The Best Power Hitting and Run Producing Duos of the 1990's By Team Based on Longevity

The Arizona Diamondbacks were an expansion team in 1998, so it was a little bit easier to find the best duos. The duo is Matt Williams and Jay Bell.

Williams stats look like this:
1998: 20 homers, 71 rbis, and a .267 average
1999: 35 homers, 142 rbis, and a .303 average

Total: 55 homers, 213 rbis, and a .285 average

Bell:
1998: 20 homers, 67 rbis, and a .251 batting average
1999: 38 homers, 112 rbis, and a .289 batting average

Total: 58 homers, 179 rbis, and a .270 batting average.

The Braves had some homerun hitters in their day including the likes of Ron Gant, David Justice, Fred McGriff, Brian Jordan, Ryan Klesko, and Chipper Jones. Ultimately the pair that hit the most while in the lineup was Klesko and Jones.

Note there are no 1994 stats due to the fact that Jones did not play for the Braves in 1994.

Klesko stats:
1993: 2 homers, 5 rbis, and a .353 batting average
1995: 23 homers, 70 rbis, and a .310 batting average
1996: 34 homers, 93 rbis, and a .282 batting average
1997: 24 homers, 84 rbis, and a .261 batting average
1998: 18 homers, 70 rbis, and a .274 batting average
1999: 21 homers, 80 rbis, and a .297 batting average

Totals: 122 homers and 402 rbis

Chipper Jones stats:
1993: 0 homers, 0 rbis, .667 batting average
1995: 23 homers, 86 rbis, .265 batting average
1996: 30 homers, 110 rbis, and a .309 batting average
1997: 21 homers, 111 rbis, and a .295 batting average
1998: 34 homers, 107 rbis, and a .313 batting average
1999: 45 homers, 110 rbis, and a .319 batting average

Totals: 153 homers and 524 rbis

Cal Ripken Jr and Rafael Palmeiro come out as the best tandem in terms of homeruns and run production. The two were teammates from 1994-1998. Here are the stats for each one:

The Orioles did have some other power hitters in the lineup with Ripken, but none longer than Palmeiro. Some notable hitters include Albert Belle, Harold Baines, and Eric Davis.

Cal Ripken Jr:
1994: .315 average, 13 homers, and 75 rbis.
1995: .262 average, 17 homers, and 88 rbis.
1996: .278 average, 26 homers, and 102 rbis.
1997: .270 average, 17 homers, and 84 rbis.
1998: .271 average, 14 homers, and 61 rbis.

Totals: 87 homers and 410 rbis

Rafael Palmeiro:
1994: .319 average, 23 homers, and 76 rbis
1995: .310 average, 39 homers, and 104 rbis
1996: .289 average, 39 homers, and 142 rbis
1997: .254 average, 38 homers, and 110 rbis
1998: .296 average, 43 homers, and 121 rbis

Totals: 182 homers and 553 rbis

The Red Sox in the 90's had some power hitters go through for a few seasons, but none were teammates longer than John Valentin and Mo Vaughn.

The Red Sox did have some big years from Nomar Garciaparra, Jose Canseco, Mike Stanley, but the ultimate duo of the 90's for the Red Sox was the combination of Valentin and Vaughn.

Here are the stats:

Valentin:
1992: .276 average, 5 homers, and 25 rbis.
1993: .278 average, 11 homers, and 66 rbis
1994: .316 average, 9 homers, and 49 rbis
1995: .298 average, 27 homers, and 102 rbis
1996: .296 average, 13 homers, and 59 rbis
1997: .306 average, 18 homers, and 77 rbis
1998: .247 average, 23 homers, and 73 rbis

Totals: 106 homers and 451 rbis

Vaughn:
1992: .234 average, 13 homers, and 57 rbis
1993: .297 average, 29 homers, 101 rbis
1994: .310 average, 26 homers, and 82 rbis
1995: .300 average, 39 homers, and 126 rbis
1996: .326 average, 44 homers, and 143 rbis
1997: .315 average, 35 homers, and 96 rbis
1998: .337 average, 40 homers, and 115 rbis

Totals: 226 homers and 720 rbis

Now the Cubs was interesting to look at considering they had Ryne Sandberg who at one point in the 90's hit 40 homeruns and he played alongside Andre Dawson, but that tandem didn't play nearly as long as tandem that makes the list.

