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Cnt Player **HR** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions ----+-----------------+------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------- 1 Barry Bonds 73 2001 36 SFG NL 153 664 476 129 156 32 2 137 177 35 93 9 0 2 5 13 3 .328 .515 .863 1.378 *7/D 2 Mark McGwire 70 1998 34 STL NL 155 681 509 130 152 21 0 147 162 28 155 6 0 4 8 1 0 .299 .470 .752 1.222 *3 3 Sammy Sosa 66 1998 29 CHC NL 159 722 643 134 198 20 0 158 73 14 171 1 0 5 20 18 9 .308 .377 .647 1.024 *9/8 4 Mark McGwire 65 1999 35 STL NL 153 661 521 118 145 21 1 147 133 21 141 2 0 5 12 0 0 .278 .424 .697 1.121 *3 5 Sammy Sosa 64 2001 32 CHC NL 160 711 577 146 189 34 5 160 116 37 153 6 0 12 6 0 2 .328 .437 .737 1.174 *9 6 Sammy Sosa 63 1999 30 CHC NL 162 712 625 114 180 24 2 141 78 8 171 3 0 6 17 7 8 .288 .367 .635 1.002 *98 7 Roger Maris 61 1961 26 NYY AL 161 698 590 132 159 16 4 142 94 0 67 7 0 7 16 0 0 .269 .372 .620 .992 *98 8 Babe Ruth 60 1927 32 NYY AL 151 691 540 158 192 29 8 164 137 0 89 0 14 0 0 7 6 .356 .486 .772 1.258 *97 9 Babe Ruth 59 1921 26 NYY AL 255 693 540 177 204 44 16 171 145 0 81 4 4 0 0 17 13 .378 .512 .846 1.358 *78/13 10 Ryan Howard 58 2006 26 PHI NL 159 704 581 104 182 25 1 149 108 37 181 9 0 6 7 0 0 .313 .425 .659 1.084 *3 11 Mark McGwire 58 1997 33 TOT ML 156 657 540 86 148 27 0 123 101 16 159 9 0 7 9 3 0 .274 .393 .646 1.039 *3 12 Hank Greenberg 58 1938 27 DET AL 155 681 556 144 175 23 4 146 119 0 92 3 3 0 0 7 5 .315 .438 .683 1.121 *3 13 Jimmie Foxx 58 1932 24 PHA AL 255 701 585 151 213 33 9 169 116 0 96 0 0 0 0 3 7 .364 .469 .749 1.218 *35 14 Alex Rodriguez 57 2002 26 TEX AL 162 725 624 125 187 27 2 142 87 12 122 10 0 4 14 9 4 .300 .392 .623 1.015 *6 15 Luis Gonzalez 57 2001 33 ARI NL 162 728 609 128 198 36 7 142 100 24 83 14 0 5 14 1 1 .325 .429 .688 1.117 *7 16 Ken Griffey 56 1998 28 SEA AL 161 720 633 120 180 33 3 146 76 11 121 7 0 4 14 20 5 .284 .365 .611 .976 *8/D379 17 Ken Griffey 56 1997 27 SEA AL 157 704 608 125 185 34 3 147 76 23 121 8 0 12 12 15 4 .304 .382 .646 1.028 *8/D7 18 Hack Wilson 56 1930 30 CHC NL 155 709 585 146 208 35 6 191 105 0 84 1 18 0 0 3 0 .356 .454 .723 1.177 *8 19 David Ortiz 54 2006 30 BOS AL 151 686 558 115 160 29 2 137 119 23 117 4 0 5 12 1 0 .287 .413 .636 1.049 *D3 20 Mickey Mantle 54 1961 29 NYY AL 153 646 514 132 163 16 6 128 126 9 112 0 1 5 2 12 1 .317 .448 .687 1.135 *8 21 Ralph Kiner 54 1949 26 PIT NL 152 667 549 116 170 19 5 127 117 0 61 1 0 0 10 6 0 .310 .432 .658 1.090 *7 22 Babe Ruth 54 1928 33 NYY AL 154 684 536 163 173 29 8 142 137 0 87 3 8 0 0 4 5 .323 .463 .709 1.172 *97 23 Babe Ruth 54 1920 25 NYY AL 255 615 457 158 172 36 9 137 150 0 80 3 5 0 0 14 14 .376 .533 .849 1.382 978/31 24 Jim Thome 52 2002 31 CLE AL 147 613 480 101 146 19 2 118 122 18 139 5 0 6 5 1 2 .304 .445 .677 1.122 *3D 25 Alex Rodriguez 52 2001 25 TEX AL 162 732 632 133 201 34 1 135 75 6 131 16 0 9 17 18 3 .318 .399 .622 1.021 *6/D ----+-----------------+------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------- Cnt