most homeruns in first season as pirates player

Brian Giles hit the most home runs by a player in his first season with the Pirates, with 39 homers.

	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	Brian Giles B. Giles	39	1999	PIT	141	521	109	164	33	3	115	95	3	80	6	2	627	320	75	0	8	7	14	.315	.418	.614	1.032	132	50.1	.433	154	45.9
2	Reggie Sanders R. Sanders	31	2003	PIT	130	453	74	129	27	4	87	38	5	110	15	5	498	257	62	0	2	4	10	.285	.345	.567	.913	84	23.2	.383	132	20.3
3	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
4	John Vander Wal J. Vander Wal	24	2000	PIT	134	384	74	115	29	0	94	72	2	92	11	2	461	216	53	0	3	5	7	.299	.410	.563	.972	90	29.2	.413	142	26.4
5	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
6	Johnny Rizzo J. Rizzo	23	1938	PIT	143	555	97	167	31	9	111	54	5	61	1		617	285	63	3			16	.301	.368	.514	.882	104	27	.397	140	30.1
7	Brandon Lowe B. Lowe	22	2026	PIT	100	396	65	100	24	1	69	41	2	120	1	0	446	192	47	0	7	0	4	.253	.321	.485	.805	64	10.4	.345	115	8.3
8	Ed Sprague E. Sprague	22	1999	PIT	137	490	71	131	27	2	81	50	17	93	3	6	564	228	51	1	6	6	12	.267	.352	.465	.817	80	6.1	.353	103	2.3
9	Garrett Jones G. Jones	21	2009	PIT	82	314	45	92	21	1	44	40	1	76	10	2	358	178	43	0	3	8	6	.293	.372	.567	.938	62	19.2	.393	142	18.4
10	Adam LaRoche A. LaRoche	21	2007	PIT	152	563	71	153	42	0	88	62	3	131	1	1	632	258	63	0	4	5	18	.272	.345	.458	.803	87	8.9	.348	107	5.7
11	Andy Van Slyke A. Van Slyke	21	1987	PIT	157	564	93	165	36	11	82	56	4	122	34	8	630	286	68	3	3	4	6	.293	.359	.507	.866	101	23.9	.371	127	21.7
12	Matt Stairs M. Stairs	20	2003	PIT	121	305	49	89	20	1	57	45	5	64	0	1	357	171	41	0	2	3	7	.292	.389	.561	.950	66	22.5	.403	145	20.4
13	Jack Suwinski J. Suwinski	19	2022	PIT	106	326	45	66	11	0	38	41	4	114	4	2	372	134	30	0	1	1	5	.202	.298	.411	.709	43	0.5	.311	99	-0.6
14	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
15	Ryan O'Hearn R. O'Hearn	17	2026	PIT	94	351	54	96	15	0	69	30	5	85	1	0	389	162	32	0	3	1	14	.274	.337	.462	.798	56	9.4	.346	116	7.6
16	Phil Garner P. Garner	17	1977	PIT	153	585	99	152	35	10	77	55	2	65	32	9	651	258	62	7	2	4	13	.260	.325	.441	.766	82	6.5	.336	103	2.4
17	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
18	Gus Suhr G. Suhr	17	1930	PIT	151	542	93	155	26	14	107	80	2	56	11		637	260	57	13				.286	.380	.480	.860	105	15.7	.383	105	4.9
19	Bryan Reynolds B. Reynolds	16	2019	PIT	134	491	83	154	37	4	68	46	6	121	3	2	546	247	57	0	3	0	9	.314	.377	.503	.880	93	24.1	.371	130	21.5
20	Pedro Alvarez P. Alvarez	16	2010	PIT	95	347	42	89	21	1	64	37	0	119	0	0	386	160	38	0	2	1	8	.256	.326	.461	.788	51	7	.344	114	6.4
21	Jeromy Burnitz J. Burnitz	16	2006	PIT	111	313	35	72	12	0	49	22	5	74	1	1	342	132	28	0	2	4	8	.230	.289	.422	.711	34	-8.7	.302	78	-9.6
22	Wil Cordero W. Cordero	16	2000	PIT	89	348	46	98	24	3	51	25	4	58	1	2	378	176	43	0	1	1	11	.282	.336	.506	.842	56	6.2	.359	108	3.9
23	Brant Brown B. Brown	16	1999	PIT	130	341	49	79	20	3	58	22	4	114	3	4	371	153	39	0	4	3	4	.232	.283	.449	.732	38	-10.1	.309	75	-12.6
24	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	16	1986	PIT	113	413	72	92	26	3	48	65	2	102	36	7	484	172	45	2	2	2	4	.223	.330	.416	.746	61	5	.333	108	4.6
25	Dick Stuart D. Stuart	16	1958	PIT	67	254	38	68	12	5	48	11	5	75	0	0	271	138	33	0	1	1	6	.268	.310	.543	.853	41	10.3	.369	123	7.7

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