Mark Grace and Sammy Sosa were teammates from 1992-1999 and put up the better numbers and have the longevity over Dawson and Sandberg. Grace wasn't exactly a huge homerun hitter, but he did manage to hit double digits a couple of times, but he drove in runs as well.

Here's a look at Grace's and Sosa's stats from 1992-1999:

Grace:
1992: 9 homers, 79 rbis, and a .307 average
1993: 14 homers, 98 rbis, and a .325 average
1994: 6 homers, 44 rbis, and a .298 average
1995: 16 homers, 92 rbis, and a .326 average
1996: 9 homers, 75 rbis, and a .331 average
1997: 13 homers, 78 rbis, and a .319 average
1998: 17 homers, 89 rbis, and a .309 average
1999: 16 homers, 91 rbis, and a .309 average

Totals: 100 homers and 646 rbis

Sosa:
1992: 8 homers, 25 rbis, and a .260 average
1993: 33 homers, 93 rbis, and a .261 average
1994: 25 homers, 70 rbis, and a .300 average
1995: 36 homers, 119 rbis, and a .268 average
1996: 40 homers, 100 rbis, and a .273 average
1997: 36 homers, 119 rbis, and a .251 average
1998: 66 homers, 158 rbis, and a .308 average
1999: 63 homers, 141 rbis, and a .288 average

Totals: 307 homers and 825 rbis

The Chicago White Sox had some power hitters in their lineup in the 1990's. George Bell, Albert Belle, Magglio Ordonez, Carlos Lee, and Paul Konerko. Yet, the best tandem that the White Sox offered was the combination of Robin Ventura and Frank Thomas. The two were teammates from 1990-1998.

Here's a look at their production during that period:

Ventura:
1990: .249 average, 5 homers, and 49 rbis.
1991: .284 average, 23 homers, and 100 rbis
1992: .282 average, 16 homers, and 93 rbis
1993: .262 average, 22 homers, and 94 rbis
1994: .282 average, 18 homers, and 78 rbis
1995: .295 average, 26 homers, and 93 rbis
1996: .287 average, 34 homers, and 105 rbis
1997: .262 average, 6 homers, and 26 rbis
1998: .263 average, 21 homers, and 91 rbis

Totals: 171 homers and 734 rbis

Thomas:
1990: .330 average, 7 homers, and 31 rbis
1991: .318 average, 32 homers, and 109 rbis
1992: .323 average, 24 homers, and 115 rbis
1993: .317 average, 41 homers, and 128 rbis
1994: .353 average, 38 homers, and 101 rbis
1995: .308 average, 40 homers, and 111 rbis
1996: .349 average, 40 homers, and 134 rbis
1997: .347 average, 35 homrs, and 125 rbis
1998: .265 average, 29 homers, and 109 rbis

Totals: 286 homers and 963 rbis

The Reds weren't known to keep players long enough to contribute. They had some player who could leave the yard in Chris Sabo, Willie Green, Sean Casey, Paul O'Neil, Hal Morris, Greg Vaughn, Eric Davis, Kevin Mitchell, and Mike Cameron. But either they came just as the 90's was ending or didn't have the longevity of the pair that I have selected.

These two were teammates from 1991-1998. The pair consists of Barry Larkin and Reggie Sanders.

Sanders:
1991: .200 average, 1 homer, and 3 rbis
1992: .270 averager, 12 homers, and 36 rbis
1993: .274 average, 20 homers, and 83 rbis
1994: .263 average, 17 homers, and 62 rbis
1995: .306 average, 28 homers, and 99 rbis
1996: .251 average, 14 homers, and 33 rbis
1997: .253 average, 19 homers, and 56 rbis
1998: .268 average, 14 homers, and 59 rbis

Totals: 125 homers and 435 rbis

Larkin:
1991: .302 average, 20 homers, and 69 rbis
1992: .304 average, 12 homers, and 78 rbis
1993: .315 average, 8 homers, and 51 rbis
1994: .279 average, 9 homers, and 52 rbis
1995: .319 average, 15 homers, and 66 rbis
1996: .298 average, 33 homers, and 89 rbis
1997: .317 average, 4 homers, and 20 rbis
1998: .309 average, 17 homers, and 72 rbis

Totals: 118 homers and 497 rbis

The Indians had some fine seasons with power hitters in the 1990's. Names like Richie Sexson, David Justice, Albert Belle, Paul Sorrento, and Roberton Alomar.

