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most home runs by a player in a month before 1998| NAME | HR | MONTH | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | R. York | 18 | August 1937 | 30 | 113 | 27 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 126 | 104 | 25 | 0 | .363 | .429 | .920 | 1.349 | ||||
| 2 | | A. Belle | 17 | September 1995 | 27 | 97 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 115 | 91 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .309 | .409 | .938 | 1.347 |
| 3 |  | W. Mays | 17 | August 1965 | 31 | 113 | 32 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 131 | 95 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .363 | .446 | .841 | 1.287 |
| 4 | | R. York | 17 | August 1943 | 31 | 112 | 29 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 134 | 95 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .357 | .459 | .848 | 1.307 | |||
| 5 |  | B. Ruth | 17 | September 1927 | 27 | 103 | 29 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 126 | 95 | 21 | 4 | .379 | .475 | .922 | 1.398 | ||||
| 6 |  | M. Mantle | 16 | May 1956 | 31 | 116 | 35 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 140 | 102 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .414 | .507 | .879 | 1.386 |
| 7 | | R. Kiner | 16 | September 1949 | 27 | 92 | 28 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 120 | 84 | 21 | 0 | 4 | .326 | .483 | .913 | 1.396 | |||
| 8 | | H. Greenberg | 16 | September 1946 | 27 | 94 | 26 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 115 | 82 | 20 | 0 | 3 | .319 | .443 | .872 | 1.316 | |||
| 9 |  | M. McGwire | 15 | September 1997 | 26 | 98 | 21 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 74 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .286 | .413 | .755 | 1.168 |
| 10 | | J. Gonzalez | 15 | July 1996 | 27 | 108 | 22 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 99 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .407 | .472 | .917 | 1.388 |
| 11 |  | K. Griffey Jr. | 15 | May 1994 | 27 | 99 | 28 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 81 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .333 | .426 | .818 | 1.244 |
| 12 | | A. Dawson | 15 | August 1987 | 27 | 110 | 23 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 119 | 81 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .309 | .361 | .736 | 1.098 |
| 13 |  | M. McGwire | 15 | May 1987 | 25 | 91 | 23 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 74 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .275 | .391 | .813 | 1.204 |
| 14 | | P. Guerrero | 15 | June 1985 | 25 | 93 | 27 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 110 | 80 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .344 | .436 | .860 | 1.297 |
| 15 | | F. Howard | 15 | May 1968 | 27 | 104 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 87 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .346 | .393 | .837 | 1.229 |
| 16 | | J. Gentile | 15 | August 1961 | 31 | 101 | 23 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 84 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .347 | .492 | .832 | 1.324 |
| 17 |  | R. Maris | 15 | June 1961 | 32 | 123 | 31 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 87 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .276 | .375 | .707 | 1.082 |
| 18 | | H. Killebrew | 15 | May 1959 | 30 | 110 | 28 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 129 | 79 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 | .380 | .718 | 1.098 |
| 19 | | J. Adcock | 15 | July 1956 | 31 | 95 | 21 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 84 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .358 | .430 | .884 | 1.314 |
| 20 | | D. Snider | 15 | August 1953 | 31 | 127 | 30 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 141 | 96 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .346 | .407 | .756 | 1.163 | ||
| 21 | | H. Greenberg | 15 | September 1940 | 27 | 96 | 34 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 122 | 94 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .396 | .525 | .979 | 1.504 | |||
| 22 | | H. Clift | 15 | August 1938 | 32 | 114 | 32 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 140 | 93 | 24 | 1 | .333 | .453 | .816 | 1.269 | ||||
| 23 | | H. Greenberg | 15 | July 1938 | 26 | 94 | 27 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 111 | 83 | 19 | 1 | .362 | .455 | .883 | 1.338 | ||||
| 24 |  | J. DiMaggio | 15 | July 1937 | 29 | 121 | 40 | 52 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 139 | 119 | 31 | 0 | .430 | .504 | .983 | 1.487 | ||||
| 25 | | B. Johnson | 15 | June 1934 | 28 | 117 | 30 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 125 | 92 | 22 | 0 | .333 | .376 | .786 | 1.162 | ||||
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