Close But No Cigar - Runners-Up
The 40-40 Club
Jose Canseco 1988 42 HR 40 SB
Barry Bonds 1996 42 HR 40 SB
Alex Rodriguez 1998 42 HR 46 SB
The 40-40 Honorable Mentions
Bobby Bonds 1973 39 HR 43 SB
Bobby Bonds 1977 37 HR 41 SB
Eric Davis 1987 (129 G) 37 HR 50 SB
Vlad Guerrero 2002 39 HR 40 SB
Alfonso Soriano 2002 39 HR 41 SB
Carlos Beltran 2004 38 HR 41 SB
The 50-50 In Different Seasons Club
Barry Bonds 1990 52 SB; 2001 73 HR
Brady Anderson 1992 52 SB; 1996 50 HR
| PLAYER Rickey Henderson* Steve Finley** Eric Davis1 Hank Aaron Jose Canseco*** Larry Walker Reggie Sanders Alex Rodriguez# Joe Morgan Ron Gant## Raul Mondesi### Sammy Sosa Darryl Strawberry*** Don Baylor |
HR 297 285 282 755 462 363 271 380 268 321 264 574 335 338 |
SB 1406 305 349 240 200 228 283 205 689 243 229 233 221 285 |
** - barring injury, Finley should easily join the club in 2005.
*** - if Canseco and Strawberry could have kept their respective heads out of their respective rear ends, they
would have easily joined the club.
# - ARod could still conceivably join the club after enjoying a resurgence in SBs in 2004.
## - Gant went 30-30 three times in four years from 1990-1993. Then he missed all of 1994 after shattering his
leg in an off-season motorcycle accident, and was never again the same player; he likely would have easily made
the club otherwise.
### - the odyssey of Raul Mondesi continues after a truly bizarre 2004 season; he will only be 34 next year, and
could still make the club, but he is a better candidate for the Canseco/Strawberry "Head in the Rear-End" club.
1 - Eric Davis deserves special mention here for his performance in 1987. Davis went 37-50, coming
tantalizingly close to the 40-40 club. Davis, of course, struggled with injuries throughout his career, and 1987
was no exception as he played only 129 games. His 162 games pace for 1987 put him on pace for 47 home runs
and 63 stolen bases, which would have been by far the greatest power speed season of all time. Furthermore, if
injuries plus cancer would not have cut short his career one can only guess whether he would be a member of the
300/300, 400/400, or even 500/500 clubs.
