which mlb designated hitter has the most home runs in a season at age 28

Shohei Ohtani has crushed the most home runs by a 28-year-old designated hitter in a season, with 44 home runs in 2023.

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	NAME	HR	Age	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	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	44	28	2023	LAA	135	497	102	151	26	8	95	91	3	143	20	6	594	325	78	0	3	21	9	.304	.412	.654	1.066	129	56.8	.433	179	56.5
2	David Ortiz D. Ortiz	41	28	2004	BOS	150	582	94	175	47	3	139	75	4	133	0	0	669	351	91	0	8	8	12	.301	.380	.603	.983	127	44	.408	147	39.9
3	Giancarlo Stanton G. Stanton	38	28	2018	NYY	158	617	102	164	34	1	100	70	8	211	5	0	705	314	73	0	10	5	17	.266	.343	.509	.852	108	25.9	.360	128	24
4	Rafael Devers R. Devers	35	28	2025	TOT	163	607	99	153	33	0	109	112	6	192	1	1	729	291	68	0	4	10	16	.252	.372	.479	.851	117	30.9	.365	136	31
5	Travis Hafner T. Hafner	33	28	2005	CLE	137	486	94	148	42	0	108	79	9	123	0	0	578	289	75	0	4	7	9	.305	.408	.595	1.003	116	46.3	.423	166	46.4
6	Brent Rooker B. Rooker	30	28	2023	OAK	137	463	61	114	20	1	69	49	10	172	4	0	526	226	51	0	4	1	11	.246	.329	.488	.817	77	13	.348	126	16.7
7	C.J. Cron	30	28	2018	TBR	140	501	68	127	28	1	74	37	17	145	1	2	560	247	59	0	5	2	11	.253	.323	.493	.816	80	14.7	.347	124	15.8
8	Evan Gattis E. Gattis	27	28	2015	HOU	153	566	66	139	20	11	88	30	3	119	0	1	604	262	58	0	5	3	13	.246	.285	.463	.748	70	1.8	.317	103	1.8
9	Jack Cust J. Cust	26	28	2007	OAK	124	395	61	101	18	1	82	105	1	164	0	2	507	199	45	0	6	2	6	.256	.408	.504	.912	91	27.9	.397	145	28.9
10	Don Baylor D. Baylor	25	28	1977	CAL	154	561	87	141	27	0	75	62	12	76	26	12	645	243	52	2	8	7	16	.251	.334	.433	.768	82	7.1	.338	113	9.7
11	Dominic Canzone D. Canzone	23	28	2026	SEA	146	477	60	126	28	4	77	48	5	110	2	1	533	231	55	0	3	2	9	.264	.336	.484	.820	79	16	.354	134	20.9
12	Erubiel Durazo E. Durazo	21	28	2003	OAK	154	537	92	139	29	0	77	100	2	105	1	1	645	231	50	0	6	12	11	.259	.374	.430	.804	91	11.6	.349	113	10.8
13	Ron Kittle R. Kittle	21	28	1986	TOT	116	376	42	82	13	0	60	35	3	110	4	1	422	158	34	0	8	1	10	.218	.284	.420	.705	45	-3.8	.309	86	-7
14	Harold Baines H. Baines	20	28	1987	CWS	132	505	59	148	26	4	93	46	1	82	0	0	554	242	50	0	2	2	12	.293	.352	.479	.831	84	15.8	.360	119	13.3
15	Tom Grieve T. Grieve	20	28	1976	TEX	149	546	57	139	23	3	81	35	4	119	4	1	600	228	46	8	7	5	18	.255	.301	.418	.718	68	4.9	.326	109	5.4
16	Mike Jacobs M. Jacobs	19	28	2009	KCR	128	434	46	99	16	1	61	41	2	132	0	0	478	174	36	0	1	2	9	.228	.297	.401	.698	48	-9	.306	80	-12
17	Trevor Larnach T. Larnach	17	28	2025	MIN	142	503	62	126	24	1	60	53	4	122	4	4	566	203	42	0	6	2	19	.250	.323	.404	.727	69	1.6	.317	103	1.8
18	Edwin Encarnacion E. Encarnacion	17	28	2011	TOR	134	481	70	131	36	0	55	43	3	77	8	2	530	218	53	0	3	2	17	.272	.334	.453	.787	71	11.5	.343	113	8.1
19	Mitchell Page M. Page	17	28	1980	OAK	110	348	58	85	10	4	51	35	1	87	14	7	393	154	31	4	5	3	9	.244	.311	.443	.754	48	3.8	.333	108	3.7
20	Hal McRae H. McRae	15	28	1974	KCR	148	539	71	167	36	4	88	54	5	68	11	8	607	256	55	5	4	6	12	.310	.375	.475	.850	95	29.7	.384	142	27.4
21	David Fry D. Fry	14	28	2024	CLE	122	335	44	88	18	1	51	42	9	84	4	1	390	150	33	0	4	4	13	.263	.356	.448	.804	57	11.6	.347	129	13.1
22	Todd Greene T. Greene	14	28	1999	ANA	97	321	36	78	20	0	42	12	3	63	1	4	338	140	34	0	2	0	8	.243	.275	.436	.711	34	-10.5	.305	72	-12.5
23	Reggie Jefferson R. Jefferson	13	28	1997	BOS	136	489	74	156	33	1	67	24	7	93	1	2	524	230	47	1	3	5	17	.319	.358	.470	.828	76	11.9	.360	112	8.2
24	Dan Pasqua D. Pasqua	13	28	1990	CWS	112	325	43	89	27	3	58	37	2	66	1	1	369	161	43	0	5	7	4	.274	.347	.495	.842	54	13.2	.365	129	12.4
25	Earl Williams E. Williams	13	28	1977	OAK	100	348	39	84	13	0	38	18	5	58	2	0	374	136	26	2	1	3	19	.241	.288	.391	.678	36	-7.3	.299	86	-6.3

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Shohei Ohtani has crushed the most home runs by a 28-year-old designated hitter in a season, with 44 home runs in 2023.

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