The duo that won out though was of Jim Thome and Manny Ramirez beause of longevity. It was a tough call because it could have been Albert Belle and Jim Thome, or Jim Thome and Albert Belle, but ultimately due to playing as teammates longer Ramirez and Thome were the best duo the Indians had to offer in the 90's.

Here's a look at what they did as a duo:

Thome:
1993: .266 average, 7 homers, and 22 rbis
1994: .268 average, 20 homers, and 52 rbis
1995: .314 average, 25 homers, and 73 rbis
1996: .311 average, 38 homers, and 116 rbis
1997: .286 average, 40 homers, and 102 rbis
1998: .293 average, 30 homers, and 85 rbis
1999: .277 average, 33 homers, and 108 rbis

Totals: 193 homers and 558 rbis

Ramirez:
1993: .170 average, 2 homers, and 5 rbis
1994: .269 average, 17 homers, and 60 rbis
1995: .308 average, 31 homers, and 107 rbis
1996: .309 average, 33 homers, and 112 rbis
1997: .328 average, 26 homers, and 88 rbis
1998: .294 average, 45 homers, and 145 rbis
1999: .333 average, 44 homers, and 165 rbis

Totals: 198 homers and 682 rbis

The Colorado Rockies were another interesting team too look at considering half their games were at Coors field and it was known for the long ball due to thin air in Denver.

There were players who hit homeruns for the Rockies such as Ellis Burks, Andres Galaragga, Larry Walker, and Todd Helton, but the tandem that was the best with the longevity it was Dante Bichette and Vinny Castilla.

Here is a look at the stats they produced as teammates together.

Castilla:
1993: .255 average, 9 homers, and 30 rbis
1994: .331 average, 3 homers, and 18 rbis
1995: .309 average, 32 homers, and 90 rbis
1996: .304 average, 40 homers, and 113 rbis
1997: .304 average, 40 homers, and 113 rbis
1998: .319 average, 46 homers, and 144 rbis
1999: .275 average, 33 homers, and 102 rbis

Totals: 203 homers and 610 rbis

Bichette:
1993: .310 average, 21 homers, and 89 rbis
1994: .304 average, 27 homers, and 95 rbis
1995: .340 average, 40 homers, and 128 rbis
1996: .313 average, 31 homers, and 141 rbis
1997: .308 average, 26 homers, and 118 rbis
1998: .331 average, 22 homers, and 122 rbis
1999: .298 average, 34 homers, and 133 rbis

Totals: 201 homers and 826 rbis

In the 90's the Detroit Tigers had some lean years. They did however have some power hitters in their lineup throughout the decade. Including the likes of Mickey Tettleton, Kirk Gibson, Dean Palmer, Tony Clark, and Bobby Higginson.

Yet, the best duos of sluggers the Tigers had to offer during the 90's was Travis Fryman and Cecil Fielder.

Here's the duos's stats during the time they were teammates from 1990-1996:

Fryman:
1990: .297 average, 9 homers, and 27 rbis
1991: .259 average, 21 homers, and 91 rbis
1992: .266 average, 20 homers, and 96 rbis
1993: .300 average, 22 homers, and 97 rbis
1994: .263 average, 18 homers, and 85 rbis
1995: .275 average, 15 homers, and 81 rbis
1996: .268 average, 22 homers, and 100 rbis

Totals: 127 homeruns and 577 rbis

Fielder:
1990: .277 average, 51 homers, 132 rbis
1991: .261 average, 44 homers, and 133 rbis
1992: .244 average, 35 homers, and 124 rbis
1993: .267 average, 30 homers, and 117 rbis
1994: .259 average, 28 homers, and 90 rbis
1995: .243 average, 31 homers, and 82 rbis
1996: .248 average, 26 homers, and 80 rbis

Totals: 245 homers and 758 rbis

The Marlins haven't been known to have very many power hitters or run producers during the 90's. Only a few names come to mind even for a single season. There are a couple though in Orestes Destrade, Cliff Floyd, Moises Alou, and Greg Colbrunn.

For the Marlins though their best duo in terms of homeruns and production belong to Jeff Conine and Gary Sheffield who were teammates from 1993-1997.

