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Through Tuesday’s games, teams had played 108 games and combined to hit 273 home runs, the second-most through the same number of games in the past 10 years, trailing only 297 dingers in 2000.
Avg. no. of HRs per major league game
1997: 2.05
1998: 2.08
1999: 2.28
2000: 2.34
2001: 2.25
2002: 2.09
2003: 2.14
2004: 2.25
2005: 2.06
2006: 2.53
— Source: Stats
When you compare the months of April, 2006 is surpassed only by the 2000 season and nearly matched by 2001, when Barry Bonds set the record with 73.
Avg. no. of HRs hit per game in April
1997: 1.89
1998: 1.96
1999: 2.22
2000: 2.56
2001: 2.34
2002: 1.91
2003: 2.09
2004: 2.17
2005: 1.89
2006: 2.53
— Source: Stats
