most seasons of 40 home runs through 1981

Before 1982, Babe Ruth played the most seasons with 40+ home runs, with 11 seasons.

Interpreted as:

most seasons by a player of 40 or more home runs through 1981

	NAME	SEAS	HR	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	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	11	543	1,614	5,628	1,629	2,043	350	89	1,627	1,491	28	821	101		7,231	4,200	982	84				.363	.498	.746	1.245	2032	1,129.5	.540	211	1,085
2	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	8	364	1,240	4,360	767	1,154	154	15	926	872	35	886	14	11	5,310	2,430	533	0	43	80	128	.265	.388	.557	.945	978	393.9	.411	155	339
3	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	8	348	1,185	4,465	864	1,374	191	35	954	563	11	540	95	35	5,085	2,679	574	0	46	128	90	.308	.383	.600	.983	974	420.3	.422	166	388.8
4	Willie Mays W. Mays	6	280	933	3,474	740	1,093	161	46	724	462	13	422	96	29	3,978	2,186	487	3	26	68	79	.315	.394	.629	1.024	818	369.1	.439	170	338.8
5	Ernie Banks E. Banks	5	220	775	2,993	521	879	143	39	608	302	20	385	24	18	3,351	1,760	402	5	31	77	74	.294	.359	.588	.947	596	216	.403	144	182.3
6	Duke Snider D. Snider	5	207	740	2,762	581	860	169	29	585	446	10	478	37	27	3,256	1,708	405	19	19	57	64	.311	.407	.618	1.025	666	290.3	.442	160	247.5
7	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	5	234	761	2,747	574	807	113	26	604	586	11	339	12	1	3,345	1,674	373	1			69	.294	.420	.609	1.029	708	311.5	.460	164	270.1
8	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	5	241	757	2,847	665	992	163	41	780	547	3	459	34		3,401	1,960	445	4				.348	.454	.688	1.142	861	436.3	.500	176	367.9
9	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	5	232	773	2,942	750	1,064	202	63	849	566	15	280	51		3,567	2,088	497	44				.362	.467	.710	1.177	945	485.6	.511	193	464.4
10	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	4	188	606	2,093	509	654	76	18	449	478	5	456	54	8	2,596	1,330	282	4	16	34	28	.312	.439	.635	1.074	580	282	.460	186	275.4
11	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	4	174	584	2,148	432	639	91	25	453	401	8	313	16	11	2,580	1,302	290	8	15	22	26	.297	.407	.606	1.014	526	226.6	.440	167	221.7
12	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	4	183	599	2,246	499	715	151	31	608	394	7	356	26		2,656	1,477	365	9			32	.318	.422	.658	1.079	608	290.1	.476	165	234.9
13	Frank Howard F. Howard	3	136	480	1,756	280	499	60	6	343	288	13	362	2	2	2,071	979	202	0	14	60	65	.284	.386	.558	.944	376	159.7	.413	166	152.1
14	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	3	124	484	1,748	333	529	88	6	334	320	6	226	48	28	2,084	1,001	218	1	9	32	31	.303	.410	.573	.983	411	188.5	.432	169	160
15	Rocky Colavito R. Colavito	3	128	460	1,660	299	468	80	5	364	268	6	250	4	7	1,950	942	213	2	14	16	43	.282	.381	.567	.948	361	136.6	.410	153	124.6
16	Ted Kluszewski T. Kluszewski	3	136	451	1,755	317	559	78	3	362	199	11	109	3	3	1,974	1,051	217	0	9	25	35	.319	.390	.599	.988	385	154.7	.432	150	125
17	Johnny Mize J. Mize	3	134	461	1,725	358	521	83	19	400	250	13	128	13		1,988	1,044	236	0			23	.302	.394	.605	1.000	403	169.2	.446	161	151
18	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	2	93	310	1,089	213	294	50	12	235	209	5	234	21	10	1,327	647	155	2	22	22	19	.270	.383	.594	.978	250	98.4	.417	162	93.7
19	George Foster G. Foster	2	92	316	1,219	221	367	57	9	269	131	12	245	10	8	1,376	718	158	0	14	26	35	.301	.371	.589	.960	253	98.1	.412	156	90.9
20	Willie Stargell W. Stargell	2	92	289	1,033	210	307	69	3	244	163	10	283	0	0	1,215	658	164	0	9	42	14	.297	.395	.637	1.032	247	117.2	.444	184	113.9
21	Johnny Bench J. Bench	2	85	305	1,143	184	322	57	6	273	154	2	186	11	8	1,323	646	148	1	23	32	30	.282	.362	.565	.927	227	87.1	.401	151	77.6
22	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	2	88	295	1,063	217	305	58	7	229	197	14	264	14	7	1,278	641	153	1	3	35	15	.287	.404	.603	1.007	255	115.4	.436	175	111.2
23	Willie McCovey W. McCovey	2	89	301	1,055	204	315	45	7	228	171	15	185	1	1	1,250	641	141	1	8	50	21	.299	.401	.608	1.009	248	116	.432	178	109.5
24	Gil Hodges G. Hodges	2	82	312	1,161	224	332	48	8	233	167	6	183	12	10	1,359	642	138	6	19		26	.286	.373	.553	.926	238	81.5	.412	138	64.6
25	Chuck Klein C. Klein	2	83	305	1,264	284	469	104	14	315	108	4	111	9		1,398	850	201	22				.371	.422	.672	1.095	334	143.4	.472	149	104.9