Here's a look at those seasons together for Conine and Sheffield:

Conine:
1993: .292 average, 12 homers, and 79 rbis
1994: .319 average, 18 homers, and 82 rbis
1995: .302 average, 25 homers, and 105 rbis
1996: .293 average, 26 homers, and 95 rbis
1997: .242 average, 17 homers, and 61 rbis

Totals: 98 homers and 422 rbis

Sheffield:
1993: .292 average, 10 homers, and 37 rbis
1994: .276 average, 27 homers, 78 rbis
1995: .324 average, 16 homers, 46 rbis
1996: .314 average, 42 homers, and 120 rbis
1997: .250 average, 21 homers, and 71 rbis

Totals: 116 homers and 352 rbis

The Houston Astros had one constant power hitter in the lineup throughout the decade in the 1990's and that was Jeff Bagwell. To determine who was going to join Bagwell was actually easier than I thought.

Craig Biggio actually is going to be paired with Bagwell. It isn't like the Astros didn't have other power hitters and run producers, but again longevity counts and Biggio and Bagwell have that being in the lineup together from 1991-1999

Here's a look at their stats:
Biggio:
1991: .295 average, 4 homers, and 42 rbis
1992: .277 average, 6 homers, and 39 rbis
1993: .287 average, 21 homers, and 64 rbis
1994: .318 average, 6 homers, and 56 rbis
1995: .302 average, 22 homers, and 77 rbis
1996: .288 average 15 homers, and 75 rbis
1997: .309 average, 22 homers, and 81 rbis
1998: .325 average, 20 homers, and 88 rbis
1999: .294 average, 16 homers, and 73 rbis

Totals: 132 homeruns and 595 rbis

Bagwell:
1991: .294 average, 15 homers, and 82 rbis
1992: .273 avearge, 18 homers, and 96 rbis
1993: .320 average, 20 homers, and 88 rbis
1994: .368 average, 39 homers, and 116 rbis
1995: .290 average, 21 homers, and 87 rbis
1996: .315 average, 31 homers, and 120 rbis
1997: .286 average, 43 homers, and 135 rbis
1998: .304 average, 34 homers, and 111 rbis
1999: .304 average, 42 homers, and 126 rbis

Totals: 263 homers and 961 rbis

There really wasn't much of a choice for the Royals because they were a team that did not keep players around for very long. Either they were on the twilight of their career or went to greener pastures.

They had players like Danny Tartabull, Johnny Damon, Jermaine Dye, Dean Palmer, Gary Gaetti, Jeff King, and Wally Joyner.

For the Royals though their best duo of the 1990's only played together from 1990-1993. The duo was of Mike Macfarlane and George Brett.

Here are their stats:

Macfarlane:
1990: .255 average, 6 homers, and 58 rbis
1991: .277 average, 13 homers, and 41 rbis
1992: .234 average, 17 homers, and 48 rbis
1993: .273 average, 20 homers, and 67 rbis

Totals: 56 homers and 214 rbis

Brett:
1990: .329 avereage, 14 homers, and 87 rbis
1991: .255 avereage, 10 homers, and 61 rbis
1992: .285 average, 7 homers, and 61 rbis
1993: .266 average, 19 homers, and 75 rbis

Totals: 50 homers and 284 rbis

The California Angels as they were known back then did have some pop in their lineup later on in the 90's, but the consistent power source and rbi men were Chili Davis and Tim Salmon. The duo were together from 1993 to 1996.

Although, the Angels did offer players like Jim Edmonds, Garrett Anderson, Mo Vaughn, and Troy Glaus. It was that Davis just edged out Edmonds due to Edmonds being injured in 1999 otherwise it would have been Edmonds and Salmon.

Here's at look at what they did together in the lineup:

Davis:
1993: .243 average, 27 homers, and 112 rbis
1994: .311 average, 26 homers, and 84 rbis
1995: .318 average, 20 homers, and 86 rbis
1996: .292 average, 28 homers, and 95 rbis

Totals: 101 homers and 377 rbis

Salmon:
1993: .283 average, 31 homers, and 95 rbis
1994: .287 average, 23 homers, 70 rbis
1995: .330 average, 34 homers, and 105 rbis
1996: .286 average, 30 homers, and 98 rbis

Totals: 118 homers and 368 rbis

The Los Angeles Dodgers had some solid power hitters in the 90's. There was Eddie Murray and Kal Daniels in the early parts, and then it moved to the greatest duo of the 90's for the Dodgers that of Eric Karros and Mike Piazza.

Along the way the Dodgers did have the likes of Raul Mondesi, Gary Sheffield, and Todd Zeile.

