most seasons of 40 home runs through 1996

Before 1997, 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 1996

	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	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	3	134	407	1,560	332	485	88	9	339	230	15	268	44	13	1,822	993	231	1	16	57	30	.311	.401	.637	1.037	377	149.8	.430	158	137.3
14	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	3	121	439	1,569	318	510	89	0	373	357	13	198	8	5	1,972	962	210	0	33	78	49	.325	.446	.613	1.059	426	181.2	.442	169	176.8
15	Juan Gonzalez J. Gonzalez	3	136	429	1,661	271	488	90	5	371	117	21	324	6	2	1,811	996	231	0	12	20	38	.294	.346	.600	.945	328	113.4	.403	145	101.5
16	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	3	143	420	1,447	288	418	71	4	335	277	18	348	1	2	1,760	926	218	0	18	36	30	.289	.405	.640	1.045	372	161.2	.438	171	160
17	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	3	133	464	1,623	317	430	66	16	344	337	8	382	28	18	1,996	927	215	2	26	39	29	.265	.389	.571	.960	369	141.1	.412	159	134.2
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	Albert Belle A. Belle	2	98	301	1,148	245	360	90	4	274	172	13	167	16	2	1,344	752	192	0	11	20	44	.314	.406	.655	1.061	293	122.1	.442	161	109.7
24	Jay Buhner J. Buhner	2	84	276	1,034	193	276	52	0	259	144	10	279	0	2	1,206	580	136	2	16	12	26	.267	.357	.561	.918	207	53.6	.387	127	43.9
25	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	2	88	317	1,056	251	340	65	7	252	277	3	155	69	19	1,349	683	160	0	13	73	22	.322	.460	.647	1.106	308	140.1	.456	186	145.6