BR List: Most Career HR, 5'6" or Less

This is a truly cool view.. yesterday, Steve Lombardi at Baseball Reference posted a list that addresses the following: "Since 1901, who has hit the most career homeruns of any player with a listed height of 5' 6" or less?"

There haven't been a ton of these guys, and the list pretty much looks like you expect.. except for Hack Wilson at the very top, who has 400% more home runs than Tommy Leach, who's in 2nd place.

Now, I think at some point I knew that Wilson was relatively short in stature, but I had no idea that he went only 5'6", 190 lbs. Think about that - that's a lot of muscle packed onto a very small frame. Wilson played from 1923-1934, for the Giants, Cubs, Dodgers, and Phillies; he finished his career with a .307/.395/.545 slash-line, and 244 career home runs. His 191 RBI in 1930 is still the major league record, ranking him ahead of "bigger" players like Lou Gerhig (184), Hank Greenberg (183), Jimmy Fox (175), and Babe Ruth (171). All five of these players, including Wilson, are in the Hall of Fame.

A few other interesting things about this list:

• Nobody else on it hit more than 57 HR (Tommy Leach, 1901-1918).
• Of the 62 players listed, only 5 of them made their major league debut within the last 50 years; that includes Walt Williams (1964), Freddie Patek (1968), Onix Concepcion (1980), Rafael Belliard (1982), and Donnie Sadler (1998).
• All of those players, with with exception of Walt Williams (OF), where middle infielders.
• There are a couple other REALLY good players on it, including Phil Rizzuto, Rabbit Maranville, Willie Keeler, and Joe Sewell; all are in the Hall of Fame as players. Miller Huggins is in the Hall as a manager.