Single Season HR Leaders

Batters: PA AVG H R 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP SLG OPS BB
Pitchers: ERA W L W% IP SH GS CG WHIP HR/9 SV SV%
Rank Player Year Team PA Hits R AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB CS SB% OBP SLG OPS
1 Babe Ruth 1927 SRR 751 191 166 .346 32 5 69 151 195 4 1 .80 .513 .798 1.313
2 George Foster 1977 CIR 692 210 135 .344 32 3 67 158 72 1 0 .10 .417 .737 1.155
3 Roger Maris 1961 SSL 649 161 122 .297 19 8 63 126 98 0 0 .00 .412 .711 1.125
4 Mark Mcgwire 1997 DIN 674 143 106 .266 23 0 57 126 123 3 0 .10 .409 .627 1.037
5 Ken Griffey Jr 1997 SSL 712 163 122 .273 35 0 52 95 96 16 3 .84 .382 .592 .975
6 Harmon Killebrew 1961 SSL 646 151 111 .291 23 7 51 106 123 0 0 .00 .428 .658 1.087
Nolan Arenado 2015 SRR 641 169 87 .278 41 2 51 129 27 0 0 .00 .310 .605 .916
8 Bryce Harper 2015 THD 662 168 127 .322 31 1 50 123 137 5 0 .10 .463 .673 1.137
Mike Trout 2015 SRR 672 160 117 .280 26 6 50 116 93 9 0 .10 .385 .610 .996
10 Rocky Colavito 1961 GTL 648 156 105 .301 28 1 49 148 122 1 0 .10 .433 .644 1.078
11 Orlando Cepeda 1961 CIR 621 165 105 .299 26 1 48 106 53 14 4 .77 .371 .611 .984
12 Jim Thome 1997 BRI 580 154 94 .333 30 0 47 106 108 0 1 .00 .456 .703 1.160
Cherokee Davis 1949 THD 639 124 78 .218 21 2 47 129 58 1 2 .33 .293 .511 .805
14 Mike Piazza 1997 THD 635 197 106 .354 38 0 46 117 76 5 0 .10 .431 .670 1.102
Juan Gonzalez 1997 MIT 564 163 90 .305 24 2 46 120 30 0 1 .00 .342 .617 .959
16 Jim Gentile 1961 COL 622 139 114 .302 22 1 45 112 143 0 0 .00 .475 .647 1.124
Mickey Mantle 1961 QQB 671 139 141 .278 22 2 45 114 165 6 1 .85 .453 .601 1.054
Ralph Kiner 1949 CIR 711 152 105 .275 17 7 45 102 153 2 2 .50 .428 .576 1.005
19 Norm Cash 1961 THD 650 174 117 .340 18 6 43 109 125 8 1 .88 .470 .651 1.122
Greg Luzinski 1977 THD 643 179 109 .325 29 3 43 107 80 1 0 .10 .409 .623 1.033
21 Larry Walker 1997 MIT 680 202 133 .356 58 3 42 112 94 12 0 .10 .454 .692 1.147
Graig Nettles 1977 CIR 640 169 103 .293 21 3 42 121 58 4 5 .44 .360 .560 .921
23 Frank Thomas 1997 THD 644 171 113 .322 40 0 41 132 108 2 0 .10 .436 .630 1.067
24 Todd Hundley 1997 PBP 487 133 93 .318 22 1 40 118 62 0 0 .00 .409 .664 1.074
Mike Schmidt 1977 BBS 654 159 103 .293 33 8 40 91 101 0 1 .00 .411 .605 1.016
Barry Bonds 1997 TLF 695 142 120 .266 21 5 40 89 151 6 5 .54 .437 .550 .988
David Ortiz 2015 SPS 501 112 71 .267 16 0 40 99 81 0 0 .00 .385 .593 .979
Gary Carter 1977 SSL 604 139 107 .268 26 1 40 100 79 0 0 .00 .371 .555 .927
Chris Davis 2015 PBP 594 122 86 .243 26 1 40 95 80 1 0 .10 .353 .537 .891
Vern Stephens 1949 IMG 726 169 99 .269 30 1 40 118 95 1 2 .33 .363 .511 .875
