most home runs in a season by a pirate in the 1940s

Ralph Kiner smashed the most home runs for the Pirates in a season in the 1940s, with 54 homers in 1949.

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	NAME	HR	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	54	1949	PIT	152	549	116	170	19	5	127	117	1	61	6	667	361	78	0	10	.310	.432	.658	1.089	153	73.4	.484	179	65.8
2	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	51	1947	PIT	152	565	118	177	23	4	127	98	2	81	1	666	361	78	1	12	.313	.417	.639	1.055	145	69.5	.472	169	58.2
3	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	40	1948	PIT	156	555	104	147	19	5	123	112	3	61	1	670	296	64	0	15	.265	.391	.533	.924	121	42	.422	143	35.5
4	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	25	1947	PIT	125	402	71	100	13	2	74	104	4	73	0	510	192	40	0	16	.249	.408	.478	.885	88	30	.413	133	21.3
5	Wally Westlake W. Westlake	23	1949	PIT	147	525	77	148	24	8	104	45	6	69	6	577	257	55	1	15	.282	.345	.490	.835	86	17.1	.382	115	10.6
6	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	23	1946	PIT	144	502	63	124	17	3	81	74	1	109	3	579	216	43	2	15	.247	.345	.430	.775	77	15.9	.366	116	10.2
7	Vince DiMaggio V. DiMaggio	21	1941	PIT	151	528	73	141	27	5	100	68	3	100	10	605	241	53	6	9	.267	.354	.456	.810	89	19	.375	125	17.9
8	Vince DiMaggio V. DiMaggio	19	1940	PIT	110	356	59	103	26	0	54	37	5	83	11	400	186	45	2	7	.289	.364	.522	.887	68	20	.397	141	19.8
9	Wally Westlake W. Westlake	17	1948	PIT	132	428	78	122	10	6	65	46	4	40	2	479	195	33	1	10	.285	.360	.456	.815	70	13.6	.378	115	9
10	Wally Westlake W. Westlake	17	1947	PIT	112	407	59	111	17	4	69	27	4	63	5	443	187	38	5	16	.273	.324	.459	.784	58	8.1	.359	101	0.6
11	Elbie Fletcher E. Fletcher	16	1940	PIT	147	510	94	139	22	7	104	119	9	54	5	641	223	45	3	12	.273	.418	.437	.856	110	32.8	.399	142	32.4
12	Billy Cox B. Cox	15	1947	PIT	132	529	75	145	30	7	54	29	1	28	5	561	234	52	2	5	.274	.313	.442	.755	68	4.4	.346	93	-5.1
13	Johnny Barrett J. Barrett	15	1945	PIT	142	507	97	130	29	4	67	79	0	68	25	594	212	48	8	5	.256	.357	.418	.775	82	17.5	.370	111	8
14	Bill Salkeld B. Salkeld	15	1945	PIT	95	267	45	83	16	1	52	50	0	16	2	317	146	32	0	8	.311	.420	.547	.966	62	27.9	.451	160	22.9
15	Vince DiMaggio V. DiMaggio	15	1943	PIT	157	580	64	144	41	2	88	70	0	126	11	651	234	58	1	8	.248	.329	.403	.733	79	12.8	.351	108	5.7
16	Vince DiMaggio V. DiMaggio	15	1942	PIT	143	496	57	118	22	3	75	52	1	87	10	560	191	40	11	13	.238	.311	.385	.697	63	3.3	.332	101	0.3
17	Dino Restelli D. Restelli	12	1949	PIT	72	232	41	58	11	0	40	35	4	26	3	274	105	23	3	8	.250	.358	.453	.811	40	7.2	.377	112	4.1
18	Jim Russell J. Russell	12	1945	PIT	146	510	88	145	24	8	77	71	5	40	15	589	221	44	3	7	.284	.377	.433	.810	88	24.2	.386	121	14.8
19	Babe Dahlgren B. Dahlgren	12	1944	PIT	158	599	67	173	28	7	101	47	6	56	2	659	251	47	7	20	.289	.347	.419	.766	88	16.6	.360	111	8.6
20	Elbie Fletcher E. Fletcher	11	1941	PIT	151	521	95	150	29	13	74	118	2	54	5	642	238	53	1	5	.288	.421	.457	.878	112	38	.411	149	36.8
21	Maurice Vanrobays M. Vanrobays	11	1940	PIT	145	572	82	156	27	7	116	33	3	58	2	609	230	45	1	16	.273	.316	.402	.718	70	-3.6	.327	95	-4
22	Ed Stevens E. Stevens	10	1948	PIT	128	429	47	109	19	6	69	35	2	53	4	469	170	35	3	6	.254	.313	.396	.710	51	-4.2	.330	85	-8.7
23	Bob Elliott B. Elliott	10	1944	PIT	143	538	85	160	28	16	108	75	0	42	9	617	250	54	4	8	.297	.383	.465	.848	98	31.7	.396	134	24.3
24	Frankie Gustine F. Gustine	9	1948	PIT	131	449	68	120	19	2	42	42	2	62	5	499	170	30	6	12	.267	.333	.379	.711	57	-2.5	.335	88	-7.3
25	Frankie Gustine F. Gustine	9	1947	PIT	156	616	102	183	30	6	67	63	2	65	5	691	252	45	10	15	.297	.364	.409	.773	92	13.9	.362	102	2.2

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