Before 1950, Babe Ruth hit the most homers in a season, with 60 home runs in 1927.

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most hr by a player in season before 1950

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	Hack Wilson H. Wilson	56	1930	CHC	155	585	146	208	35	6	191	105	1	84	3		709	423	97	18		.356	.454	.723	1.177	189	89	.497	171	78.9
6	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	54	1949	PIT	152	549	116	170	19	5	127	117	1	61	6		667	361	78	0	10	.310	.432	.658	1.089	153	73.4	.484	179	65.8
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	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	51	1947	PIT	152	565	118	177	23	4	127	98	2	81	1		666	361	78	1	12	.313	.417	.639	1.055	145	69.5	.472	169	58.2
10	Johnny Mize J. Mize	51	1947	NYG	154	586	137	177	26	2	138	74	4	42	2		664	360	79	0	6	.302	.384	.614	.998	132	57.1	.448	156	47.4
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	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	46	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
19	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	46	1931	NYY	155	619	163	211	31	15	185	117	0	56	17	12	738	410	92	2		.341	.446	.662	1.108	179	87.7	.488	184	83.8
20	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	46	1931	NYY	145	534	149	199	31	3	162	128	1	51	5	4	663	374	80	0		.373	.495	.700	1.195	181	98.6	.525	206	95.1
21	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	46	1929	NYY	135	499	121	172	26	6	154	72	3	60	5	3	587	348	78	13		.345	.430	.697	1.128	144	66.1	.486	185	67.7
22	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	46	1924	NYY	153	529	143	200	39	7	124	142	4	81	9	13	681	391	92	6		.378	.513	.739	1.252	193	109.2	.549	210	102
23	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	44	1946	DET	142	523	90	145	29	5	127	80	0	88	5	1	604	316	78	1	17	.277	.373	.604	.977	115	51.5	.446	165	44.8
24	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	44	1934	PHA	150	539	120	180	28	6	130	111	1	75	11	2	652	352	78	1		.334	.449	.653	1.102	157	75.5	.484	171	64.4
25	Ted Williams T. Williams	43	1949	BSA	155	566	150	194	39	3	159	162	2	48	1	1	730	368	85	0	22	.343	.490	.650	1.141	182	95.5	.511	187	82.2

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