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With his next home run, Ryan Braun will become the sixth player in Brewers history to hit 200+ HRs as a Brewer. The current 200-HR club for the franchise: Robin Yount (251), Prince Fielder (230), Geoff Jenkins (212), Gorman Thomas (208) and Cecil Cooper (201).
If you add in Braun’s 119 career stolen bases with the club, he will become only the second player in Brewers history to have 200 home runs and 100 stolen bases with the franchise. Yount is currently the only member of that group with his 251 home runs and 271 steals.
Could there be any other current players who might be joining Yount (and Braun) in the near future on the 200-100 list? There are two possibilities: Corey Hart has 151 home runs and 83 stolen bases with the Brewers, and second baseman Rickie Weeks has the 100-100 tag on his resume with 126 homers and 112 steals. Longevity, staying healthy (and staying with the team) will determine whether or not they join Yount and eventually Braun in the Brewers 200-100 club.
Following are the franchises that have players who collected 200+HRs and 100+ stolen bases with the franchise.
Baltimore: Brady Anderson
Boston: Carl Yastrzemski
Detroit: Lou Whitaker, Al Kaline
Kansas City: George Brett
Milwaukee: Robin Yount
Minnesota: Kirby Puckett
New York Yankees: Bernie Williams, Babe Ruth, Alex Rodriguez, Mickey Mantle, Derek Jeter, Lou Gehrig
Oakland: Reggie Jackson, Jose Canseco
Seattle: Ken Griffey, Jr.
Atlanta: Dale Murphy, Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones, Hank Aaron
Chicago Cubs: Sammy Sosa, Ryne Sandberg
Cincinnati: Frank Robinson, Eric Davis
Colorado: Larry Walker, Dante Bichette
Houston: Jimmy Wynn, Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell
New York Mets: David Wright, Daryl Strawberry
Philadelphia: Mike Schmidt
San Francisco: Willie Mays, Barry Bonds
St. Louis: Ray Lankford
Washington: Vladimir Guerrero, Andre Dawson
If we move the criteria to 200+ home runs and 200+ stolen bases, there are only 13 players in MLB history that have reached those numbers with a franchise: The members of the 200-200 club with a franchise are:
Player, Team, Home Runs/Stolen Bases
Brady Anderson, Baltimore, 209/307
George Brett, Kansas City, 317/201
Robin Yount, Milwaukee, 251/271
Derek Jeter, N.Y. Yankees, 254/348
Hank Aaron, Atlanta, 733/240
Ryne Sandberg, Chicago Cubs, 282/344
Eric Davis, Cincinnati, 203/270
Craig Biggio, Houston, 291/414
Jeff Bagwell, Houston, 449/202
Willie Mays, San Francisco, 646/336
Barry Bonds, San Francisco, 586/263
Ray Lankford, St. Louis, 228/250
Andre Dawson, Washington, 225/253
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