most single season home runs in american league from 1980 to 1987

Between 1980 and 1987, Mark McGwire launched the most homers in the AL in a season, with 49 homers in his rookie season in 1987.

	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	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	49	1987	OAK	151	557	97	161	28	4	118	71	5	131	1	1	641	344	81	0	8	8	6	.289	.370	.618	.987	124	45.2	.411	157	46.2
2	George Bell G. Bell	47	1987	TOR	156	610	111	188	32	4	134	39	7	75	5	1	665	369	83	0	9	9	17	.308	.352	.605	.957	122	40.2	.399	143	36.4
3	Tony Armas T. Armas	43	1984	BOS	157	639	107	171	29	5	123	32	1	156	1	3	679	339	77	0	7	9	13	.268	.300	.531	.831	97	21.4	.359	119	14.7
4	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	41	1980	NYY	143	514	94	154	22	4	111	83	2	122	1	2	601	307	67	0	2	15	7	.300	.398	.597	.995	118	50.5	.429	169	49.1
5	Ben Oglivie B. Oglivie	41	1980	MIL	156	592	94	180	26	2	118	54	5	71	11	9	660	333	69	0	9	19	5	.304	.362	.563	.925	113	38.8	.396	147	36.5
6	Jesse Barfield J. Barfield	40	1986	TOR	158	589	107	170	35	2	108	69	8	146	8	8	671	329	77	0	5	5	9	.289	.368	.559	.927	120	42.5	.401	147	37.8
7	Darrell Evans D. Evans	40	1985	DET	151	505	81	125	17	0	94	85	1	85	0	4	594	262	57	1	2	12	5	.248	.356	.519	.875	96	28.1	.378	137	26.4
8	Jim Rice J. Rice	39	1983	BOS	155	626	90	191	34	1	126	52	6	102	0	2	689	344	74	0	5	10	31	.305	.361	.550	.911	119	40.8	.395	141	33.7
9	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	39	1982	CAL	153	530	92	146	17	1	101	85	2	156	4	5	621	282	57	0	4	12	10	.275	.375	.532	.907	106	36.4	.394	145	33.3
10	Gorman Thomas G. Thomas	39	1982	MIL	158	567	96	139	29	1	112	84	4	143	3	7	666	287	69	5	6	5	10	.245	.343	.506	.850	103	27.7	.372	136	28.1
11	Gorman Thomas G. Thomas	38	1980	MIL	162	628	78	150	26	3	105	58	2	170	8	5	697	296	67	3	6	4	7	.239	.303	.471	.774	89	11	.341	111	8.6
12	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	37	1985	CWS	153	543	85	129	23	1	107	52	17	81	17	9	620	265	61	2	6	12	9	.238	.320	.488	.808	85	15	.348	111	8.4
13	Dave Winfield D. Winfield	37	1982	NYY	140	539	84	151	24	8	106	45	0	64	5	3	597	302	69	5	8	7	20	.280	.331	.560	.891	97	29.7	.383	140	28.1
14	Steve Balboni S. Balboni	36	1985	KCR	160	600	74	146	28	2	88	52	5	166	1	1	662	286	66	0	5	4	14	.243	.307	.477	.783	88	12.4	.342	110	7.6
15	Tony Armas T. Armas	36	1983	BOS	145	574	77	125	23	2	107	29	2	131	0	1	613	260	61	0	8	0	31	.218	.254	.453	.707	65	-4.8	.309	85	-11.2
16	Dave Kingman D. Kingman	35	1986	OAK	144	561	70	118	19	0	94	33	3	126	3	3	604	242	54	0	7	3	16	.210	.255	.431	.686	59	-10.9	.297	86	-10.3
17	Don Mattingly D. Mattingly	35	1985	NYY	159	652	107	211	48	3	145	56	2	41	2	2	727	370	86	2	15	13	15	.324	.371	.567	.939	129	46.9	.400	152	44.9
18	Dave Kingman D. Kingman	35	1984	OAK	147	549	68	147	23	1	118	44	6	119	2	1	613	277	59	0	14	8	7	.268	.321	.505	.826	87	18.7	.357	126	18.8
19	Ron Kittle R. Kittle	35	1983	CWS	145	520	75	132	19	3	100	39	8	150	8	3	570	262	57	0	3	8	10	.254	.314	.504	.818	80	15.9	.355	118	11.9
20	Tony Armas T. Armas	35	1980	OAK	158	628	87	175	18	8	109	29	2	128	5	3	666	314	61	2	5	4	22	.279	.310	.500	.810	92	17.8	.355	123	17.7
21	Darrell Evans D. Evans	34	1987	DET	150	499	90	128	20	0	99	100	2	84	6	5	609	250	54	2	6	8	2	.257	.379	.501	.880	101	26.3	.378	132	25.1
22	Dwight Evans D. Evans	34	1987	BOS	154	541	109	165	37	2	123	106	3	98	4	6	657	308	73	0	7	6	10	.305	.417	.569	.986	132	51.3	.420	156	46.7
23	Kent Hrbek K. Hrbek	34	1987	MIN	143	477	85	136	20	1	90	84	0	60	5	2	566	260	55	0	5	12	13	.285	.389	.545	.934	102	32.3	.394	137	27
24	Wally Joyner W. Joyner	34	1987	CAL	149	564	100	161	33	1	117	72	5	64	8	2	653	298	68	2	10	12	14	.285	.366	.528	.894	108	27.7	.377	132	26.4
25	Danny Tartabull D. Tartabull	34	1987	KCR	158	582	95	180	27	3	101	79	1	136	9	4	667	315	64	0	5	2	14	.309	.390	.541	.931	123	41.1	.400	145	38.2

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Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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