AB per HR, for 500 HR Club

1. Mark McGwire 10.61
2. Babe Ruth 11.76
3. Barry Bonds 12.92
4. Jim Thome 13.56 (as of 5/22)
5. Alex Rodriguez 14.21 (as of 5/22)
6. Harmon Killebrew 14.22
7. Sammy Sosa 14.47
8. Ted Williams 14.79
9. Ken Griffey Jr. 15.06 (as of 5/22)
10. Mickey Mantle 15.12
11. Jimmie Foxx 15.23
12. Mike Schmidt 15.24
13. Frank Thomas 15.59 (as of 5/22)
14. Willie McCovey 15.73
15. Hank Aaron 16.38
16. Willie Mays 16.49
17. Eddie Mathews 16.67
18. Frank Robinson 17.08
19. Reggie Jackson 17.52
20. Ernie Banks 18.400
21. Rafael Palmeiro 18.404
22. Mel Ott 18.50
23. Eddie Murray 22.49

Surprise to me that Aaron and Mays are in lower third, and that A-Rod is up that high (5th). I read somewhere doubts about Thome's fitness for the Hall of Fame, despite 500 HR's, because of his high strike outs. Fourth-best AB per HR rate ought to put that talk to rest