The stats for Karros and Piazza who were teammates from 1992-1998 look like this:

Karros:
1992: .257 average, 20 homers, and 88 rbis.
1993: .247 average, 20 homers, and 80 rbis.
1994: .266 average, 14 homers, and 46 rbis
1995: .298 average, 32 homers, and 105 rbis
1996: .260 average, 34 homers, and 111 rbis
1997: .266 average, 31 homers, and 104 rbis
1998: .296 average, 23 homers, and 87 rbis

Totals: 174 homers and 621 rbis

Piazza:
1992: .232 average, 1 homer, and 7 rbis
1993: .318 average, 35 homers, and 112 rbis
1994: .319 average, 24 homers, and 92 rbis
1995: .346 average, 32 homers, and 93 rbis
1996: .336 average, 36 homers, and 105 rbis
1997: .362 average. 40 homers, and 124 rbis
1998: .282 average, 9 homers, and 30 rbis

Totals: 177 homers and 563 rbis

The Milwaukee Brewers were another team that wasn't blessed with players that boasted a lot of power until late in the 90's with Geoff Jenkins and Jeremy Burnitz.

As for the best duo for the Brewers in the 90's it was the duo of John Jaha and Greg Vaughn. B.J. Surhoff and Robin Young were both looked at, but didn't have the length of time in the lineup or did not produce enough that Jaha and Vaughn had in the Brewer lineup from 1992-1996.

Here's a look at their stats:

Jaha:
1992: .226 average, 2 homers, and 10 rbis
1993: .264 avereage, 19 homers, and 70 rbis
1994: .241 average, 12 homers, and 39 rbis
1995: .313 average, 20 homers, and 65 rbis
1996: .300 average, 34 homers, and 118 rbis

Totals: 87 homers and 302 rbis

Vaughn:
1992: .228 average, 23 homers, and 78 rbis
1993: .267 average, 30 homers, and 97 rbis
1994: .254 average, 19 homers, and 55 rbis
1995: .224 average, 17 homers, and 59 rbis
1996: .280 averaeg, 31 homers, and 95 rbis

Totals: 120 homeruns and 384 rbis

The Minnesota Twins were another team that didn't primarily live off the long ball especially from the mid to late 90's. They still were able to produce runs, but the more powerful homerun hitters the team had came in the early 90's.

Some of the power sources the Twins had in the 90's include Dave Winfield, Chili Davis, Marty Cordova, Paul Molitor, and Ron Coomer. Going for the best duo was somewhat difficult because Molitor didn't necessarily hit a lot of homeruns, but he could produce in rbi situations.

In the end the best duo for the Twins was Kent Hrbek and Kirby Puckett went from 1990-1994. Here are the numbers for each of them.

Hrbek:
1990: .287 average, 22 homers, and 79 rbis
1991: .284 average, 20 homers, and 89 rbis
1992: .244 average, 15 homers, and 58 rbis
1993: .242 average, 25 homers, and 83 rbis
1994: .270 average, 10 homers, and 53 rbis

Totals: 92 homers and 362 rbis

Puckett:
1990: .298 average, 12 homers, and 80 rbis
1991: .319 average, 15 homers, and 89 rbis
1992: .329 average, 19 homers, and 110 rbis
1993: .296 average, 22 homers, and 89 rbis
1994: .317 average, 20 homers, and 112 rbis

Totals: 88 homers and 480 rbis

The New York Mets by the late 90's brought in some excellent run producers in Mike Piazza and John Olerud. As for being the best run producers for the Mets during this span it was definitely a hard thing to research.

The Mets at the beginning of the 90's had players like Eddie Murray, Todd Hundley, Bobby Bonilla, Howard Johnson, and Kevin McReynolds. In the mid 90's there was Butch Huskey and Bernard Gilkey. Yet, none of these players played very long for the Mets in the 90's except for Hundley.

After further research though the Mets best duo in terms of homeruns and rbis is Edgardo Alfonso and John Olerud. The two teammates from 1997-1999 numbers looked ike this:

Edgard Alfonso:
1997: .315 average, 10 homers, and 72 rbis
1998: .278 average, 17 homers, and 78 rbis
1999: .304 average, 27 homers, and 108 rbis

Totals: 54 homers and 258 rbis

Olerud:
1997: .294 average, 22 homers, and 102 rbis
1998: .354 average, 22 homers, and 93 rbis
1999: .298 average, 19 homers, and 96 rbis

Totals: 63 homers and 291 rbis

The Yankees had some lean years in the beginning of the 90's in terms of power hitters. They did have Danny Tartabull, Darryl Strawberry, Cecil Fielder, and Ruben Sierra just to name a few trying to get back to that all-powerful lineup.

