which mlb designated hitter hit the most home runs in a season at age 23

Frank Thomas has crushed the most home runs by a 23-year-old designated hitter in a season, with 32 homers in 1991.

	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	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	32	23	1991	CWS	158	559	104	178	31	2	109	138	1	112	1	2	700	309	65	0	2	13	20	.318	.453	.553	1.006	146	66.8	.442	179	65.4
2	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	22	23	2018	LAA	104	326	59	93	21	2	61	37	2	102	10	4	366	184	45	0	1	2	2	.285	.361	.564	.925	65	22.4	.390	150	21.8
3	Fred McGriff F. McGriff	20	23	1987	TOR	107	295	58	73	16	0	43	60	1	104	3	2	356	149	36	0	0	4	3	.247	.376	.505	.881	60	16.1	.380	131	14
4	Oscar Gamble O. Gamble	20	23	1973	CLE	113	390	56	104	11	3	44	34	3	37	3	4	432	181	34	3	2	1	4	.267	.329	.464	.793	60	12.1	.356	120	10
5	Cecil Fielder C. Fielder	14	23	1987	TOR	82	175	30	47	7	1	32	20	1	48	0	1	197	98	22	0	1	2	6	.269	.345	.560	.905	33	9.1	.382	132	8
6	Sam Horn S. Horn	14	23	1987	BOS	46	158	31	44	7	0	34	17	2	55	0	1	177	93	21	0	0	0	5	.278	.356	.589	.945	33	11.1	.401	144	9.9
7	Colt Keith C. Keith	13	23	2025	DET	137	414	65	106	22	2	45	48	2	102	1	1	468	171	37	0	4	1	7	.256	.333	.413	.746	60	4.7	.326	108	4.3
8	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	10	23	1982	MIN	89	234	26	58	10	0	33	30	0	46	0	0	271	98	20	0	7	2	3	.248	.325	.419	.744	33	2.1	.328	97	-1.1
9	Mark Vientos M. Vientos	9	23	2023	NYM	65	218	19	46	5	1	22	10	3	71	1	0	233	80	15	0	2	0	5	.211	.253	.367	.620	19	-9.9	.267	68	-9.2
10	Kennys Vargas K. Vargas	9	23	2014	MIN	53	215	26	59	10	1	38	12	3	63	0	0	234	98	20	0	4	2	5	.274	.316	.456	.772	29	4.3	.334	113	3.2
11	Juan Bernhardt J. Bernhardt	7	23	1977	SEA	89	305	32	74	9	2	30	5	2	26	2	3	317	108	18	4	1	0	9	.243	.259	.354	.613	24	-13.3	.271	61	-14.6
12	Adrian Gonzalez A. Gonzalez	6	23	2005	TEX	43	150	17	34	7	1	17	10	0	37	0	0	162	61	14	0	2	2	3	.227	.272	.407	.678	14	-5.3	.287	67	-6.6
13	Greg Pirkl G. Pirkl	6	23	1994	SEA	19	53	7	14	3	0	11	1	1	12	0	0	56	35	9	0	1	1	1	.264	.286	.660	.946	9	2.2	.381	126	1.9
14	Kyle Manzardo K. Manzardo	5	23	2024	CLE	53	145	11	34	12	0	15	9	1	41	0	0	156	61	17	0	1	0	3	.234	.282	.421	.703	17	-0.9	.303	98	-0.4
15	Julio Borbon J. Borbon	4	23	2009	TEX	46	157	30	49	4	0	20	15	1	28	19	4	179	65	8	6	0	0	3	.312	.376	.414	.790	25	3.7	.354	108	1.7
16	Randy Bush R. Bush	4	23	1982	MIN	55	119	13	29	6	1	13	8	3	28	0	0	131	49	11	0	1	0	1	.244	.305	.412	.717	15	0.3	.321	92	-1.3
17	Sherman Obando S. Obando	3	23	1993	BAL	31	92	8	25	2	0	15	4	1	26	0	0	97	36	5	0	0	0	1	.272	.309	.391	.701	11	-1	.314	88	-1.4
18	Jeff Clement J. Clement	2	23	2007	SEA	9	16	4	6	1	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	19	13	3	0	0	0	0	.375	.474	.813	1.286	6	3.2	.530	235	3.2
19	Kevin Alcantara K. Alcantara	1	23	2026	CHC	24	25	6	6	0	0	6	2	0	11	0	1	28	9	1	0	1	0	1	.240	.286	.360	.646	3	-0.8	.282	77	-0.8
20	Alexander Canario A. Canario	1	23	2023	CHC	6	17	1	5	1	1	6	0	0	8	0	0	17	11	3	0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.647	.941	3	1	.387	147	1
21	Yordan Alvarez Y. Alvarez	1	23	2020	HOU	2	8	2	2	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	9	5	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.333	.625	.958	2	0.6	.399	157	0.6
22	Jorge Ona J. Ona	1	23	2020	SDP	5	12	3	3	1	0	2	2	1	7	0	0	15	7	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.583	.983	3	1.2	.415	166	1.3
23	Bobby Bradley B. Bradley	1	23	2019	CLE	15	45	4	8	5	0	4	4	0	20	0	0	49	16	6	0	0	0	2	.178	.245	.356	.600	3	-2.7	.256	55	-2.8
24	Kevin Witt K. Witt	1	23	1999	TOR	15	34	3	7	1	0	5	2	0	9	0	0	37	11	2	1	0	0	0	.206	.250	.324	.574	2	-2.8	.255	41	-2.9
25	Albert Belle A. Belle	1	23	1990	CLE	9	23	1	4	0	0	3	1	0	6	0	0	25	7	1	1	0	0	1	.174	.208	.304	.513	1	-1.7	.232	38	-1.8

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Frank Thomas has crushed the most home runs by a 23-year-old designated hitter in a season, with 32 homers in 1991.

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