The 30-something club
Originally Published: December 13, 2005
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The 1987 Minnesota Twins won the franchise's first World Series championship behind a lineup of power hitters. Kent Hrbek, Tom Brunansky and Gary Gaetti all clubbed more than 30 home runs and Kirby Puckett added 28 as the Metrodome became known as the "Homerdome."
But since then, no Twins player has slugged 30-or-more homers in a season. Zero. How unusual is that feat? Check out the following list, which shows the last player with 30-plus homers and the number of 30-HR guys for each major-league team since the 1987 season.
| TEAM | LAST PLAYER (HR total) | YEAR | # AFTER '87 |
| *Arizona | Troy Glaus (37) Tony Clark (30) |
2005 | 12 |
| Atlanta | Andruw Jones (51) | 2005 | 24 |
| Baltimore | Miguel Tejada (34) | 2004 | 11 |
| Boston | David Ortiz (47) Manny Ramirez (45) |
2005 | 17 |
| Chicago (NL) | Derrek Lee (46) Aramis Ramirez (31) |
2005 | 22 |
| Chicago (AL) | Paul Konerko (40) Jermaine Dye (31) |
2005 | 22 |
| Cincinnati | Adam Dunn (40) Ken Griffey Jr. (35) |
2005 | 8 |
| Cleveland | Travis Hafner (33) | 2005 | 23 |
| &Colorado | Jeromy Burnitz (37) Vinny Castilla (35) Todd Helton (32) |
2004 | 27 |
| Detroit | Bobby Higginson (30) | 2000 | 14 |
| &Florida | Miguel Cabrera (33) Carlos Delgado (33) |
2005 | 8 |
| Houston | Morgan Ensberg (36) | 2005 | 18 |
| Kansas City | Jermaine Dye (33) | 2000 | 6 |
| LA Angels | Vladimir Guerrero (32) | 2005 | 14 |
| LA Dodgers | Adrian Beltre (48) | 2004 | 19 |
| Milwaukee | Carlos Lee (32) | 2005 | 11 |
| Minnesota | Kent Hrbek (34) Tom Brunansky (32) Gary Gaetti (31) |
1987 | 0 |
| NY Mets | Cliff Floyd (34) | 2005 | 17 |
| NY Yankees | Alex Rodriguez (48) Gary Sheffield (34) Jason Giambi (32) |
2005 | 15 |
| Oakland | Eric Chavez (34) Miguel Tejada (34) |
2002 | 22 |
| Philadelphia | Pat Burrell (32) | 2005 | 10 |
| Pittsburgh | Jason Bay (32) | 2005 | 11 |
| San Diego | Phil Nevin (41) Ryan Klesko (30) |
2001 | 9 |
| San Francisco | Barry Bonds (45) | 2004 | 23 |
| Seattle | Richie Sexson (39) | 2005 | 19 |
| St. Louis | Albert Pujols (41) | 2005 | 17 |
| *Tampa Bay | Aubrey Huff (34) | 2003 | 3 |
| Texas | Mark Teixeira (43) Alfonso Soriano (36) |
2005 | 26 |
| Toronto | Carlos Delgado (32) | 2004 | 25 |
| Washington | Tony Batista (32) Brad Wilkerson (32) |
2004 | 8 |
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* -- first year of franchise was 1998 & -- first year of franchise was 1993 |
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