Tino Martinez was added to the mix as well and he definitely put up some great numbers as a Yankee, but even he did not make it as part of the best duo.

After careful research the best duo for the Yankees was Paul O'Neil and Bernie Williams who were in the middle of the Yankees lineup and their stats are from 1993-1999:

O'Neil
1993: .311 average, 20 homers, and 75 rbis
1994: .359 average, 21 homers, and 83 rbis
1995: .300 average, 22 homers, and 96 rbis
1996: .302 average, 19 homers, and 91 rbis
1997: .324 average, 21 homers, and 117 rbis
1998: .317 average, 24 homers, and 116 rbis
1999: .285 average, 19 homers, and 110 rbis

Totals: 146 homeruns and 688 rbis

Williams:
1993: .268 average, 12 homers, and 68 rbis
1994: .289 average, 12 homers, and 57 rbis
1995: .307 average, 18 homers, and 82 rbis
1996: .305 average, 29 homers, and 102 rbis
1997: .328 average, 21 homers, and 100 rbis
1998: .339 average, 26 homers, and 97 rbis
1999: .342 average, 25 homers, and 115 rbis

Totals: 143 homers and 621 rbis

This was harder than I thought for the A's. Considering are my favorite team, but the reality the "Bash Brothers" as they were called was long gone by 1992. McGwire stayed and Canseco was bouncing around the league.

The A's did have power hitters along the way though as well with Jason Giambi, John Jaha, Geronimo Berroa, Ruben Sierra, Matt Stairs, and Ben Grieve. Yet, those players really never got a chance to be in the same lineup as Mark McGwire.

So, it boiled down to longevity and it ended up as Terry Steinbach. The two were in the A's lineup in the 90's from 1990-1996.

Here's a look at what both of them produce during that time:

Steinbach:
1990: .251 average, 9 homers, and 51 rbis
1991: .274 average, 6 homers, and 67 rbis
1992: .279 average, 12 homers, and 53 rbis
1993: .285 average, 10 homers, and 43 rbis
1994: .285 average, 11 homers, and 57 rbis
1995: .278 average, 15 homers, and 65 rbis
1996: .272 average, 35 homers, and 100 rbis

Totals: 98 homers and 436 rbis

McGwire:
1990: .235 average, 39 homers, and 102 rbis
1991: .201 average, 22 homers, and 75 rbis
1992: .268 average, 42 homers, and 104 rbis
1993: .333 average, 9 homers, and 24 rbis
1994: .252 average, 9 homers, and 25 rbis
1995: .274 average, 39 homers, and 90 rbis
1996: .312 batting average, 52 homers, and 113 rbis

Totals: 212 homers and 533 rbis

The Philadelphia Phillies is another lineup during the 90's that didn't offer a lot of power. They did have some run producers in John Kruk, Darren Daulton, Bobby Abreu, and Mike Lieberthal.

In the end it was a duo in the late 90's of Rico Brogna and Scott Rolen who were in the Phillies lineup together from 1997-1999. Here's a look at their stats:

Brogna:
1997: .252 average, 20 homers, and 81 rbis
1998: .265 average, 20 homers, and 104 rbis
1999: .278 average, 24 homers, and 102 rbis

Totals: 64 homers and 287 rbis

Rolen:
1997: .283 average, 21 homers, and 92 rbis
1998: .290 average, 31 homers, and 110 rbis
1999: .268 average, 26 homers, and 77 rbis

Totals: 78 homers and 279 rbis

The Pittsburgh Pirates had Barry Bonds and Bobby Bonilla at the beginning of the 90's, but were only together from 1990-1991. Kevin Young showed power later in the 90's, but there really wasn't much support in the lineup for him.

In fact the argument for the best run producers and homerun hitters were Al Martin and Jeff King. They were in the Pirates lineup from 1992-1996.

Martin:
1992: .167 average, no homers, 2 rbis
1993: .281 average, 18 homers, and 64 rbis
1994: .286 average, 9 homers, and 33 rbis
1995: .282 average, 13 homers, and 41 rbis
1996: .300 average, 18 homers, and 72 rbis

Totals: 58 homers and 212 rbis

King:
1992: .231 average, 14 homers, and 65 rbis
1993: .295 average, 9 homers, and 98 rbis
1994: .263 average, 5 homers, and 42 rbis
1995: .265 average, 18 homers, and 87 rbis
1996: .271 average, 30 homers, and 111 rbis

Totals: 76 homers and 403 rbis

The Padres are an interesting team they had some power hitters as well in Joe Carter, Fred McGriff, Gary Sheffield, Steve Finley, Phil Nevin, Reggie Sanders, and Greg Vaughn.

