6 players are tied for the most career home runs on May 21, with 7 home runs. The first three are Ryan Howard, Jose Canseco and Willie Horton.
Interpreted as:
most homeruns by a player may 21st active plates| NAME | HR | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | R. Howard | 7 | 9 | 37 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .405 | .436 | 1.027 | 1.463 |
| 2 | | J. Canseco | 7 | 11 | 45 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .289 | .360 | .800 | 1.160 |
| 3 | | W. Horton | 7 | 17 | 54 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .446 | .778 | 1.224 |
| 4 | | O. Cepeda | 7 | 13 | 49 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .245 | .327 | .673 | 1.001 |
| 5 | | J. Foxx | 7 | 15 | 55 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 71 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .291 | .451 | .745 | 1.196 | |||
| 6 |  | B. Ruth | 7 | 17 | 58 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 71 | 50 | 14 | 0 | .345 | .465 | .862 | 1.327 | ||||
| 7 |  | E. Encarnacion | 6 | 10 | 37 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .378 | .415 | .919 | 1.334 |
| 8 | | R. Ventura | 6 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .364 | .463 | .939 | 1.403 |
| 9 |  | C. Yastrzemski | 6 | 23 | 83 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 102 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .313 | .431 | .590 | 1.022 |
| 10 |  | H. Aaron | 6 | 19 | 66 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .318 | .366 | .636 | 1.003 |
| 11 |  | W. Mays | 6 | 19 | 69 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .217 | .295 | .522 | .817 |
| 12 |  | G. Torres | 5 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 | .462 | 1.045 | 1.507 |
| 13 |  | A. Pujols | 5 | 16 | 62 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .226 | .294 | .484 | .778 |
| 14 | | J. Edmonds | 5 | 12 | 46 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .360 | .674 | 1.034 |
| 15 |  | M. Piazza | 5 | 12 | 47 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .362 | .412 | .681 | 1.093 |
| 16 | | L. Walker | 5 | 11 | 40 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .450 | .489 | 1.025 | 1.514 |
| 17 |  | S. Sosa | 5 | 13 | 49 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 58 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .286 | .397 | .673 | 1.070 |
| 18 | | M. Williams | 5 | 10 | 40 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .405 | .900 | 1.305 |
| 19 |  | K. Griffey Jr. | 5 | 17 | 70 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 49 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .343 | .395 | .700 | 1.095 |
| 20 | | R. Palmeiro | 5 | 17 | 63 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .429 | .471 | .762 | 1.232 |
| 21 | | T. Perez | 5 | 15 | 65 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .308 | .338 | .569 | .907 |
| 22 | | D. Allen | 5 | 12 | 46 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .370 | .431 | .804 | 1.236 |
| 23 | | W. Stargell | 5 | 17 | 59 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .305 | .394 | .610 | 1.005 |
| 24 |  | R. Maris | 5 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .367 | .889 | 1.256 |
| 25 | | F. Robinson | 5 | 17 | 56 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .429 | .714 | 1.143 |
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