5 decades - 5 answers (answered)

[Tavish]

During the 1940's Ted Williams hit 234 HR to lead the majors for most total HRs. Name the homerun leader for each decade since (up to the 1990's for a total of five).

[ironman]

1950's - Duke Snider (326)
1960's - Hank Aaron (375)
1970's - Reggie Jackson (292)
1980's - Dale Murphy (308)
1990's - Mark McGwire (405)

[Tavish]

Very close, got the bookend decades right but were edged out in the middle 3.

[ironman]

Seriously? I grazed through all those stats and I only got two right? Oh well, I'll have to look at this later.

[kaz]

guesses:

50s - snider
60s - killebrew
70s - schmidt
80s - schmidt again
90s - mcgwire

[Tavish]

50s - snider
60s - killebrew
70s - schmidt
80s - schmidt again
90s - mcgwire

Excellent guesses. Only one wrong.

[ironman]

50's - Snider
60's - Killebrew
70's - Bench
80's - Schmidt
90's - McGwire

[Tavish]

Sooooooooo close, only 6 HR shy of the right answer.

[utterchaos]

50's Snider
60's Killebrew
70's Stargell
80's Schmidt
90's McGwire<br><br><span class=gensmall>Accepted as answer by Tavish on Thu May 20, 2004 1:17 pm EST.</span>

[Tavish]

Jolly good show ole chap.

40s williams- 234
50s snider- 326
60s killebrew - 393
70s stargell - 296
80s schmidt - 313
90s mcgwire - 405