in 1996 who had the most hr before october in 1996 mlb season

Mark McGwire launched the most home runs in 1996, with 52 home runs.

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	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	52	130	423	104	132	21	0	113	116	8	112	0	0	548	309	73	0	1	16	14	.312	.467	.730	1.198
2	Brady Anderson B. Anderson	50	149	579	117	172	37	5	110	76	22	106	21	8	687	369	92	6	4	1	11	.297	.396	.637	1.034
3	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	49	140	545	125	165	26	2	140	78	7	104	16	1	638	342	77	1	7	13	7	.303	.392	.628	1.020
4	Albert Belle A. Belle	48	158	602	124	187	38	3	148	99	7	87	11	0	715	375	89	0	7	15	20	.311	.410	.623	1.033
5	Andres Galarraga A. Galarraga	47	159	626	119	190	39	3	150	40	17	157	18	8	691	376	89	0	8	3	6	.304	.357	.601	.958
6	Juan Gonzalez J. Gonzalez	47	134	541	89	170	33	2	144	45	3	82	2	0	592	348	82	0	3	12	10	.314	.368	.643	1.011
7	Mo Vaughn M. Vaughn	44	161	635	118	207	29	1	143	95	14	154	2	0	752	370	74	0	8	19	17	.326	.420	.583	1.003
8	Jay Buhner J. Buhner	44	150	564	107	153	29	0	138	84	9	159	0	1	667	314	73	0	10	5	11	.271	.369	.557	.926
9	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	42	158	517	122	159	27	3	129	151	1	76	40	7	675	318	72	0	6	30	11	.308	.461	.615	1.076
10	Gary Sheffield G. Sheffield	42	161	519	118	163	33	1	120	142	10	66	16	9	677	324	76	0	6	19	16	.314	.465	.624	1.090
11	Greg Vaughn G. Vaughn	41	145	516	98	134	19	1	117	82	6	130	9	3	609	278	61	0	5	6	7	.260	.365	.539	.903
12	Todd Hundley T. Hundley	41	153	540	85	140	32	1	112	79	3	146	1	3	624	297	74	0	2	15	9	.259	.356	.550	.906
13	Ellis Burks E. Burks	40	156	613	142	211	45	8	128	61	6	114	32	6	685	392	93	3	2	2	19	.344	.408	.639	1.047
14	Vinny Castilla V. Castilla	40	160	629	97	191	34	0	113	35	5	88	7	2	673	345	74	0	4	7	20	.304	.343	.548	.892
15	Ken Caminiti K. Caminiti	40	146	546	109	178	37	2	130	78	4	99	11	5	638	339	79	0	10	16	15	.326	.408	.621	1.028
16	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	40	124	498	84	136	21	2	100	34	5	134	18	5	541	281	63	0	4	6	14	.273	.323	.564	.888
17	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	40	141	527	110	184	26	0	134	109	5	70	1	1	649	330	66	0	8	26	25	.349	.459	.626	1.085
18	Rafael Palmeiro R. Palmeiro	39	162	626	110	181	40	2	142	95	3	96	8	0	732	342	81	0	8	12	9	.289	.381	.546	.927
19	Cecil Fielder C. Fielder	39	160	591	85	149	20	0	117	87	5	139	2	0	688	286	59	0	5	12	18	.252	.350	.484	.834
20	Dean Palmer D. Palmer	38	154	582	98	163	26	2	107	59	5	145	2	0	652	307	66	0	6	4	15	.280	.348	.527	.876
21	Jim Thome J. Thome	38	151	505	122	157	28	5	116	123	6	141	2	2	636	309	71	0	2	8	13	.311	.450	.612	1.062
22	Henry Rodriguez H. Rodriguez	36	145	532	81	147	42	1	103	37	3	160	2	0	576	299	79	0	4	7	10	.276	.325	.562	.887
23	Geronimo Berroa G. Berroa	36	153	586	101	170	32	1	106	47	4	122	0	3	643	312	69	0	6	0	16	.290	.344	.532	.876
24	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	36	148	547	87	184	16	0	105	81	1	93	0	3	631	308	52	0	2	21	21	.336	.422	.563	.985
25	Ed Sprague E. Sprague	36	159	591	88	146	35	2	101	60	12	146	0	0	670	293	73	0	7	3	7	.247	.325	.496	.821

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