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Sunday, April 26, 2020

List of baseball hitters with at least 50 home runs in a season

 

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, druchoy

Photo license: CC BY-SA 2.0

 

This post is a list of baseball hitters with at least 50 home runs in a season in the MLB as of May 10th, 2020. There are 46 seasons listed below. The photo above is Barry Bonds in 2006. Source: Wikipedia

 

60+ home runs

1. Barry Bonds (2001) - 73

2. Mark McGwire (1998) - 70

3. Sammy Sosa (1998) - 66

4. Mark McGwire (1999) - 65

5. Sammy Sosa (2001) - 64

6. Sammy Sosa (1999) - 63

7. Roger Maris (1961) - 61

8. Babe Ruth (1927) - 60

 

59 home runs

Babe Ruth (1921)

Giancarlo Stanton (2017)

 

58 home runs

Jimmie Foxx (1932)

Hank Greenberg (1938)

Mark McGwire (1997)

Ryan Howard (2006)

 

57 home runs

Luis Gonzalez (2001)

Alex Rodriguez (2002)

 

56 home runs

Hack Wilson (1930)

Ken Griffey Jr. (1997)

Ken Griffey Jr. (1998)

 

54 home runs

Babe Ruth (1920)

Babe Ruth (1928)

Ralph Kiner (1949)

Mickey Mantle (1961)

David Ortiz (2006)

Alex Rodriguez (2007)

Jose Bautista (2010)

 

53 home runs

Chris Davis (2013)

Pete Alonso (2019)

 

52 home runs

Mickey Mantle (1956)

Willie Mays (1965)

George Foster (1977)

Mark McGwire (1996)

Alex Rodriguez (2001)

Jim Thome (2002)

Aaron Judge (2017)

 

51 home runs

Ralph Kiner (1947)

Jonny Mize (1947)

Willie Mays (1955)

Cecil Fielder (1990)

Andruw Jones (2005)

 

50 home runs

Jimmie Foxx (1938)

Albert Belle (1995)

Brady Anderson (1996)

Greg Vaughn (1998)

Sammy Sosa (2000)

Prince Fielder (2007)