what hitter had the most home runs in the 1948 season

Ralph Kiner and Johnny Mize were tied for the most home runs in 1948, with 40 homers.

	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	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	40	1948	PIT	156	555	104	147	19	5	123	112	3	61	1		670	296	64	0	15	.265	.391	.533	.924	121	42	.422	143	35.5
2	Johnny Mize J. Mize	40	1948	NYG	152	560	110	162	26	4	125	94	4	37	4		658	316	70	0	7	.289	.395	.564	.959	126	47.9	.435	154	43.8
3	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	39	1948	NYY	153	594	110	190	26	11	155	67	8	30	1	1	669	355	76	0	20	.320	.396	.598	.994	134	55.4	.447	158	49.7
4	Stan Musial S. Musial	39	1948	SLN	155	611	135	230	46	18	131	79	3	34	7		694	429	103	1	18	.376	.450	.702	1.152	174	92.3	.512	201	86.4
5	Hank Sauer H. Sauer	35	1948	CIN	145	530	78	138	22	1	97	60	4	85	2		598	267	58	4	10	.260	.340	.504	.844	91	20.2	.385	123	17.2
6	Joe Gordon J. Gordon	32	1948	CLE	144	550	96	154	21	4	124	77	3	68	5	2	633	279	57	3	16	.280	.371	.507	.879	105	30.2	.402	134	27.9
7	Ken Keltner K. Keltner	31	1948	CLE	153	558	91	166	24	4	119	89	1	52	2	1	656	291	59	8	23	.297	.395	.522	.917	118	40.3	.420	145	37.8
8	Del Ennis D. Ennis	30	1948	PHN	152	589	86	171	40	4	95	47	2	58	2		641	309	74	3	10	.290	.345	.525	.869	102	26.4	.394	132	25.5
9	Sid Gordon S. Gordon	30	1948	NYG	142	521	100	156	26	4	107	74	3	39	8		605	280	60	7	18	.299	.390	.537	.927	110	38.4	.423	147	34.7
10	Vern Stephens V. Stephens	29	1948	BSA	155	635	114	171	25	8	137	77	2	56	1	0	716	299	62	2	25	.269	.350	.471	.821	105	20.4	.378	107	6.7
11	Bobby Doerr B. Doerr	27	1948	BSA	140	527	94	150	23	6	111	83	4	49	3	2	618	266	56	4	13	.285	.386	.505	.891	106	32.8	.409	126	21
12	Andy Pafko A. Pafko	26	1948	CHC	142	548	82	171	30	2	101	50	5	50	3		606	283	58	3	13	.312	.375	.516	.891	103	31.4	.408	140	29.8
13	Tommy Henrich T. Henrich	25	1948	NYY	146	588	138	181	42	14	100	76	4	42	2	3	673	326	81	5	14	.308	.391	.554	.945	125	45.6	.428	146	39.9
14	Ted Williams T. Williams	25	1948	BSA	137	509	124	188	44	3	127	126	3	41	4	0	638	313	72	0	10	.369	.497	.615	1.112	156	81	.504	184	68.8
15	Bob Elliott B. Elliott	23	1948	BSN	151	540	99	153	24	5	100	131	0	57	6		675	256	52	4	14	.283	.423	.474	.897	121	41.2	.419	150	41.8
16	Pat Mullin P. Mullin	23	1948	DET	138	496	91	143	16	11	80	77	1	57	1	2	575	250	50	1	5	.288	.385	.504	.889	98	29.9	.408	131	23
17	Jeff Heath J. Heath	20	1948	BSN	115	364	64	116	26	5	76	51	1	46	2		419	212	51	3	4	.319	.404	.582	.986	84	34	.445	167	34.4
18	Bill Nicholson B. Nicholson	19	1948	CHC	143	494	68	129	24	5	67	81	5	60	2		581	220	48	1	5	.261	.371	.445	.816	87	18	.381	123	16.4
19	Pat Seerey P. Seerey	19	1948	TOT	105	363	51	84	11	0	70	68	0	102	0	0	434	152	30	3	10	.231	.353	.419	.771	59	7.4	.363	108	4.3
20	Lou Boudreau L. Boudreau	18	1948	CLE	152	560	116	199	34	6	106	98	2	9	3	2	676	299	58	16	15	.355	.453	.534	.987	140	60	.455	166	57.5
21	Whitey Lockman W. Lockman	18	1948	NYG	146	584	117	167	24	10	59	68	1	63	8		659	265	52	6	4	.286	.361	.454	.815	96	18.5	.377	118	14.4
22	Wally Westlake W. Westlake	17	1948	PIT	132	428	78	122	10	6	65	46	4	40	2		479	195	33	1	10	.285	.360	.456	.815	70	13.6	.378	115	9
23	Johnny Wyrostek J. Wyrostek	17	1948	CIN	136	512	74	140	24	9	76	52	3	63	7		567	233	50	0	5	.273	.344	.455	.799	79	11.9	.368	113	9.1
24	Walker Cooper W. Cooper	16	1948	NYG	91	290	40	77	12	0	54	28	1	29	1		322	137	28	3	14	.266	.332	.472	.805	45	7	.369	113	5
25	Eddie Joost E. Joost	16	1948	PHA	135	509	99	127	22	2	55	119	1	87	2	4	637	201	40	8	4	.250	.393	.395	.788	93	18.1	.378	115	11.9

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