Note that it is essentially identical (0.61 versus 0.62) to the correlation between home runs and batter pay.
The teams combined for 13 home runs in the series, including five in the finale.
Harper, the 20-year-old outfield phenom, belted two solo home runs to provide all the scoring.
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All of this brings us back to Roger Maris and his 61 home runs of 1961.
After two home runs last week, it took Harper nearly 20 seconds to round the bases.
Ditto for Bonds' 2001 campaign, when he smacked 73 home runs to break McGwire's record.
"He beats you in many ways, not just home runs, " Mets manager Terry Collins said.
Rodriguez has averaged 31 home runs for every 450 times at-bat during his career.
In 1961 he slammed out his 61 home runs during baseball's first 162-game season.
Nova gave up back-to-back home runs to Justin Morneau and Ryan Doumit in the second inning.
He had also allowed at least 20 or more home runs in a season five times.
He has 331 career home runs and a .281 lifetime average on his resume.
Left fielder Brett Gardner is batting .252 with three home runs and 13 RBIs.
First baseman Joe Mahoney hit two home runs and had four RBIs for the Marlins.
"I want to be the player who hits home runs, drives in runs, " Teixeira said.
He knew nothing about the strikeouts by Steve Carlton or the home runs by Mike Schmidt.
Others have not been home runs, like the big Nissan Titan pickup made in Mississippi.
The Blue Jays took a 3-0 lead after four innings on two home runs off Jason Marquis.
Lombardo agrees: "It would be a mistake for us to be swinging for home runs, " he says.
But it's not clear where Kleiner will generate green home runs to offset struggling firms like Fisker.
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And what about the phenomenal ball smashing by Barry Bonds on his pursuit to 762 home runs?
Last year, he hit nine home runs, two more than he'd hit in the previous three combined.
But the shortstop hit 33 home runs in 1996, right in the heart of the steroid era.
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The correlations that most affect pay are those featuring numbers of home runs (0.62) and total runs driven in (0.66).
It was Maris who, in 1961, hit 61 home runs and broke Babe Ruth's single-season home-run record.
But when you rack up 32 home runs and 100 RBIs, some small variances are to be expected!
He would have rather ended the game by retiring Cano, who leads the Yankees with eight home runs.
That is the fastest of any hitter with at least nine home runs since the start of 2012.
Batters are hitting a record number of home runs this year, continuing a trend that began in 1994.
He owns a .370 batting average this spring (10 for 27), including three home runs and six RBIs.
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