4 players were tied for the most games with 2+ home runs with <43 games played, with 42 games. The first three are Mark Teixeira, Vladimir Guerrero and Reggie Jackson.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games under 43 with at least 2 hr by a player

	NAME	G	HR	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Mark Teixeira M. Teixeira	42	87	187	96	112	9	1	171	14	1	28	1	0	203	384	97	0	1	1	3	.599	.626	2.053	2.679
2	Vladimir Guerrero V. Guerrero	42	84	177	91	113	8	1	147	7	0	10	1	2	186	375	93	0	2	3	3	.638	.645	2.119	2.764
3	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	42	86	176	96	108	4	0	138	20	2	24	2	1	199	370	90	0	1	1	1	.614	.653	2.102	2.756
4	Ernie Banks E. Banks	42	88	177	99	114	6	0	154	16	1	7	0	0	195	384	94	0	1	4	2	.644	.672	2.169	2.841
5	Aaron Judge A. Judge	41	85	162	96	100	6	0	144	25	1	25	0	1	190	361	91	0	2	3	1	.617	.663	2.228	2.892
6	Nelson Cruz N. Cruz	40	82	174	90	108	10	1	161	8	0	29	1	0	182	366	93	0	0	1	1	.621	.637	2.103	2.741
7	Chipper Jones C. Jones	40	81	166	95	100	2	1	137	19	0	11	6	0	186	347	84	0	1	3	3	.602	.640	2.090	2.730
8	Fred McGriff F. McGriff	40	80	163	90	106	1	1	137	18	0	18	0	0	181	349	82	0	0	4	1	.650	.685	2.141	2.826
9	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	40	84	168	98	98	4	1	154	19	3	16	0	0	190	356	89	0	0		2	.583	.632	2.119	2.751
10	Jason Giambi J. Giambi	39	79	150	85	95	4	0	140	20	1	19	0	0	172	336	83	0	1	1	0	.633	.674	2.240	2.914
11	Albert Belle A. Belle	39	81	157	89	99	0	0	140	23	2	6	2	1	183	342	81	0	1	7	2	.631	.678	2.178	2.856
12	Andre Dawson A. Dawson	39	80	174	93	111	8	1	137	7	2	11	2	1	184	361	89	0	1	4	3	.638	.652	2.075	2.727
13	Carlos Beltran C. Beltran	38	77	166	84	100	4	2	139	15	1	19	5	0	184	339	83	0	2	2	3	.602	.630	2.042	2.673
14	Gary Sheffield G. Sheffield	38	76	160	90	98	5	1	148	20	0	9	3	0	181	333	82	0	1	3	1	.613	.652	2.081	2.733
15	Edwin Encarnacion E. Encarnacion	37	77	155	84	86	3	0	134	10	0	12	0	1	166	320	80	0	1	0	3	.555	.578	2.065	2.643
16	Alfonso Soriano A. Soriano	37	77	167	88	100	8	0	132	8	0	20	2	2	176	339	85	0	1	2	5	.599	.614	2.030	2.644
17	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	37	75	156	82	95	7	0	137	16	0	23	0	0	173	327	82	0	1	7	0	.609	.642	2.096	2.738
18	Stan Musial S. Musial	37	76	156	87	100	3	1	137	16	0	8	1	0	173	333	80	0	1	1	2	.641	.671	2.135	2.805
19	Ted Williams T. Williams	37	77	163	89	103	4	0	159	26	0	9	1	0	189	338	81	0	0	2	2	.632	.683	2.074	2.756
20	Giancarlo Stanton G. Stanton	36	72	139	82	88	6	0	114	23	1	18	1	1	163	310	78	0	0	2	0	.633	.687	2.230	2.917
21	Adam Dunn A. Dunn	36	73	148	79	90	5	0	136	14	0	33	1	0	162	314	78	0	0	2	1	.608	.642	2.122	2.764
22	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	36	74	159	85	92	2	0	130	7	5	24	3	2	171	316	76	0	0	2	0	.579	.608	1.987	2.596
23	Willie Stargell W. Stargell	36	76	151	88	101	9	0	138	13	0	21	1	0	164	338	85	0	0	5	1	.669	.695	2.238	2.934
24	Jim Rice J. Rice	35	72	156	84	92	3	0	121	8	2	21	1	0	166	311	75	0	0	0	3	.590	.614	1.994	2.608
25	Lee May L. May	35	71	145	78	93	3	0	129	11	0	18	0	0	158	309	74	0	2	0	0	.641	.658	2.131	2.789