30 HOME RUNS BEFORE ALL-STAR BREAK

When Baltimore’s Brady Anderson hit his 30th home run Sunday, he became the 11th player since 1961 to accomplish that feat before the All-Star game. *--*

1961 Roger Maris NY Yankees 33 1964 Harmon Killebrew Minnesota 30 1969 Frank Howard Washington 34 1969 Reggie Jackson Oakland 37 1969 Willie McCovey San Fran. 30 1971 Willie Stargell Pittsburgh 30 1973 Willie Stargell Pittsburgh 30 1976 Dave Kingman NY Mets 30 1976 Mike Schmidt Phila. 31 1987 Mark McGwire Oakland 33 1996 Brady Anderson Baltimore 30

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