most home runs in a single season as a right fielder in the 1940s

Stan Musial launched the most home runs by a right fielder in a season in the 1940s, with 39 homers in 1948.

	NAME	HR	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Stan Musial S. Musial	39	1948	SLN	155	611	135	230	46	18	131	79	3	34	7		694	429	103	1	18	.376	.450	.702	1.152	174	92.3	.512	201	86.4
2	Stan Musial S. Musial	36	1949	SLN	157	612	128	207	41	13	123	107	2	38	3		721	382	90	0	12	.338	.438	.624	1.062	161	75.3	.477	178	69.7
3	Willard Marshall W. Marshall	36	1947	NYG	155	587	102	171	19	6	107	67	2	30	3		656	310	61	0	14	.291	.366	.528	.894	110	35.9	.407	131	26.2
4	Bill Nicholson B. Nicholson	33	1944	CHC	156	582	116	167	35	8	122	93	6	71	3		686	317	76	5	3	.287	.391	.545	.935	127	52.9	.431	161	49.1
5	Tommy Henrich T. Henrich	31	1941	NYY	144	538	106	149	27	5	85	81	5	40	3	1	632	279	63	8	6	.277	.377	.519	.895	110	36.5	.409	137	30.7
6	Del Ennis D. Ennis	30	1948	PHN	152	589	86	171	40	4	95	47	2	58	2		641	309	74	3	10	.290	.345	.525	.869	102	26.4	.394	132	25.5
7	Mel Ott M. Ott	30	1942	NYG	152	549	118	162	21	0	93	109	3	61	6		664	273	51	3	8	.295	.415	.497	.912	121	50.6	.430	165	47
8	Bill Nicholson B. Nicholson	29	1943	CHC	154	608	95	188	30	9	128	71	5	86	4		684	323	68	0	7	.309	.386	.531	.917	121	51.6	.431	164	47.7
9	Tommy Holmes T. Holmes	28	1945	BSN	154	636	125	224	47	6	117	70	4	9	15		713	367	81	3	11	.352	.420	.577	.997	146	69.1	.463	171	60.8
10	Chet Laabs C. Laabs	27	1942	SLA	144	520	90	143	21	7	99	88	0	88	0	3	614	259	55	6	12	.275	.380	.498	.878	104	38.6	.411	140	29.1
11	Mel Ott M. Ott	27	1941	NYG	148	525	89	150	29	0	90	100	3	68	5		634	260	56	6	2	.286	.403	.495	.898	113	39.7	.415	152	38.4
12	Bill Nicholson B. Nicholson	26	1947	CHC	148	487	69	119	28	1	75	87	5	83	1		580	227	55	1	4	.244	.364	.466	.831	88	21.8	.385	123	16.6
13	Pat Seerey P. Seerey	26	1946	CLE	117	404	57	91	17	2	62	65	1	101	2	3	476	190	45	6	12	.225	.334	.470	.804	66	16.5	.376	126	14.2
14	Mel Ott M. Ott	26	1944	NYG	120	399	91	115	16	4	82	90	3	47	2		494	217	46	2	3	.288	.423	.544	.967	97	43.8	.447	167	38.4
15	Bill Nicholson B. Nicholson	26	1941	CHC	147	532	74	135	26	1	98	82	3	91	1		617	241	53	0	8	.254	.357	.453	.810	91	19.9	.376	129	20.9
16	Tommy Henrich T. Henrich	25	1948	NYY	146	588	138	181	42	14	100	76	4	42	2	3	673	326	81	5	14	.308	.391	.554	.945	125	45.6	.428	146	39.9
17	Bill Nicholson B. Nicholson	25	1940	CHC	135	491	78	146	27	7	98	50	3	67	2		545	262	59	1	7	.297	.366	.534	.899	95	29	.401	144	29.3
18	Tommy Henrich T. Henrich	24	1949	NYY	115	411	90	118	20	3	85	86	5	34	2	2	502	216	47	0	7	.287	.416	.526	.942	95	35.1	.433	149	31.9
19	Jeff Heath J. Heath	24	1941	CLE	151	585	89	199	32	20	123	50	4	69	18	12	643	343	76	4	5	.340	.396	.586	.982	128	53.9	.443	154	45.8
20	Dick Kokos D. Kokos	23	1949	SLA	143	501	80	131	28	1	77	66	3	91	3	5	572	230	52	2	4	.261	.351	.459	.810	82	13.9	.375	105	3.4
21	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
22	Pat Mullin P. Mullin	23	1948	DET	138	496	91	143	16	11	80	77	1	57	1	2	575	250	50	1	5	.288	.385	.504	.889	98	29.9	.408	131	23
23	Ron Northey R. Northey	22	1944	PHN	152	570	72	164	35	9	104	67	4	51	1		645	283	66	4	7	.288	.367	.496	.863	105	35.3	.401	141	31
24	Mel Ott M. Ott	21	1945	NYG	135	451	73	139	23	0	79	71	8	41	1		532	225	44	2	6	.308	.411	.499	.910	97	38.8	.430	149	31.5
25	Bill Nicholson B. Nicholson	21	1942	CHC	152	588	83	173	22	11	78	76	8	80	8		673	280	54	1	7	.294	.382	.476	.859	110	38.8	.404	152	38.1

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