most home runs in 2002 by a player 26 years old

Lance Berkman crushed the most homers by a 26-year-old player in a season in 2002, with 42 homers.

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	NAME	HR	Age	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
1	Lance Berkman L. Berkman	42	26	2002	HOU	158	578	106	169	35	2	128	107	4	118	8	4	692	334	79	0	3	20	10	.292	.405	.578	.982
2	Alfonso Soriano A. Soriano	39	26	2002	NYY	156	696	128	209	51	2	102	23	14	157	41	13	741	381	92	1	7	1	8	.300	.332	.547	.880
3	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	32	26	2002	TEX	102	390	78	118	19	2	83	58	6	76	6	3	456	237	53	0	2	5	9	.303	.399	.608	1.007
4	Paul Konerko P. Konerko	27	26	2002	CWS	151	570	81	173	30	0	104	44	9	72	0	0	630	284	57	0	7	2	17	.304	.359	.498	.857
5	Juan Encarnacion J. Encarnacion	24	26	2002	TOT	152	584	77	158	22	5	85	46	4	113	21	9	644	262	51	3	7	0	18	.271	.324	.449	.773
6	Russell Branyan R. Branyan	24	26	2002	TOT	134	378	50	86	13	1	56	51	2	151	4	3	435	173	38	0	4	3	5	.228	.320	.458	.777
7	Derrek Lee D. Lee	23	26	2002	FLA	139	497	80	131	29	6	67	84	3	143	16	7	588	241	58	0	4	4	11	.264	.371	.485	.856
8	Torii Hunter T. Hunter	22	26	2002	MIN	94	360	60	112	22	3	65	24	3	78	16	5	390	206	47	0	3	2	8	.311	.356	.572	.929
9	David Ortiz D. Ortiz	20	26	2002	MIN	125	412	52	112	32	1	75	43	3	87	1	2	466	206	53	0	8	0	5	.272	.339	.500	.839
10	Carlos Lee C. Lee	18	26	2002	CWS	79	280	53	76	12	1	49	55	2	44	0	3	339	144	31	0	2	3	4	.271	.392	.514	.907
11	J.D. Drew	18	26	2002	STL	135	424	61	107	19	1	56	57	8	104	8	2	496	182	38	3	4	4	4	.252	.349	.429	.778
12	Mark Kotsay M. Kotsay	17	26	2002	SDP	153	578	82	169	27	7	61	59	3	89	11	9	646	261	51	2	4	0	10	.292	.359	.452	.810
13	Karim Garcia K. Garcia	16	26	2002	TOT	53	202	30	60	8	0	52	6	0	41	0	3	210	116	24	0	2	0	6	.297	.314	.574	.889
14	Terrence Long T. Long	16	26	2002	OAK	162	587	71	141	32	4	67	48	2	96	3	6	640	229	52	0	3	6	17	.240	.298	.390	.689
15	Troy Glaus T. Glaus	13	25	2002	ANA	53	191	34	50	8	0	43	28	1	43	4	0	225	97	21	0	5	1	5	.262	.351	.508	.859
16	Ben Grieve B. Grieve	13	26	2002	TBD	109	382	48	92	27	0	47	59	6	102	7	2	449	158	40	0	2	1	14	.241	.350	.414	.763
17	Richard Hidalgo R. Hidalgo	13	27	2002	HOU	72	264	43	70	12	3	40	29	6	57	5	1	301	127	28	0	2	0	9	.265	.349	.481	.830
18	Shea Hillenbrand S. Hillenbrand	13	26	2002	BOS	98	404	58	120	25	2	56	14	7	62	4	1	427	188	40	0	2	3	11	.297	.330	.465	.796
19	Chris Woodward C. Woodward	10	26	2002	TOR	67	254	37	70	10	0	40	21	3	58	2	0	287	110	20	1	8	0	7	.276	.329	.433	.762
20	Carlos Guillen C. Guillen	9	26	2002	SEA	134	475	73	124	24	6	56	46	1	91	4	5	528	187	39	3	3	4	8	.261	.326	.394	.719
21	Placido Polanco P. Polanco	9	26	2002	TOT	147	548	75	158	32	2	49	26	8	41	5	3	595	221	43	13	0	1	15	.288	.330	.403	.733
22	Rob Mackowiak R. Mackowiak	8	26	2002	PIT	74	217	34	54	11	0	26	30	4	68	6	2	254	89	19	2	1	4	0	.249	.349	.410	.759
23	Randall Simon R. Simon	8	27	2002	DET	39	137	15	38	4	0	26	4	2	5	0	0	144	66	12	0	1	3	4	.277	.306	.482	.787
24	Hiram Bocachica H. Bocachica	8	26	2002	TOT	83	168	26	37	7	0	17	10	0	41	3	3	179	68	15	1	0	0	3	.220	.264	.405	.669
25	Julio Lugo J. Lugo	8	26	2002	HOU	88	322	45	84	15	1	35	28	2	74	9	3	358	125	24	4	2	3	6	.261	.322	.388	.710

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