most home runs as a nl central player since 2000 in a season by a second baseman

Since 2000, Javier Báez has crushed the most homers by an NL Central second baseman in a season, with 34 homers in 2018.

	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	Javier Báez J. Báez	34	2018	CHC	160	606	101	176	40	9	111	29	5	167	21	9	645	336	83	1	4	8	10	.290	.326	.554	.881	103	27.2	.366	131	24.6
2	Jedd Gyorko J. Gyorko	30	2016	STL	128	400	58	97	9	1	59	37	0	96	0	0	438	198	40	0	1	1	11	.243	.306	.495	.801	59	7.5	.339	112	6.2
3	Brandon Phillips B. Phillips	30	2007	CIN	158	650	107	187	26	6	94	33	12	109	32	8	702	315	62	2	5	4	26	.288	.331	.485	.816	98	11.1	.350	104	3.3
4	Brandon Lowe B. Lowe	29	2026	PIT	136	532	86	138	28	1	83	56	2	173	2	0	597	255	58	0	7	1	6	.259	.328	.479	.808	86	15.3	.348	116	11.8
5	Rickie Weeks Jr. R. Weeks Jr.	29	2010	MIL	160	651	112	175	32	4	83	76	25	184	11	4	754	302	65	0	2	0	5	.269	.366	.464	.830	115	28.1	.368	127	24.4
6	Nolan Gorman N. Gorman	27	2023	STL	119	406	59	96	17	0	76	53	3	148	8	2	464	194	44	0	2	1	5	.236	.328	.478	.805	67	10.1	.345	118	10.2
7	Scooter Gennett S. Gennett	27	2017	CIN	141	461	80	136	22	3	97	30	4	114	3	2	497	245	52	0	2	1	15	.295	.342	.531	.874	80	19.2	.367	123	14.7
8	Jeff Kent J. Kent	27	2004	HOU	145	540	96	156	34	8	107	49	6	96	7	3	606	287	69	0	11	3	23	.289	.348	.531	.880	95	20.2	.369	121	16.4
9	Mark Bellhorn M. Bellhorn	27	2002	CHC	146	445	86	115	24	4	56	76	6	144	7	5	529	228	55	2	0	3	6	.258	.374	.512	.886	88	24.7	.382	135	23.3
10	Craig Biggio C. Biggio	26	2005	HOU	155	590	94	156	40	1	69	37	17	90	11	1	651	276	67	4	3	2	10	.264	.325	.468	.792	87	8.5	.342	106	4.8
11	Scooter Gennett S. Gennett	23	2018	CIN	154	584	86	181	30	3	92	42	4	125	4	2	638	286	56	3	5	3	14	.310	.357	.490	.847	99	24.5	.362	125	19.6
12	Javier Báez J. Báez	23	2017	CHC	145	469	75	128	24	2	75	30	1	144	10	3	508	225	49	6	2	15	10	.273	.317	.480	.796	64	2	.326	98	-1.3
13	Neil Walker N. Walker	23	2014	PIT	137	512	74	139	25	3	76	45	11	88	2	2	571	239	51	1	2	2	12	.271	.342	.467	.809	81	20.1	.356	131	19.8
14	Jeff Kent J. Kent	22	2003	HOU	130	505	77	150	39	1	93	39	5	85	6	2	552	257	62	0	3	2	13	.297	.351	.509	.860	86	18.7	.368	120	14.2
15	Jonathan India J. India	21	2021	CIN	150	532	98	143	34	2	69	71	23	141	12	3	631	244	57	1	4	1	13	.269	.376	.459	.835	102	25.2	.363	122	17.4
16	Rickie Weeks Jr. R. Weeks Jr.	21	2012	MIL	157	588	85	135	29	4	63	74	13	169	16	3	677	235	54	0	2	2	9	.230	.328	.400	.728	81	3.3	.321	97	-2.4
17	Mark DeRosa M. DeRosa	21	2008	CHC	149	505	103	144	30	3	87	69	9	106	6	0	593	243	54	2	8	0	9	.285	.376	.481	.857	94	22.5	.374	121	15.9
18	Brandon Phillips B. Phillips	21	2008	CIN	141	559	80	146	24	7	78	39	5	93	23	10	609	247	52	0	6	6	13	.261	.312	.442	.754	71	-2.4	.324	90	-7.7
19	Craig Biggio C. Biggio	21	2006	HOU	145	548	79	135	33	0	62	40	9	84	3	2	607	231	54	5	5	1	15	.246	.306	.422	.727	67	-9.1	.314	85	-11.6
20	Rickie Weeks Jr. R. Weeks Jr.	20	2011	MIL	118	453	77	122	26	2	49	50	8	107	9	2	515	212	48	1	3	3	6	.269	.350	.468	.818	74	16.6	.357	124	14.4
21	Brandon Phillips B. Phillips	20	2009	CIN	153	584	78	161	30	5	98	44	6	75	25	9	644	261	55	2	8	3	21	.276	.329	.447	.776	81	3.6	.336	100	0
22	Craig Biggio C. Biggio	20	2001	HOU	155	617	118	180	35	3	70	66	28	100	7	4	717	281	58	0	6	4	11	.292	.382	.455	.838	112	22.9	.365	116	14.6
23	Nolan Gorman N. Gorman	19	2024	STL	107	365	42	74	15	0	50	34	1	151	6	1	402	146	34	0	2	1	2	.203	.271	.400	.671	41	-6.4	.290	87	-6.5
24	Derek Dietrich D. Dietrich	19	2019	CIN	113	251	41	47	8	2	43	28	25	74	1	1	305	116	29	0	1	2	2	.187	.328	.462	.790	42	3.7	.334	100	-0.1
25	Keston Hiura K. Hiura	19	2019	MIL	84	314	51	95	23	2	49	25	8	107	9	3	348	179	44	0	1	1	6	.303	.368	.570	.938	64	20.4	.388	139	17.8

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