Over the last week, home run power has become a big topic of discussion on Athletics Nation. The skill seems to be dropping in price on the open market, which led us to consider a fictional 2017 Beer League Oakland A’s lineup, constructed to maximize pure dinger potential.
Looking forward eventually got me thinking in the other direction, about past A’s power hitters. What would be the most powerful lineup you could make out of former A’s players? Specifically, I decided to consider the largest single-season outputs, so having one great big year will be prioritized over a longer stretch of sustained goodness.