Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth were tied for the most home runs in 1931, with 46 home runs.

Interpreted as:

most home runs by a player in 1931

	NAME	HR	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	46	1931	NYY	155	619	163	211	31	15	185	117	0	56	17	12	738	410	92	2	.341	.446	.662	1.108	179	87.7	.488	184	83.8
2	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	46	1931	NYY	145	534	149	199	31	3	162	128	1	51	5	4	663	374	80	0	.373	.495	.700	1.195	181	98.6	.525	206	95.1
3	Earl Averill E. Averill	32	1931	CLE	155	627	140	209	36	10	143	68	6	38	9	9	701	361	78	0	.333	.404	.576	.979	143	55.9	.439	146	43.5
4	Chuck Klein C. Klein	31	1931	PHN	148	594	121	200	34	10	121	59	1	49	7		656	347	75	2	.337	.398	.584	.982	133	52.2	.439	146	39.1
5	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	30	1931	PHA	139	515	93	150	32	10	120	73	1	84	4	3	593	292	72	4	.291	.380	.567	.947	113	39.3	.422	140	31.8
6	Mel Ott M. Ott	29	1931	NYG	138	497	104	145	23	8	115	80	2	44	10		580	271	60	1	.292	.392	.545	.937	110	38.1	.421	150	37.4
7	Goose Goslin G. Goslin	24	1931	SLA	151	591	114	194	42	10	105	80	4	41	9	6	675	328	76	0	.328	.412	.555	.967	136	52	.435	144	40.1
8	Al Simmons A. Simmons	22	1931	PHA	128	513	105	200	37	13	128	47	3	45	3	3	563	329	72	0	.390	.444	.641	1.085	135	65.1	.484	176	57.9
9	Wally Berger W. Berger	19	1931	BSN	156	617	94	199	44	8	84	55	2	70	13		678	316	71	4	.323	.380	.512	.892	119	35	.404	140	35
10	Buzz Arlett B. Arlett	18	1931	PHN	121	418	65	131	26	7	72	45	5	39	3		469	225	51	1	.313	.387	.538	.925	87	29.1	.417	133	19.7
11	Babe Herman B. Herman	18	1931	BKN	151	610	93	191	43	16	97	50	0	65	17		661	320	77	1	.313	.365	.525	.890	114	31.9	.399	135	30.2
12	Ben Chapman B. Chapman	17	1931	NYY	149	600	120	189	28	11	122	75	5	77	61	23	686	290	56	6	.315	.396	.483	.879	120	34.8	.403	134	31.1
13	Mickey Cochrane M. Cochrane	17	1931	PHA	122	459	87	160	31	6	89	56	3	21	2	3	521	254	54	3	.349	.423	.553	.976	107	42.6	.441	151	36
14	Johnny Frederick J. Frederick	17	1931	BKN	146	611	81	165	34	8	71	31	6	46	2		649	266	59	1	.270	.312	.435	.747	80	-0.1	.339	98	-1.7
15	Chick Hafey C. Hafey	16	1931	SLN	122	450	94	157	35	8	95	39	3	43	11		494	256	59	2	.349	.404	.569	.973	100	38.7	.437	156	35.6
16	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	16	1931	CHC	100	357	64	118	37	1	90	56	0	23	1		418	205	54	5	.331	.421	.574	.996	88	36.1	.447	163	34
17	Red Kress R. Kress	16	1931	SLA	150	605	87	188	46	8	114	46	1	48	3	16	655	298	70	3	.311	.360	.493	.853	106	24.6	.386	115	13
18	Earl Webb E. Webb	14	1931	BSA	151	589	96	196	67	3	103	70	0	51	2	2	660	311	84	1	.333	.404	.528	.932	125	43.8	.422	142	37.8
19	Vince Barton V. Barton	13	1931	CHC	66	239	45	57	10	1	50	21	9	40	1		270	108	24	1	.238	.323	.452	.775	37	3.2	.354	105	1.8
20	Johnny Vergez J. Vergez	13	1931	NYG	152	565	67	157	24	2	81	29	6	65	11		606	224	39	6	.278	.320	.396	.716	71	-4.4	.330	93	-5.1
21	George Watkins G. Watkins	13	1931	SLN	131	503	93	145	30	13	51	31	5	66	15		541	240	56	2	.288	.336	.477	.813	79	11.9	.367	112	8.6
22	Hack Wilson H. Wilson	13	1931	CHC	112	395	66	103	22	4	61	63	0	69	1		458	172	39	0	.261	.362	.435	.798	67	10.8	.369	114	8.5
23	Del Bissonette D. Bissonette	12	1931	BKN	152	587	90	170	19	14	87	59	0	53	4		649	253	45	3	.290	.354	.431	.785	92	11.4	.361	112	9.8
24	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
25	Shanty Hogan S. Hogan	12	1931	NYG	123	396	42	119	17	1	65	29	4	29	1		430	174	30	1	.301	.354	.439	.794	62	8.9	.365	115	8.3