20+ Home Runs

A friend of mine brought this to my attention. Robinson Cano hit his twentieth home run of the season last night, making him the sixth Yankees hitter to reach that number in 2009. With one more 20 HR player, the Yankees will tie the record for most players with 20+ HR on one team. The current record holders:

• 1996 Baltimore Orioles
  Brady Anderson - 50
  Rafael Palmeiro - 39
  Bobby Bonilla - 28
  Cal Ripken, Jr. - 26
  Chris Hoiles - 25
  Roberto Alomar - 22
  B.J. Surhoff - 21
  
  
• 2000 Toronto Blue Jays
  Carlos Delgado - 41
  Tony Batista - 41
  Brad Fullmer - 32
  Jose Cruz, Jr. - 31
  Raul Mondesi - 24
  Shannon Stewart - 21
  Darrin Fletcher - 20
  
  
• 2005 Texas Rangers
  Mark Teixeira - 43
  Alfonso Soriano - 36
  David Dellucci - 29
  Kevin Mench - 25
  Hank Blalock - 25
  Michael Young - 24
  Rod Barajas - 21

The Yankees have two more players who may well end up with 20 home runs. Derek Jeter has 16 and Jorge Posada hit his 17th earlier tonight.