most home runs in a season by a yankee in the 1960s

Roger Maris launched the most home runs for the Yankees in a season in the 1960s, with 61 homers in 1961.

	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	Roger Maris R. Maris	61	1961	NYY	161	590	132	159	16	4	141	94	7	67	0	0	698	366	81	0	7	0	16	.269	.372	.620	.993	138	55.9	.424	162	55.1
2	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	54	1961	NYY	153	514	131	163	16	6	128	126	0	112	12	1	646	353	76	1	5	9	2	.317	.448	.687	1.135	156	79.6	.478	197	78.8
3	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	40	1960	NYY	153	527	119	145	17	6	94	111	1	125	14	3	644	294	63	0	5	6	11	.275	.399	.558	.957	121	49	.417	158	46.2
4	Roger Maris R. Maris	39	1960	NYY	136	499	98	141	18	7	112	70	3	65	2	2	578	290	64	1	5	4	6	.283	.371	.581	.952	107	41.9	.412	156	39.3
5	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	35	1964	NYY	143	465	92	141	25	2	111	99	0	102	6	3	567	275	62	0	3	18	9	.303	.423	.591	1.015	115	54.2	.433	176	50.3
6	Roger Maris R. Maris	33	1962	NYY	157	590	92	151	34	1	100	87	6	78	1	0	687	286	68	1	3	11	7	.256	.356	.485	.840	105	24.8	.367	126	22.2
7	Joe Pepitone J. Pepitone	31	1966	NYY	152	585	85	149	21	4	83	29	2	58	4	3	621	271	56	0	5	6	14	.255	.290	.463	.753	77	10.8	.326	114	9.6
8	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	30	1962	NYY	123	377	96	121	15	1	89	122	1	78	9	0	502	228	46	0	2	9	4	.321	.486	.605	1.091	118	59.5	.472	192	57.6
9	Joe Pepitone J. Pepitone	28	1964	NYY	160	613	71	154	12	3	100	24	3	63	2	1	647	256	43	2	5	7	17	.251	.281	.418	.698	68	-1.2	.304	93	-5.6
10	Elston Howard E. Howard	28	1963	NYY	135	487	75	140	21	6	85	35	6	68	0	0	531	257	55	1	2	4	17	.287	.342	.528	.869	86	30.4	.380	142	26.1
11	Bill Skowron B. Skowron	28	1961	NYY	150	561	77	150	23	4	89	35	8	108	0	0	607	265	55	0	3	9	21	.267	.318	.472	.790	80	8.6	.341	110	7.8
12	Joe Pepitone J. Pepitone	27	1969	NYY	135	513	49	124	16	3	70	30	1	42	8	6	546	227	46	0	2	11	13	.242	.284	.442	.726	61	2.3	.319	100	0.1
13	Tom Tresh T. Tresh	27	1966	NYY	151	537	76	125	12	4	68	86	6	89	5	4	637	226	43	1	7	5	10	.233	.341	.421	.762	84	16.7	.338	122	15.5
14	Joe Pepitone J. Pepitone	27	1963	NYY	157	580	79	157	16	3	89	23	7	63	3	5	615	260	46	0	5	2	10	.271	.304	.448	.752	77	13	.332	111	8.1
15	Bobby Murcer B. Murcer	26	1969	NYY	152	564	82	146	24	4	82	50	3	103	7	5	625	256	54	2	6	2	8	.259	.319	.454	.773	82	15.6	.347	118	13
16	Tom Tresh T. Tresh	26	1965	NYY	156	602	94	168	29	6	74	59	5	92	5	2	668	287	61	2	0	4	10	.279	.348	.477	.825	101	30.4	.365	136	27
17	Roger Maris R. Maris	26	1964	NYY	141	513	86	144	12	2	71	62	6	78	3	0	584	238	40	1	2	1	7	.281	.364	.464	.828	90	27.3	.369	134	23.3
18	Bill Skowron B. Skowron	26	1960	NYY	146	538	63	166	34	3	91	38	2	95	2	3	584	284	63	0	6	2	17	.309	.353	.528	.881	96	30.2	.385	139	27.6
19	Tom Tresh T. Tresh	25	1963	NYY	145	520	91	140	28	5	71	83	4	79	3	3	614	253	58	2	5	5	4	.269	.371	.487	.857	98	33.8	.377	141	28.9
20	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	23	1966	NYY	108	333	40	96	12	1	56	57	0	76	1	1	393	179	36	0	3	5	9	.288	.389	.538	.927	71	29.2	.402	166	28.5
21	Roger Maris R. Maris	23	1963	NYY	90	312	53	84	14	1	53	35	2	40	1	0	351	169	38	1	1	3	2	.269	.346	.542	.887	59	22.1	.388	147	19.3
22	Bill Skowron B. Skowron	23	1962	NYY	140	478	63	129	16	6	80	36	5	99	0	1	524	226	45	1	4	4	13	.270	.325	.473	.798	72	11.2	.349	114	9.2
23	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	22	1967	NYY	144	440	63	108	17	0	55	107	1	113	1	1	553	191	39	0	5	7	9	.245	.391	.434	.825	85	29.4	.373	149	28.3
24	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	22	1961	NYY	119	395	62	107	11	0	61	35	2	28	2	0	437	184	33	0	5	4	7	.271	.330	.466	.795	60	8	.346	113	7.4
25	Elston Howard E. Howard	21	1962	NYY	136	494	63	138	23	5	91	31	1	76	1	1	538	234	49	3	9	1	20	.279	.318	.474	.791	72	10	.345	112	7.9

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