"On Saturday night, Granderson insisted that he’s not a home run hitter."—ESPN New York, 5/22/11
"Incredibly, the speedy center fielder still refuses to call himself a home run hitter."—ESPN New York, 8/11/11
"Curtis Granderson said it again last night. He said he’s not a home run hitter."—LoHud Yankees Blog, 6/2/12
"Granderson… still claims that he is not a home run hitter."—The New York Times, 6/13/12
"Granderson…stubbornly insists he is not a home run hitter…”—ESPN New York, 8/26/11
Most HR, 2011-2012
|
Name |
|
|
Curtis Granderson |
80 |
|
73 |
|
|
71 |
|
|
70 |
|
|
68 |
Highest Percentage of Hits That Are HR, 2012
|
Name |
HR% |
|
37.5 |
|
|
Curtis Granderson |
30.7 |
|
28.2 |
|
|
28.1 |
|
|
Giancarlo Stanton |
26.5 |
"So how can he still say he’s not a home run hitter?
'Math is just crazy like that,' Granderson said."​—Lohud Yankees Blog, 6/14/12
Thank you for reading
This is a free article. If you enjoyed it, consider subscribing to Baseball Prospectus. Subscriptions support ongoing public baseball research and analysis in an increasingly proprietary environment.
Subscribe now
It's probably good that he doesn't consider himself one - in that it is better to not feel too much pressure to hit one. There is probably a little added pressure on every Yankee, anyway.