what hitter had the most home runs in the 1956 season

Mickey Mantle smashed the most home runs in a season in 1956, with 52 homers.

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	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	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	52	1956	NYY	150	533	132	188	22	5	130	112	2	99	10	1	652	376	79	1	4	6	4	.353	.464	.705	1.169	164	88.9	.498	202	84.6
2	Duke Snider D. Snider	43	1956	BKN	151	542	112	158	33	2	101	99	1	101	3	3	652	324	78	6	4	26	16	.292	.399	.598	.997	125	49.2	.421	156	43.5
3	Joe Adcock J. Adcock	38	1956	MIL	137	454	76	132	23	1	103	32	1	86	1	0	500	271	62	11	2	6	11	.291	.337	.597	.934	88	29.7	.400	154	32.3
4	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	38	1956	CIN	152	572	122	166	27	6	83	64	20	95	8	4	668	319	71	8	4	7	14	.290	.379	.558	.936	120	42.9	.407	145	36.4
5	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	37	1956	MIL	151	552	103	150	21	2	95	91	1	86	6	0	651	286	60	3	4	17	4	.272	.373	.518	.892	106	30.4	.385	143	33.8
6	Willie Mays W. Mays	36	1956	NYG	152	578	101	171	27	8	84	68	1	65	40	10	650	322	71	0	3	20	16	.296	.369	.557	.926	111	35.6	.395	142	32.9
7	Wally Post W. Post	36	1956	CIN	143	539	94	134	25	3	83	37	4	124	6	0	586	273	64	4	2	2	10	.249	.301	.506	.807	80	11.9	.351	109	6.1
8	Ted Kluszewski T. Kluszewski	35	1956	CIN	138	517	91	156	14	1	102	49	3	31	1	0	574	277	50	0	5	22	11	.302	.362	.536	.898	92	25.3	.381	129	19.6
9	Gil Hodges G. Hodges	32	1956	BKN	153	550	86	146	29	4	87	76	0	91	3	3	633	279	65	5	2	10	16	.265	.354	.507	.861	98	24.3	.374	125	18.8
10	Stan Lopata S. Lopata	32	1956	PHI	146	535	96	143	33	7	95	75	1	93	5	2	624	286	72	4	9	10	17	.267	.353	.535	.888	99	27.2	.381	134	25.4
11	Vic Wertz V. Wertz	32	1956	CLE	136	481	65	127	22	0	106	75	5	87	0	0	568	245	54	0	7	10	8	.264	.364	.509	.874	90	24	.379	124	17.6
12	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	30	1956	NYY	140	521	93	155	29	2	105	65	5	29	3	2	597	278	61	1	5	7	8	.298	.378	.534	.911	103	33.6	.396	139	29.6
13	Gus Bell G. Bell	29	1956	CIN	150	603	82	176	31	4	84	50	3	66	6	2	666	302	64	7	3	4	10	.292	.347	.501	.848	102	24.4	.372	122	17.9
14	Roy Sievers R. Sievers	29	1956	WSH	152	550	92	139	27	2	95	100	5	88	0	0	659	257	58	0	4	10	12	.253	.370	.467	.838	99	23	.370	119	15.5
15	Ed Bailey E. Bailey	28	1956	CIN	118	383	59	115	8	2	75	52	3	50	2	0	446	211	38	4	4	11	7	.300	.385	.551	.936	79	27.1	.402	142	22.7
16	Ernie Banks E. Banks	28	1956	CHC	139	538	82	160	25	8	85	52	0	62	6	9	593	285	61	0	3	18	7	.297	.358	.530	.887	94	24.9	.379	131	21.8
17	Charlie Maxwell C. Maxwell	28	1956	DET	141	500	97	163	14	3	87	79	2	74	1	1	592	267	45	3	8	1	5	.326	.414	.534	.948	112	43.1	.417	148	36.4
18	Al Kaline A. Kaline	27	1956	DET	153	617	96	194	32	10	128	70	1	55	7	1	693	327	69	1	4	4	10	.314	.383	.530	.913	121	40.7	.400	137	32.9
19	Jim Lemon J. Lemon	27	1956	WSH	146	538	77	146	21	11	96	65	2	138	2	4	613	270	59	2	6	2	12	.271	.349	.502	.850	94	22.6	.372	120	15.7
20	Dale Long D. Long	27	1956	PIT	148	517	64	136	20	7	91	54	0	85	1	0	582	251	54	0	11	11	10	.263	.326	.485	.812	78	10.2	.348	113	9.2
21	Stan Musial S. Musial	27	1956	STL	156	594	87	184	33	6	109	75	3	39	2	0	682	310	66	3	7	15	19	.310	.386	.522	.908	115	36.2	.392	139	31.8
22	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	26	1956	MIL	153	609	106	200	34	14	92	37	2	54	2	4	660	340	74	5	7	6	21	.328	.365	.558	.923	115	38.2	.399	153	41.7
23	Hank Bauer H. Bauer	26	1956	NYY	147	539	96	130	18	7	84	59	2	72	4	2	612	240	51	7	5	3	11	.241	.316	.445	.761	76	4.7	.335	101	0.7
24	Ken Boyer K. Boyer	26	1956	STL	150	595	91	182	30	2	98	38	1	65	8	3	639	294	58	2	3	7	18	.306	.347	.494	.841	95	21.2	.367	122	17.1
25	Del Ennis D. Ennis	26	1956	PHI	153	630	80	164	23	3	95	33	3	62	7	3	672	271	52	3	3	8	15	.260	.299	.430	.729	74	-3.9	.318	93	-5.8

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