most home runs in a season in the al since 1994 and before 2002

Before 2002, Roger Maris smashed the most homers in the AL in a season, with 61 home runs 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	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	60	1927	NYY	151	540	158	192	29	8	165	137	0	89	7	6	691	417	97	14				.356	.486	.772	1.258	195	109.9	.545	212	104.8
3	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	59	1921	NYY	152	540	177	204	44	16	168	145	4	81	17	13	693	457	119	4				.378	.512	.846	1.359	214	127.8	.575	224	118.7
4	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	58	1938	DET	155	556	143	175	23	4	147	119	3	92	7	5	681	380	85	3				.315	.438	.683	1.122	166	80.3	.489	162	62
5	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	58	1932	PHA	154	585	151	213	33	9	169	116	0	96	3	7	701	438	100	0				.364	.469	.749	1.218	193	105.6	.522	198	95.8
6	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
7	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	54	1928	NYY	154	536	163	173	29	8	146	137	3	87	4	5	684	380	91	8				.323	.463	.709	1.172	174	90.6	.510	201	89.3
8	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	54	1920	NYY	142	458	158	172	36	9	135	150	3	80	14	14	616	388	99	5				.376	.532	.847	1.379	191	120.9	.597	237	110.5
9	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	52	1956	NYY	150	533	132	188	22	5	130	112	2	99	10	1	652	376	79	1	4	6	4	.353	.464	.705	1.169	164	88.9	.498	202	84.6
10	Cecil Fielder C. Fielder	51	1990	DET	159	573	104	159	25	1	132	90	5	182	0	1	673	339	77	0	5	11	15	.277	.377	.592	.969	127	51.8	.419	165	50.2
11	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	50	1938	BSA	149	565	139	197	33	9	175	119	0	76	5	4	685	398	92	1				.349	.462	.704	1.166	178	91.7	.508	173	74.2
12	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	49	1987	OAK	151	557	97	161	28	4	118	71	5	131	1	1	641	344	81	0	8	8	6	.289	.370	.618	.987	124	45.2	.411	157	46.2
13	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	49	1969	MIN	162	555	106	153	20	2	140	145	5	84	8	2	709	324	71	0	4	20	16	.276	.427	.584	1.011	143	67.4	.441	173	59.9
14	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	49	1966	BAL	155	576	122	182	34	2	122	87	10	90	8	5	680	367	85	0	7	11	24	.316	.410	.637	1.047	146	73.4	.447	195	71.4
15	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	49	1964	MIN	158	577	95	156	11	1	111	93	8	135	0	0	682	316	61	0	4	5	15	.270	.377	.548	.924	123	49.9	.404	152	41.6
16	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	49	1936	NYY	155	579	167	205	37	7	152	130	7	46	3	4	719	403	93	3				.354	.478	.696	1.174	192	97.6	.512	178	85.8
17	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	49	1934	NYY	154	579	128	210	40	6	166	109	2	31	9	5	690	409	95	0				.363	.465	.706	1.172	182	94.8	.511	194	90.9
18	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	49	1930	NYY	145	518	150	186	28	9	153	136	1	61	10	10	676	379	86	21				.359	.493	.732	1.225	192	97	.517	204	100.6
19	Frank Howard F. Howard	48	1969	WSH	161	592	111	175	17	2	111	102	5	96	1	0	702	340	67	0	3	19	29	.296	.402	.574	.976	135	59.6	.427	169	55.9
20	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	48	1962	MIN	155	552	85	134	21	1	126	106	4	142	1	2	666	301	70	0	4	6	14	.243	.366	.545	.912	116	38.8	.395	138	31.6
21	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	48	1933	PHA	149	573	125	204	37	9	163	96	1	93	2	2	670	403	94	0				.356	.449	.703	1.153	170	92.1	.510	189	79.8
22	George Bell G. Bell	47	1987	TOR	156	610	111	188	32	4	134	39	7	75	5	1	665	369	83	0	9	9	17	.308	.352	.605	.957	122	40.2	.399	143	36.4
23	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	47	1969	OAK	152	549	123	151	36	3	118	114	12	142	13	5	677	334	86	1	1	20	8	.275	.410	.608	1.018	137	64.9	.442	179	62.1
24	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	47	1927	NYY	155	584	149	218	52	18	173	109	3	84	10	8	717	447	117	21				.373	.474	.765	1.240	199	110.9	.540	209	105.6
25	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	47	1926	NYY	152	495	139	184	30	5	153	144	3	76	11	9	652	365	82	10				.372	.516	.737	1.253	184	105.6	.551	216	100.6

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