players with the most home runs in the american league in 1997

Ken Griffey Jr. launched the most homers in the AL in a season in 1997, with 56 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	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	56	1997	SEA	157	608	125	185	34	3	147	76	8	121	15	4	704	393	93	0	12	23	12	.304	.382	.646	1.028	139	52.2	.421	155	49
2	Tino Martinez T. Martinez	44	1997	NYY	158	594	96	176	31	2	141	75	3	75	3	1	685	343	77	0	13	14	15	.296	.371	.577	.948	121	36.3	.396	141	35.8
3	Juan Gonzalez J. Gonzalez	42	1997	TEX	133	533	87	158	24	3	131	33	3	107	0	0	579	314	69	0	10	7	12	.296	.335	.589	.924	97	25.6	.385	127	20.1
4	Jay Buhner J. Buhner	40	1997	SEA	157	540	104	131	18	2	109	119	5	175	0	0	665	273	60	0	1	3	23	.243	.383	.506	.889	113	30.8	.388	133	27.8
5	Jim Thome J. Thome	40	1997	CLE	147	496	104	142	25	0	102	120	3	146	1	1	627	287	65	0	8	9	9	.286	.423	.579	1.001	126	48.6	.425	156	44.9
6	Rafael Palmeiro R. Palmeiro	38	1997	BAL	158	614	95	156	24	2	110	67	5	109	5	2	692	298	64	0	6	7	14	.254	.329	.485	.815	95	9.8	.349	109	8.4
7	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	35	1997	CWS	146	530	110	184	35	0	125	109	3	69	1	1	649	324	70	0	7	9	15	.347	.456	.611	1.067	146	66	.454	179	65.5
8	Mo Vaughn M. Vaughn	35	1997	BOS	141	527	91	166	24	0	96	86	12	154	2	2	628	295	59	0	3	17	10	.315	.420	.560	.980	122	44.7	.418	150	40.3
9	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	34	1997	OAK	105	366	48	104	24	0	81	58	4	98	1	0	433	230	58	0	5	8	9	.284	.383	.628	1.012	85	31.9	.421	156	31
10	David Justice D. Justice	33	1997	CLE	139	495	84	163	31	1	101	80	0	79	3	5	582	295	65	0	7	11	12	.329	.418	.596	1.013	118	46.5	.428	158	43.2
11	Tim Salmon T. Salmon	33	1997	ANA	157	582	95	172	28	1	129	95	7	142	9	12	695	301	62	0	11	5	7	.296	.394	.517	.911	121	35.7	.394	138	33.4
12	Tony Clark T. Clark	32	1997	DET	159	580	105	160	28	3	117	93	3	144	1	3	681	290	63	0	5	13	11	.276	.376	.500	.876	109	24.8	.376	124	20.8
13	Matt Williams M. Williams	32	1997	CLE	151	596	86	157	32	3	105	34	4	108	12	4	636	291	67	0	2	4	14	.263	.307	.488	.795	82	4.1	.340	101	0.4
14	Paul Sorrento P. Sorrento	31	1997	SEA	146	457	68	123	19	0	80	51	3	112	0	2	513	235	50	0	2	9	13	.269	.345	.514	.859	77	14.2	.366	118	11.9
15	Albert Belle A. Belle	30	1997	CWS	161	634	90	174	45	1	116	53	6	105	4	4	701	311	76	0	8	6	26	.274	.332	.491	.823	98	11.7	.352	112	11.1
16	Chili Davis C. Davis	30	1997	KCR	140	477	71	133	20	0	90	85	1	96	6	3	567	243	50	0	4	16	15	.279	.386	.509	.896	93	23.3	.382	128	20.1
17	Carlos Delgado C. Delgado	30	1997	TOR	153	519	79	136	42	3	91	64	8	133	0	3	595	274	75	0	4	9	6	.262	.350	.528	.878	93	19.9	.372	123	17.1
18	Nomar Garciaparra N. Garciaparra	30	1997	BOS	153	684	122	209	44	11	98	35	6	92	22	9	734	365	85	2	7	2	9	.306	.342	.534	.875	116	25.4	.374	122	20.3
19	Jeff King J. King	28	1997	KCR	155	543	84	129	30	1	112	89	2	96	16	5	647	245	59	1	12	4	9	.238	.341	.451	.792	86	6.4	.344	103	2.6
20	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	28	1997	SEA	155	542	104	179	35	1	108	119	11	86	2	4	678	300	64	0	6	11	21	.330	.456	.554	1.009	142	58.6	.436	164	55.5
21	Jeromy Burnitz J. Burnitz	27	1997	MIL	153	494	85	139	37	8	85	75	5	111	20	13	577	273	72	3	0	8	8	.281	.382	.553	.934	103	31.8	.399	138	27.7
22	Bobby Higginson B. Higginson	27	1997	DET	146	546	94	163	30	5	101	70	3	85	12	7	623	284	62	0	4	2	10	.299	.379	.520	.899	106	29.6	.389	133	26
23	Matt Stairs M. Stairs	27	1997	OAK	133	352	62	105	19	0	73	50	3	60	3	2	410	205	46	1	4	1	6	.298	.386	.582	.969	78	27.7	.413	151	26.8
24	Geronimo Berroa G. Berroa	26	1997	TOT	156	561	88	159	25	0	90	76	4	120	4	4	648	262	51	0	7	4	18	.283	.369	.467	.836	98	18	.366	120	16.6
25	Jose Cruz J. Cruz	26	1997	TOT	104	395	59	98	19	1	68	41	0	117	7	2	442	197	46	1	5	2	5	.248	.315	.499	.814	60	5.6	.347	106	3.5

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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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