Yet, for the two models of consistency for the Padres would be Tony Gwynn not really known for homeruns, but his ability to hit for a high average allowed him to drive in runs as well. The other member of the duo would be Ken Caminiti.

Gwynn and Caminiti were in the lineup together from 1995-1998. Here is a look at their stats during that time:

Gwynn:
1995: .368 average, 9 homers, and 90 rbis
1996: .353 average, 3 homers, and 50 rbis
1997: .372 average, 17 homers, and 119 rbis
1998: .321 average, 16 homers, and 69 rbis

Totals: 45 homers and 328 rbis

Caminiti:
1995: .302 average, 26 homers, and 94 rbis
1996: .326 average, 40 homers, and 130 rbis
1997: .290 average, 26 homers, and 90 rbis
1998: .252 average, 29 homers, and 82 rbis

Totals: 121 homers and 396 rbis

The Giants had some bats in the lineup during the 90's. There was Glenallen Hill, Jeff Kent, Ellis Burks, J.T. Snow, Will Clark, and Rich Aurilia.

What duo was the best though? The answer is Matt Williams and Barry Bonds. On a sidenote, Roger Maris's 61 homeruns in a season was going to be broken in 1994 if Major League Baseball hadn't gone on strike by Williams.

Anyways Williams and Bonds were in the Giants lineup together from 1993-1996. The trade of Williams is one of the least favorite trades in Giants franchise history.

Here are the stats of each player:

Williams:
1993: .294 average, 38 homers, and 110 rbis
1994: .267 average, 43 homers, and 96 rbis
1995: .336 average, 23 homers, and 65 rbis
1996: .302 average, 22 homers, and 85 rbis

Totals: 126 homers and 356 rbis

Bonds:
1993: .336 average, 46 homers, and 123 rbis
1994: .312 average, 37 homers, and 81 rbis
1995: .294 average, 33 homers, 104 rbis
1996: .308 average, 42 homers, and 129 rbis

Totals: 158 homeruns and 437 rbis

The Mariners have had a history of having some solid run producers such as Edgar Martinez, Tino Martinez, Kevin Mitchell, and Alvin Davis during the 90's.

Yet, from 1990-1999 this duo was the best the Mariners had to offer in terms of power and producing and that was Jay Buhner and Ken Griffey Jr.

Here are there stats:

Buhner:
1990: .276 average, 7 homers, and 33 rbis
1991: .244 average, 27 homers, and 77 rbis
1992: .243 average, 25 homers, and 79 rbis
1993: .272 average, 27 homers, and 98 rbis
1994: .279 average, 21 homers, and 68 rbis
1995: .262 average, 40 homers, and 121 rbis
1996: .271 average, 44 homers, and 138 rbis
1997: .243 average, 40 homers, and 109 rbis
1998: .242 average, 15 homers, and 45 rbis
1999: .222 average, 14 homers, and 38 rbis

Totals: 260 homers and 806 rbis

Griffey Jr:
1990: .300 average, 22 homers, and 80 rbis
1991: .327 average, 22 homers, and 100 rbis
1992: .308 average, 27 homers, and 103 rbis
1993: .309 average, 45 homers, and 109 rbis
1994: .323 average, 40 homers, and 90 rbis
1995: .258 average, 17 homers, and 42 rbis
1996: .303 average, 49 homers, and 140 rbis
1997: .304 average, 56 homers, and 147 rbis
1998: .284 average, 56 homers, and 146 rbis
1999: .285 average, 48 homers, and 134 rbis

Totals: 382 homers and 1091 rbis

The St. Louis Cardinals didn't have very much power until Mark McGwire came along in the middle part of the 1997 season after a trade with Oakland.

Before McGwire the Carindals had players like Todd Zeile, Brian Jordan, Ron Gant, Gary Gaetti, and Bernard Gilkey.

