Gathright, Royals | 2 |
| Jeff Salazar, Diamondbacks | 2 |
| Andruw Jones, Braves | 2 |
For the four-year period there have been a total of 185 home runs robbed. Here are the totals by year:
| 2004 | 53 |
| 2005 | 47 |
| 2006 | 41 |
| 2007 | 44 |