Just posting this because I found it interesting, you can draw your own conclusions:
Year over Year Team HR Comparison
ARI: +40 HRs compared to 2018
ATL: +70
BAL: +20
BOS: +30
CHC: +82
CHW: -9
CIN: +49
CLE: +1
COL: +7
DET: +10
HOU: +73
KCR: +4
LAA: +1
LAD: +35
MIA: +9
MIL: +25
MIN: +131!!!
NYM: +64
NYY: +32
OAK: +24
PHI: +21
PIT: +4
SDP: +53
SEA: +62
SFG: +31
STL: -2
TBR: +61
TEX: +22
TOR: +23
WSN: +49
- Only two teams this year have hit less HRs than last year (and there's a good chance only one or none will have hit less, since there's still about 5 games to go)
- Half of all teams have hit at least 30 more HRs this year than last year
- The average team has hit 34 more home runs to this point than all of last season and there have been 18% more HRs in total compared to last year
- Four teams have broken last year's single season HR record
- The Dodgers hit the 2nd most HRs in baseball last season with 235. That total would not even finish in the top 10 this season.
- The Orioles have hit 208 HRs this season, which is the 22nd most in baseball. That total would have been 9th best in baseball last season.
- 55 players this season have hit 30+ HRs compared to 27 players last season
- 125 players this season have hit 20+ HRs compared to 100 last season
Keep in mind that every team still has 4-6 games remaining, so these numbers will end up being even more outrageous.