As for the power duo for the Cardinals it goes to Ray Lankford and Mark McGwire from 1997-1999 and here are the stats:

Lankford:
1997: .295 average, 31 homers, and 98 rbis
1998: .293 average, 31 homers, and 108 rbis
1999: .306 average, 15 homers, and 63 rbis

Totals: 77 homers and 269 rbis

McGwire:
1997: .253 average, 24 homers, and 42 rbis
1998: .299 average, 70 homers, and 147 rbis
1999: .278 average, 65 homers, and 147 rbis

Totals: 159 homers and 336 rbis

The Tampa Bay Rays were just into existence starting in 1998. So there isn't much there in terms of power hitters and run producers, but the two that made the list were Paul Sorrento and Fred McGriff.

Here's there stats:

Sorrento:
.225 average, 17 homers, and 57 rbis
.235 average, 11 homers, and 42 rbis

Totals: 28 homers and 99 rbis

McGriff:
.284 average, 19 homers, and 81 rbis
.310 average, 32 homers, and 104 rbis

Totals: 51 homers and 185 rbis

The Texas Rangers like the Colorado Rockies hit in a hitters paradise. Through the 90's the Rangers had some pretty potent bats in their lineup. Names like Rafael Palmeiro, Jose Canseco, Ruben Sierra, and Dean Palmer.

Palmeiro easily could have joined the list as part of the Rangers duo but he left for the Orioles. Therefore the best duo that has been in the Rangers lineup which went from 1991-1999. The duo is of Ivan Rodriguez and Juan Gonzalez.

Here are their stats:

1991: .264 average, 3 homers, and 27 rbis
1992: .260 average, 8 homers, and 37 rbis
1993: .273 avearge, 10 homers, and 66 rbis
1994: .298 average, 16 homers, and 57 rbis
1995: .303 average, 12 homers, and 67 rbis
1996: .300 average, 19 homers, and 86 rbis
1997: .313 average, 20 homers, and 77 rbis
1998: .321 average, 21 homers, and 91 rbis
1999: .332 average, 35 homers, and 113 rbis

Totals: 144 homers and 621 rbis

Gonzalez:

1991: .264 average, 27 homers, and 102 rbis
1992: .260 average, 43 homers, and 109 rbis
1993: .310 average, 46 homers, and 118 rbis
1994: .275 average, 19 homers, and 85 rbis
1995: .295 average, 27 homers, and 82 rbis
1996: .314 average, 47 homers, and 144 rbis
1997: .296 average, 42 homers, and 131 rbis
1998: .318 average, 45 homers, and 157 rbis
1999: .326 average, 39 homers, and 128 rbis

Totals: 335 homers and 1056 rbis

The Toronto Blue Jays have had some power hitters go through the team in the 90's. Unfortunately rarely did those hitters stay for a long period of time. There was Fred McGriff, Kelly Gruber, Carlos Delgado, Paul Molitor, and Dave Winfield.

From 1991 to 1996 these two set the tone for the Blue Jays lineup. One of these player may have hit the most dramatic homerun in the World Series in that decade.

The two players are John Olerud and Joe Carter. Here are their stats:

Olerud:
1991: .256, 17 homers, and 68 rbis
1992: .284 average, 16 homers, and 66 rbis
1993: .363 average, 24 homers, and 107 rbis
1994: .297 average, 12 homers, and 67 rbis
1995: .291 average, 8 homers, and 54 rbis
1996: .274 average, 18 homers, and 61 rbis

Totals: 95 homers and 423 rbis

Carter:
1991: .273 average, 33 homers, and 108 rbis
1992: .264 average, 34 homers, and 119 rbis
1993: .254 average, 33 homers, and 121 rbis
1994: .271 average, 27 homers, and 103 rbis
1995: .253 average, 25 homers, and 76 rbis
1996: .253 average, 30 homers, and 107 rbis

Totals: 182 homers and 634 rbis

There really wasn't much to chose from the Washington Nationals/Montreal Expose franchise. Not many players stuck around in Montreal even though they did have some big name players in the early 90's such as Marquis Grissom, Larry Walker, Moises Alou, and Andres Galaragga.

As I stated not many of them stuck around. The best duo that I could find for the franchise was the one from 1997-1999 of Rondell White and Vladimir Guerrero. There stats looked like this:

White:
1997: .278 average, 28 homers, and 82 rbis
1998: .300 average, 17 homers, and 58 rbis
1999: .312 average, 22 homers, and 64 rbis

Totals: 67 homers and 204 rbis

Guerrero:
1997: .302 average, 11 homers,and 40 rbis
1998: .324 average, 38 homers, and 109 rbis
1999: .316 average, 42 homers, and 131 rbis

Totals: 91 homers and 280 rbis