in 1997 who had the most hr before october in 1997 mlb season

Mark McGwire hit the most homers in 1997, with 58 homers.

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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	58	156	540	86	148	27	0	123	101	9	159	3	0	657	349	85	0	7	16	9	.274	.393	.646	1.039
2	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	56	157	608	125	185	34	3	147	76	8	121	15	4	704	393	93	0	12	23	12	.304	.382	.646	1.028
3	Larry Walker L. Walker	49	153	568	143	208	46	4	130	78	14	90	33	8	664	409	99	0	4	14	15	.366	.452	.720	1.172
4	Tino Martinez T. Martinez	44	158	594	96	176	31	2	141	75	3	75	3	1	685	343	77	0	13	14	15	.296	.371	.577	.948
5	Jeff Bagwell J. Bagwell	43	162	566	109	162	40	2	135	127	16	122	31	10	717	335	85	0	8	27	10	.286	.425	.592	1.017
6	Juan Gonzalez J. Gonzalez	42	133	533	87	158	24	3	131	33	3	107	0	0	579	314	69	0	10	7	12	.296	.335	.589	.924
7	Andres Galarraga A. Galarraga	41	154	600	120	191	31	3	140	54	17	141	15	8	674	351	75	0	3	2	16	.318	.389	.585	.974
8	Jim Thome J. Thome	40	147	496	104	142	25	0	102	120	3	146	1	1	627	287	65	0	8	9	9	.286	.423	.579	1.001
9	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	40	159	532	123	155	26	5	101	145	8	87	37	8	690	311	71	0	5	34	13	.291	.446	.585	1.031
10	Jay Buhner J. Buhner	40	157	540	104	131	18	2	109	119	5	175	0	0	665	273	60	0	1	3	23	.243	.383	.506	.889
11	Vinny Castilla V. Castilla	40	159	612	94	186	25	2	113	44	8	108	2	4	668	335	67	0	4	9	17	.304	.356	.547	.904
12	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	40	152	556	104	201	32	1	124	69	3	77	5	1	633	355	73	0	5	11	19	.362	.431	.638	1.070
13	Rafael Palmeiro R. Palmeiro	38	158	614	95	156	24	2	110	67	5	109	5	2	692	298	64	0	6	7	14	.254	.329	.485	.815
14	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	36	162	642	90	161	31	4	119	45	2	174	22	12	694	308	71	0	5	9	16	.251	.300	.480	.779
15	Mo Vaughn M. Vaughn	35	141	527	91	166	24	0	96	86	12	154	2	2	628	295	59	0	3	17	10	.315	.420	.560	.980
16	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	35	146	530	110	184	35	0	125	109	3	69	1	1	649	324	70	0	7	9	15	.347	.456	.611	1.067
17	David Justice D. Justice	33	139	495	84	163	31	1	101	80	0	79	3	5	582	295	65	0	7	11	12	.329	.418	.596	1.013
18	Tim Salmon T. Salmon	33	157	582	95	172	28	1	129	95	7	142	9	12	695	301	62	0	11	5	7	.296	.394	.517	.911
19	Matt Williams M. Williams	32	151	596	86	157	32	3	105	34	4	108	12	4	636	291	67	0	2	4	14	.263	.307	.488	.795
20	Ellis Burks E. Burks	32	119	424	91	123	19	2	82	47	3	75	7	2	477	242	53	1	2	0	17	.290	.363	.571	.934
21	Tony Clark T. Clark	32	159	580	105	160	28	3	117	93	3	144	1	3	681	290	63	0	5	13	11	.276	.376	.500	.876
22	Ray Lankford R. Lankford	31	133	465	94	137	36	3	98	95	0	125	21	11	565	272	70	0	5	10	9	.295	.411	.585	.996
23	Eric Karros E. Karros	31	162	628	86	167	28	0	104	61	2	116	15	7	700	288	59	0	9	2	10	.266	.329	.459	.787
24	Paul Sorrento P. Sorrento	31	146	457	68	123	19	0	80	51	3	112	0	2	513	235	50	0	2	9	13	.269	.345	.514	.859
25	Todd Zeile T. Zeile	31	160	575	89	154	17	0	90	85	6	112	8	7	672	264	48	0	6	7	18	.268	.365	.459	.824

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