minnesota twins shortstop single season hr leaders

Roy Smalley has hit the most home runs by a Twins shortstop in a season, with 24 homers in 1979.

	NAME	HR	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Roy Smalley R. Smalley	24	1979	MIN	162	621	94	168	28	3	95	80	4	80	2	3	729	274	55	15	9	8	9	.271	.353	.441	.794	101	15.5	.351	110	9
2	Carlos Correa C. Correa	22	2022	MIN	136	522	70	152	24	1	64	61	3	121	0	1	590	244	47	0	4	2	18	.291	.366	.467	.834	92	24.7	.362	140	26.4
3	Jorge Polanco J. Polanco	22	2019	MIN	153	631	107	186	40	7	79	60	4	116	4	3	704	306	69	2	7	2	11	.295	.356	.485	.841	108	19.8	.352	120	18.4
4	Zoilo Versalles Z. Versalles	20	1964	MIN	160	659	94	171	33	10	64	42	8	88	14	4	718	284	63	7	2	1	5	.259	.311	.431	.742	88	11.7	.328	103	2.9
5	Roy Smalley R. Smalley	19	1978	MIN	158	586	80	160	31	3	77	85	1	70	2	8	702	254	53	23	7	3	16	.273	.362	.433	.796	98	22.4	.360	123	18.4
6	Zoilo Versalles Z. Versalles	19	1965	MIN	160	666	126	182	45	12	77	41	7	122	27	5	728	308	76	6	8	3	7	.273	.319	.462	.781	97	20.6	.342	116	13.1
7	Carlos Correa C. Correa	18	2023	MIN	135	514	60	118	29	2	65	59	4	131	0	0	580	205	49	0	3	3	30	.230	.312	.399	.711	66	-4.7	.309	95	-3.5
8	Leo Cardenas L. Cardenas	18	1971	MIN	153	554	59	146	25	4	75	51	1	69	3	3	624	233	47	7	11	5	16	.264	.321	.421	.741	74	9.9	.332	106	3.9
9	Zoilo Versalles Z. Versalles	17	1962	MIN	160	568	69	137	18	3	67	37	2	71	5	5	624	212	38	10	7	8	13	.241	.287	.373	.660	57	-15.9	.289	71	-22.7
10	Brooks Lee B. Lee	16	2025	MIN	139	487	50	115	15	1	64	31	4	92	3	1	527	180	32	0	5	0	11	.236	.285	.370	.654	51	-11.7	.286	81	-11.6
11	Carlos Correa C. Correa	14	2024	MIN	86	319	55	99	20	2	54	40	3	61	0	0	366	165	36	0	4	4	5	.310	.388	.517	.905	65	22.1	.385	154	22.6
12	Greg Gagne G. Gagne	14	1988	MIN	149	461	70	109	20	6	48	27	7	110	15	7	507	183	40	11	1	2	13	.236	.288	.397	.685	53	-2.1	.306	87	-7.7
13	Jorge Polanco J. Polanco	13	2017	MIN	133	488	60	125	30	3	74	41	2	78	13	5	544	200	46	7	6	1	7	.256	.313	.410	.723	61	-5.3	.309	90	-6.8
14	Joe Cronin J. Cronin	13	1930	WSH	154	587	127	203	41	9	126	72	5	36	17	10	686	301	63	22				.346	.422	.513	.934	135	38.1	.418	139	37.9
15	Willi Castro W. Castro	12	2024	MIN	158	558	89	138	31	5	60	51	21	150	14	9	635	215	48	1	4	0	8	.247	.331	.385	.717	78	3.5	.317	106	4.4
16	Eduardo Nunez E. Nunez	12	2016	MIN	91	371	49	110	15	1	47	15	3	58	27	6	396	163	28	2	5	0	6	.296	.325	.439	.764	50	3	.327	102	1.1
17	Eduardo Escobar E. Escobar	12	2015	MIN	127	409	48	107	31	4	58	28	2	86	2	3	446	182	47	2	5	1	7	.262	.309	.445	.754	54	3.4	.323	102	0.9
18	Pat Meares P. Meares	12	1995	MIN	116	390	57	105	19	4	49	15	11	68	10	4	425	168	35	4	5	0	17	.269	.311	.431	.742	50	-3	.325	88	-6.5
19	Greg Gagne G. Gagne	12	1986	MIN	156	472	63	118	22	6	54	30	6	108	12	10	524	188	40	13	3	0	4	.250	.301	.398	.700	57	-3.8	.311	86	-8.6
20	Roy Smalley R. Smalley	12	1985	MIN	129	388	57	100	20	0	45	60	1	65	0	2	452	156	32	1	2	3	8	.258	.357	.402	.759	60	8.6	.342	108	4.3
21	Roy Smalley R. Smalley	12	1980	MIN	133	486	64	135	24	1	63	65	2	63	3	3	564	197	37	2	9	4	15	.278	.359	.405	.765	74	10.6	.345	108	5.5
22	Joe Cronin J. Cronin	12	1931	WSH	156	611	103	187	44	13	126	81	4	52	10	9	700	293	69	4				.306	.391	.480	.870	120	33.1	.398	128	26.8
23	Leo Cardenas L. Cardenas	11	1970	MIN	160	588	67	145	34	4	65	42	4	101	2	5	649	220	49	13	2	2	11	.247	.300	.374	.674	66	-7.8	.304	83	-13.4
24	Cristian Guzman C. Guzman	10	2001	MIN	118	493	80	149	28	14	51	21	5	78	25	8	527	235	52	8	0	0	6	.302	.337	.477	.814	75	9.6	.349	111	7.2
25	Pat Meares P. Meares	10	1997	MIN	134	439	63	121	23	3	60	18	16	86	7	7	483	180	36	3	7	0	9	.276	.323	.410	.733	56	-3.7	.323	89	-7

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