Ryan Braun

StaTuesday: Brewers' Braun keeps mashing vs. Reds

Published Aug. 15, 2017 12:28 p.m. ET

Dave Heller

Ryan Braun is closing in on 300 career home runs. He can thank the Cincinnati Reds for a lot of those.

On Saturday, Braun hit his 40th home run against the Reds, the most he's had against any opponent.

If you think that's a lot it's because, well, it is.

Braun ranks 25th all-time in home runs hit vs. the Reds. Among the 24 in front of him, the careers of the vast majority occurred in pre-interleague play and/or pre-expansion days. Seventeen of the other 24 played in over 200 games. Braun made the list in just 149 games.

PLAYER	G	HR
Hank Aaron	372	97
Eddie Mathews	304	76
Willie Mays	368	76
Duke Snider	306	72
Willie McCovey	296	69
Stan Musial	428	66
Ernie Banks	311	61
Barry Bonds	177	59
Mel Ott	389	59
Mike Schmidt	185	55
Sammy Sosa	168	53
Billy Williams	215	53
Lance Berkman	174	52
Jeff Bagwell	197	49
Orlando Cepeda	242	48
Dale Murphy	243	48
Del Ennis	272	48
Albert Pujols	177	47
Gil Hodges	284	45
Ralph Kiner	190	44
Ron Santo	220	43
Chuck Klein	258	42
Steve Garvey	266	41
Willie Stargell	201	41
Ryan Braun	149	40

Braun has torched a number of Reds pitchers, hitting multiple homers of just six. Bronson Arroyo is his favorite. He's hit more homers off Arroyo than anyone else in his major-league career.

PITCHER	HR
Jose Arredondo	1
Bronson Arroyo	5
Burke Badenhop	1
Homer Bailey	3
Luis Castillo	1
Tony Cingrani	1
Johnny Cueto	1
Jumbo Diaz	1
Phil Dumatrait	1
Brandon Finnegan	1
Josh Fogg	2
Aaron Harang	3
J.J. Hoover	2
Jeremy Horst	1
John Lamb	2
Mike Leake	1
Bobby Livingston	1
Michael Lorenzen	1
Sean Marshall	1
Logan Ondrusek	1
Cody Reed	1
Sal Romano	1
Keyvius Sampson	1
Kevin Shackelford	1
Tom Shearn	1
Jordan Smith	1
Dan Straily	1
Edinson Volquez	1
David Weathers	1

Braun has played what amounts to a regular season against Cincinnati, as well as division-mates Chicago, Pittsburgh and St. Louis.

In 149 career games against the Reds, Braun has hit .284/.358/.556 with 102 runs, 93 RBI, 23 steals and, of course, the 40 home runs.

He has arguably better numbers against the Cubs and Pirates (who the Brewers happen to be facing Tuesday and Wednesday).

In 149 games vs. the Cubs, Braun is hitting .335/.411/.589 with 109 runs, 117 RBI, 32 HR and 22 steals. In 148 games against the Pirates, he's at .300/.380/.524 with 114 runs, 105 RBI, 29 HR and 37 SB. He hasn't done as well against the Cardinals, but still owns 20 career home runs.

OPP	G	AB	HR	BA	OBP	SLG
Reds	149	574	40	.284	.358	.556
Cubs	146	555	32	.335	.411	.589
Pirates	148	567	29	.300	.380	.524
Astros	89	355	27	.341	.407	.642
Phillies	66	264	22	.379	.422	.701
Cardinals	147	598	20	.284	.322	.453
Rockies	63	246	14	.317	.392	.593
Dbacks	49	185	13	.238	.313	.503
Padres	55	204	13	.309	.387	.564
Giants	59	229	13	.293	.355	.563
Braves	63	234	12	.269	.325	.479
Dodgers	55	212	11	.292	.360	.542
Marlins	61	237	10	.312	.364	.536
Twins	53	211	9	.346	.383	.578
Mets	50	197	9	.274	.319	.472
Nationals	55	210	8	.290	.348	.510
Red Sox	10	40	3	.300	.333	.575
Tigers	8	30	3	.333	.400	.733
Blue Jays	13	51	3	.294	.357	.588
Indians	7	24	2	.375	.464	.750
Royals	10	40	2	.250	.295	.450
Rangers	10	41	2	.317	.349	.610
Angels	5	19	1	.474	.524	.684
Orioles	8	30	0	.300	.400	.433
White Sox	9	35	0	.229	.289	.257
Yankees	5	18	0	.444	.524	.556
Athletics	6	26	0	.231	.231	.269
Mariners	6	24	0	.208	.240	.292
Rays	8	30	0	.133	.212	.133

Dave Heller is the author of Ken Williams: A Slugger in Ruth's Shadow, Facing Ted Williams - Players From the Golden Age of Baseball Recall the Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived and As Good As It Got: The 1944 St. Louis Browns

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