Alabama junior shortstop Justin Lebron hit two home runs this weekend in the Tides sweep of Florida. The first of those long balls, on Saturday, was the 40th of his Alabama career. Lebron became the 2nd Alabama player in history to amass 40 career home runs and 40 career stolen bases in their career. Former Bama outfielder GW Keller with 50 home runs and 53 stolen bases is the other member of the club.
Lebron now has 41 home runs and 45 stolen bases (in 46 attempts) half way through his third season. After hitting 12 home runs as a freshman Lebron blasted 18 as a sophomore and has 11 at this point if his junior year. Keller’s 50 career home runs are tied for second with Doug Duke behind Andy Phillips’ 61.
With 30 plus games left in the season Lebron could conceivably rise as high as top two in both categories. Phillips home run record and Emeel Salem’s 77 career stolen bases appear to be out of reach. Lebron is 6th in home runs and 11th in stolen bases as of today’s date. Phillips and Salem both played four seasons at the Capstone, Lebron is mocked as a top five pick in this summer’s MLB draft and he will be leaving at the end of his third year.
Alabama home run leaders:
Andy Phillips-61
GW Keller-50
Doug Duke-50
Kent Matthes-48
Jake Smith-47
Dustin Mohr-47
Jeremy Brown-46
Justin Lebron-41
Beau Hearod-40
Chandler Taylor-38
Brent Boyd-38
Matt Frick-38
Alabama Career Stolen Base Leaders
Emeel Salem-77
David Fowke-68
David Tidwell-68
Scott McClanahan-56
Chris Glass-56
Ted Williams-55
Mick Kerns-54
GW Keller-53
Chris Arago-53
Robert Fletcher-51
Justin Lebron-45
