most homeruns in a season by a 1936 to 1939 year old

Between the 1936 and 1939 seasons, Hank Greenberg smashed the most homers in a season, with 58 homers in 1938.

	NAME	HR	Age	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	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	58	27	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
2	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	50	30	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
3	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	49	33	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
4	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	46	22	1937	NYY	151	621	151	215	35	15	167	64	5	37	3	0	692	418	96	2		.346	.412	.673	1.085	160	73.6	.474	165	64.8
5	Hal Trosky Sr. H. Trosky Sr.	42	23	1936	CLE	151	629	124	216	45	9	162	36	3	58	6	5	671	405	96	3		.343	.382	.644	1.026	144	55.7	.449	140	41.2
6	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	41	28	1936	BSA	155	585	130	198	32	8	143	105	1	119	13	4	693	369	81	2		.338	.440	.631	1.071	162	71.4	.473	151	53.7
7	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	40	26	1937	DET	154	594	137	200	49	14	184	102	3	101	8	3	701	397	103	2		.337	.436	.668	1.105	167	79.5	.483	164	65.3
8	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	37	34	1937	NYY	157	569	138	200	37	9	158	127	4	49	4	3	700	366	83	0		.351	.473	.643	1.116	173	85.5	.494	176	76.5
9	Mel Ott M. Ott	36	29	1938	NYG	150	527	116	164	23	6	116	118	5	47	2		652	307	65	2	8	.311	.442	.583	1.024	143	61.2	.459	180	63.6
10	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	36	29	1937	BSA	150	569	111	162	24	6	127	99	1	96	10	8	673	306	66	4		.285	.392	.538	.929	125	40.3	.417	125	24.1
11	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	35	31	1939	BSA	124	467	130	168	31	10	105	89	2	72	4	3	563	324	76	5	17	.360	.464	.694	1.158	144	74.3	.507	181	63.5
12	Rudy York R. York	35	23	1937	DET	104	375	72	115	18	3	101	41	0	52	3	2	417	244	56	1		.307	.375	.651	1.026	87	35.1	.447	144	26.7
13	Harlond Clift H. Clift	34	25	1938	SLA	149	534	119	155	25	7	118	118	5	67	10	5	658	296	66	1		.290	.423	.554	.977	134	51.6	.440	134	33.1
14	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	33	28	1939	DET	138	500	111	156	42	7	113	91	2	95	8	3	604	311	82	11	8	.312	.420	.622	1.042	132	56.8	.460	151	43
15	Rudy York R. York	33	24	1938	DET	135	463	86	138	27	2	126	92	2	74	1	2	557	268	62	0		.298	.417	.579	.995	116	45.8	.445	138	30.8
16	Mel Ott M. Ott	33	27	1936	NYG	150	534	120	175	28	6	135	111	5	41	6		660	314	67	10	8	.328	.448	.588	1.036	149	62.9	.464	179	66.8
17	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	32	23	1938	NYY	145	599	129	194	32	13	140	59	2	21	6	1	660	348	77	0		.324	.386	.581	.967	129	46.5	.430	136	35.4
18	Hal Trosky Sr. H. Trosky Sr.	32	24	1937	CLE	153	601	104	179	36	9	128	65	1	60	3	1	670	329	77	3		.298	.367	.547	.915	119	34.8	.407	124	22.8
19	Ted Williams T. Williams	31	20	1939	BSA	149	565	131	185	44	11	145	107	2	64	2	1	677	344	86	3	10	.327	.436	.609	1.045	150	66.1	.464	156	53.1
20	Joe Medwick J. Medwick	31	25	1937	SLN	156	633	111	237	56	10	154	41	2	50	4		677	406	97	1	11	.374	.414	.641	1.056	153	68	.467	180	67.4
21	Mel Ott M. Ott	31	28	1937	NYG	151	545	99	160	28	2	95	102	3	69	7		654	285	61	4	4	.294	.408	.523	.931	124	41.5	.421	154	43.3
22	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	30	24	1939	NYY	120	462	108	176	32	6	126	52	4	20	3	0	524	310	68	6	11	.381	.448	.671	1.119	129	64	.495	180	58.5
23	Ival Goodman I. Goodman	30	29	1938	CIN	145	568	103	166	27	10	92	53	15	51	3		648	303	67	12	10	.292	.368	.533	.901	113	32	.404	147	36.9
24	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	30	32	1938	PHA	152	563	114	176	27	9	113	87	2	73	9	8	652	311	66	0		.313	.406	.552	.959	128	46.3	.431	133	31.3
25	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	29	35	1938	NYY	157	576	115	170	32	6	114	107	5	75	6	1	689	301	67	1		.295	.410	.523	.932	131	44.6	.423	133	33

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