31 Oscar Gamble 1977 SLP 438 112 80 .303 27 0 39 95 63 1 1 .50 .410 .693 1.105
Stan Musial 1949 SRR 758 196 133 .328 41 8 39 133 156 0 0 .00 .467 .619 1.087
Bobby Bonds 1977 CIR 667 176 125 .297 26 9 39 109 71 42 7 .85 .374 .569 .944
Bob Allison 1961 BBS 605 127 90 .254 21 1 39 91 96 0 4 .00 .381 .535 .917
35 Ted Williams 1949 QCK 763 181 130 .314 33 2 38 96 183 0 1 .00 .483 .577 1.061
Jeromy Burnitz 1997 THD 568 120 96 .250 32 2 38 82 80 10 2 .83 .364 .562 .927
Tino Martinez 1997 MNL 671 181 106 .302 28 5 38 128 64 0 1 .00 .369 .556 .926
38 Willie Mays 1961 BBS 630 160 102 .308 34 2 37 102 100 4 1 .80 .422 .596 1.019
Andres Galarraga 1997 TLF 664 172 99 .292 19 0 37 105 40 1 0 .10 .362 .513 .877
Todd Frazier 2015 PFW 637 142 90 .239 40 1 37 82 33 10 1 .90 .287 .496 .784
41 Bill H. Robinson 1977 BUM 544 167 100 .333 33 0 36 103 31 13 8 .61 .373 .615 .990
Jeff Bagwell 1997 CIR 687 150 116 .266 39 3 36 90 112 27 6 .81 .398 .538 .937
Eddie Murray 1977 BBS 531 147 79 .301 23 3 36 89 36 0 0 .00 .345 .583 .928
44 Lou Gehrig 1927 IMG 741 183 130 .301 34 21 35 106 125 3 4 .42 .418 .599 1.019
Jim Rice 1977 TLF 700 167 112 .265 26 9 35 122 54 0 0 .00 .331 .501 .833
Brian Dozier 2015 THD 682 146 95 .238 49 4 35 84 63 6 1 .85 .314 .504 .818
47 Toby Harrah 1977 BUM 656 148 118 .279 29 2 34 94 106 32 5 .86 .407 .533 .941
48 Reggie Smith 1977 SSL 591 168 112 .346 35 5 33 89 103 1 2 .33 .461 .643 1.105
Ted Simmons 1977 THD 600 175 91 .341 30 1 33 112 75 0 0 .00 .422 .596 1.019
Joe Adcock 1961 TLF 567 153 79 .309 17 1 33 103 63 0 0 .00 .382 .547 .930
Dick Stuart 1961 PBP 550 144 68 .294 23 7 33 98 47 0 0 .00 .356 .572 .929
Salvador Perez 2015 THD 508 140 57 .295 19 0 33 88 18 0 0 .00 .328 .544 .872
Matt Kemp 2015 TLF 544 126 73 .252 18 4 33 96 36 0 1 .00 .306 .503 .810
Jose Bautista 2015 PBP 646 118 105 .221 21 2 33 81 102 2 0 .10 .349 .454 .804
Edwin Encarnacion 2015 BRI 627 118 89 .224 22 0 33 80 88 0 1 .00 .342 .454 .797
56 Rafael Palmeiro 1997 MIT 556 153 95 .312 32 4 32 96 57 1 0 .10 .386 .589 .976
Hank Aaron 1974 NJJ 310 73 53 .253 10 0 32 77 19 0 0 .00 .296 .621 .918
Bill 'moose' Skowron 1961 SSL 402 113 51 .297 10 0 32 66 18 0 0 .00 .335 .576 .912
Don Money 1977 THD 637 154 91 .271 25 4 32 110 51 6 4 .60 .335 .498 .834
Al E. Smith 1961 MNL 591 132 78 .248 17 1 32 97 57 0 2 .00 .321 .465 .787
Jeff Burroughs 1977 SLP 612 120 78 .224 14 1 32 70 74 2 0 .10 .316 .434 .751
62 Lou Gehrig 1934 TLF 528 154 94 .346 22 7 31 116 76 0 0 .00 .443 .637 1.081
Willard Brown 1949 MNL 625 180 108 .340 41 8 31 125 88 3 2 .60 .436 .625 1.062
Hank Aaron 1961 SRR 636 188 106 .327 39 14 31 113 53 11 4 .73 .383 .606 .990
George Hendrick 1977 PBP 610 187 99 .346 28 2 31 138 63 7 2 .77 .411 .577 .989