Player **HR** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions ----+-----------------+------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+--------- 26 Mark McGwire 52 1996 32 OAK AL 130 548 423 104 132 21 0 113 116 16 112 8 0 1 14 0 0 .312 .467 .730 1.197 *3D 27 George Foster 52 1977 28 CIN NL 158 689 615 124 197 31 2 149 61 10 107 5 0 8 17 6 4 .320 .382 .631 1.013 *78 28 Willie Mays 52 1965 34 SFG NL 157 638 558 118 177 21 3 112 76 16 71 0 2 2 11 9 4 .317 .398 .645 1.043 *8/97 29 Mickey Mantle 52 1956 24 NYY AL 150 652 533 132 188 22 5 130 112 6 99 2 1 4 4 10 1 .353 .464 .705 1.169 *8 30 Andruw Jones 51 2005 28 ATL NL 160 672 586 95 154 24 3 128 64 13 112 15 0 7 19 5 3 .263 .347 .575 .922 *8 31 Cecil Fielder 51 1990 26 DET AL 159 673 573 104 159 25 1 132 90 11 182 5 0 5 15 0 1 .277 .377 .592 .969 *3D 32 Willie Mays 51 1955 24 NYG NL 152 670 580 123 185 18 13 127 79 13 60 4 0 7 12 24 4 .319 .400 .659 1.059 *8 33 Ralph Kiner 51 1947 24 PIT NL 152 666 565 118 177 23 4 127 98 0 81 2 1 0 12 1 0 .313 .417 .639 1.056 *7 34 Johnny Mize 51 1947 34 NYG NL 154 664 586 137 177 26 2 138 74 0 42 4 0 0 6 2 0 .302 .384 .614 .998 *3 35 Sammy Sosa 50 2000 31 CHC NL 156 705 604 106 193 38 1 138 91 19 168 2 0 8 12 7 4 .320 .406 .634 1.040 *9/8 36 Greg Vaughn 50 1998 32 SDP NL 158 661 573 112 156 28 4 119 79 6 121 5 0 4 7 11 4 .272 .363 .597 .960 *7/D 37 Brady Anderson 50 1996 32 BAL AL 149 687 579 117 172 37 5 110 76 1 106 22 6 4 11 21 8 .297 .396 .637 1.033 *8/D 38 Albert Belle 50 1995 28 CLE AL 143 629 546 121 173 52 1 126 73 5 80 6 0 4 24 5 2 .317 .401 .690 1.091 *7/D 39 Jimmie Foxx 50 1938 30 BOS AL 149 685 565 139 197 33 9 175 119 0 76 0 1 0 0 5 4 .349 .462 .704 1.166 *3 40 Albert Pujols 49 2006 26 STL NL 143 634 535 119 177 33 1 137 92 28 50 4 0 3 20 7 2 .331 .431 .671 1.102 *3 41 Sammy Sosa 49 2002 33 CHC NL 150 666 556 122 160 19 2 108 103 15 144 3 0 4 14 2 0 .288 .399 .594 .993 *9 42 Shawn Green 49 2001 28 LAD NL 161 701 619 121 184 31 4 125 72 10 107 5 0 5 10 20 4 .297 .372 .598 .970 *9/83 43 Todd Helton 49 2001 27 COL NL 159 696 587 132 197 54 2 146 98 15 104 5 1 5 14 7 5 .336 .432 .685 1.117 *3 44 Jim Thome 49 2001 30 CLE AL 156 644 526 101 153 26 1 124 111 14 185 4 0 3 9 0 1 .291 .416 .624 1.040 *3/D 45 Barry Bonds 49 2000 35 SFG NL 143 607 480 129 147 28 4 106 117 22 77 3 0 7 6 11 3 .306 .440 .688 1.128 *7 46 Albert Belle 49 1998 31 CHW AL 163 706 609 113 200 48 2 152 81 10 84 1 0 15 17 6 4 .328 .399 .655 1.054 *7/D 47 Larry Walker 49 1997 30 COL NL 153 664 568 143 208 46 4 130 78 14 90 14 0 4 15 33 8 .366 .452 .720 1.172 *9/38D 48 Ken Griffey 49 1996 26 SEA AL 140 638 545 125 165 26 2 140 78 13 104 7 1 7 7 16 1 .303 .392 .628 1.020 *8/D 49 Andre Dawson 49 1987 32 CHC NL 153 662 621 90 178 24 2 137 32 7 103 7 0 2 15 11 3 .287 .328 .568 .896 *9 50 Mark McGwire 49 1987 23 OAK AL 151 641 557 97 161 28 4 118 71 8 131 5 0 8 6 1 1 .289 .370 .618 .988 *3/59
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