Hack Wilson 1927 MWB 658 167 109 .298 30 12 31 137 83 9 7 .56 .386 .560 .947
Josh Donaldson 2015 CIR 709 174 106 .295 34 3 31 104 106 1 1 .50 .403 .522 .925
Johnny Bench 1977 BUM 528 139 70 .292 26 4 31 104 46 3 2 .60 .351 .560 .912
Richie Zisk 1977 BBS 547 146 74 .296 23 1 31 82 48 0 0 .00 .360 .535 .896
Carlos Gonzalez 2015 SSL 440 104 74 .259 20 4 31 60 37 1 1 .50 .321 .561 .883
Todd Zeile 1997 THD 506 114 56 .251 20 0 31 86 45 3 1 .75 .320 .500 .820
72 Martin Dihigo 1934 QCK 536 149 108 .326 34 6 30 100 67 3 1 .75 .413 .623 1.037
Josh Gibson 1934 THD 442 117 76 .301 31 4 30 108 49 4 0 .10 .375 .634 1.010
Paul Goldschmidt 2015 TLF 630 179 111 .340 25 2 30 93 94 1 1 .50 .439 .567 1.007
Andre Thornton 1977 CIR 533 115 71 .266 20 3 30 84 87 4 4 .50 .397 .535 .934
Ray Lankford 1997 THD 555 123 100 .266 33 1 30 71 90 17 2 .89 .384 .537 .922
Reggie Jackson 1977 SSL 611 146 99 .280 37 3 30 93 87 10 1 .90 .382 .535 .918
Oscar Charleston 1934 BRI 473 113 83 .271 20 6 30 90 50 0 0 .00 .346 .564 .912
Earl D. Averill 1961 PBP 385 81 55 .252 3 0 30 90 55 1 0 .10 .356 .542 .899
Sixto Lezcano 1977 DIN 463 103 73 .257 23 2 30 73 55 7 2 .77 .349 .550 .899
Bob Johnson 1934 CIR 488 122 72 .278 16 6 30 92 46 4 1 .80 .345 .547 .894
Larry Hisle 1977 MWB 602 145 94 .271 26 1 30 123 51 15 3 .83 .337 .492 .830
Dusty Baker 1977 MNL 598 139 78 .260 35 0 30 104 52 0 0 .00 .327 .495 .823
Larry Doby 1949 CIR 683 152 91 .252 24 7 30 101 65 11 6 .64 .327 .465 .793
Ron Cey 1977 MIT 667 118 79 .211 24 3 30 88 98 1 2 .33 .330 .426 .757
86 Mule Suttles 1934 THD 444 129 77 .326 15 6 29 95 47 1 0 .10 .396 .615 1.012
David Justice 1997 SPS 568 163 87 .333 32 1 29 100 75 0 0 .00 .419 .580 1.000
Stephen Vogt 2015 PBP 475 124 68 .296 19 1 29 79 54 1 2 .33 .376 .555 .932
Woodie Held 1961 COL 595 143 86 .280 30 8 29 96 51 0 0 .00 .346 .542 .889
Shin-Soo Choo 2015 COL 535 122 79 .264 30 3 29 86 61 1 1 .50 .357 .531 .888
Sandy Alomar 1997 SSL 503 129 64 .291 21 1 29 68 17 0 0 .00 .321 .540 .863
Hank Sauer 1949 SPS 466 106 63 .257 22 1 29 79 46 0 2 .00 .326 .526 .853
Ernie Banks 1961 BBS 551 138 74 .271 19 5 29 84 36 1 1 .50 .319 .499 .818
J.D. Martinez 2015 PVD 623 144 68 .253 29 1 29 83 44 2 0 .10 .309 .462 .772
Nelson Cruz 2015 COL 602 133 73 .245 15 2 29 83 49 1 0 .10 .317 .440 .758
Yoenis Cespedes 2015 PFW 658 145 82 .234 35 7 29 84 30 7 3 .69 .275 .454 .730
Steve Garvey 1977 IMG 690 169 85 .263 15 1 29 122 34 6 3 .66 .295 .425 .721
98 Bob Higginson 1997 PBP 624 163 103 .310 30 7 28 94 94 10 0 .10 .413 .554 .968
Eddie Mathews 1961 PBP 618 154 107 .304 28 3 28 104 102 13 3 .81 .420 .538 .959
Bobby Thomson 1949 SRR 730 203 114 .302 31 19 28 126 53 1 3 .25 .354 .531 .886