which mlb designated hitter hit the most home runs in a season at age 24

Jim Rice has crushed the most home runs by a 24-year-old designated hitter in a season, with 39 homers in 1977.

	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	Jim Rice J. Rice	39	24	1977	BOS	160	644	104	206	29	15	114	53	8	120	5	4	710	382	83	0	5	10	21	.320	.376	.593	.969	134	51.2	.414	150	42.4
2	Yordan Alvarez Y. Alvarez	33	24	2021	HOU	144	537	92	149	35	1	104	50	8	145	1	0	598	285	69	0	3	3	16	.277	.346	.531	.877	100	27.2	.369	137	27.1
3	Kyle Manzardo K. Manzardo	27	24	2025	CLE	142	470	47	110	19	2	70	48	8	135	2	0	531	214	48	0	5	2	7	.234	.313	.455	.768	70	7.1	.329	113	7.8
4	Christopher Morel C. Morel	26	24	2023	CHC	107	388	62	96	17	3	70	36	2	133	6	2	429	197	46	1	2	0	7	.247	.313	.508	.821	63	10.3	.347	121	10.9
5	Carlos Delgado C. Delgado	25	24	1996	TOR	138	488	68	132	28	2	92	58	9	139	0	0	563	239	55	0	8	2	13	.270	.353	.490	.843	86	13.5	.363	111	8.7
6	Jonny Gomes J. Gomes	21	24	2005	TBD	101	348	61	98	13	6	54	39	14	113	9	5	407	186	40	1	5	1	6	.282	.372	.534	.906	69	20.6	.387	141	20.6
7	Oscar Gamble O. Gamble	19	24	1974	CLE	135	454	74	132	16	4	59	48	5	51	5	6	509	213	39	0	2	10	7	.291	.363	.469	.833	76	21.1	.374	137	20.2
8	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	18	24	2019	LAA	106	384	51	110	20	5	62	33	2	110	12	3	423	194	43	0	4	1	6	.286	.343	.505	.848	65	11.8	.352	119	10.5
9	Russell Branyan R. Branyan	16	24	2000	CLE	67	193	32	46	7	2	38	22	4	76	0	0	220	105	25	0	1	1	2	.238	.327	.544	.871	34	4.8	.365	110	2.9
10	Josh Phelps J. Phelps	15	24	2002	TOR	74	265	41	82	20	1	58	19	3	82	0	0	287	149	36	0	0	0	7	.309	.362	.562	.925	51	16.6	.396	142	14.7
11	Ron Blomberg R. Blomberg	12	24	1973	NYY	100	301	45	99	13	1	57	34	0	25	2	0	338	150	26	1	2	4	7	.329	.395	.498	.893	58	20.4	.398	154	20.6
12	Randy Bush R. Bush	11	24	1983	MIN	124	373	43	93	24	3	56	34	7	51	0	1	415	156	38	0	1	8	7	.249	.323	.418	.741	49	2.2	.326	96	-2.1
13	David Ortiz D. Ortiz	10	24	2000	MIN	130	415	59	117	36	1	63	57	0	81	1	0	478	185	47	0	6	2	13	.282	.364	.446	.810	68	5.6	.354	103	2.2
14	Reggie Jefferson R. Jefferson	10	24	1993	CLE	113	366	35	91	11	2	34	28	5	78	1	3	403	136	23	3	1	7	7	.249	.310	.372	.682	40	-8.4	.301	80	-9.8
15	Franmil Reyes F. Reyes	9	24	2020	CLE	59	211	27	58	10	0	34	24	1	69	0	0	241	95	19	0	5	0	6	.275	.344	.450	.795	35	4.3	.341	116	4.8
16	Cecil Fielder C. Fielder	9	24	1988	TOR	74	174	24	40	6	1	23	14	1	53	0	1	190	75	16	0	1	0	6	.230	.289	.431	.721	22	1.5	.322	100	0
17	Justyn-Henry Malloy J. Malloy	8	24	2024	DET	71	202	18	41	7	1	21	23	3	85	1	1	230	74	16	0	2	0	2	.203	.291	.366	.658	23	-3.6	.291	88	-3.1
18	Shea Langeliers S. Langeliers	6	24	2022	OAK	40	142	14	31	10	1	22	9	0	53	0	0	153	61	17	0	2	0	4	.218	.261	.430	.691	16	-1.7	.296	97	-0.6
19	Jose Rondon J. Rondon	6	24	2018	CWS	42	100	15	23	6	0	14	7	0	30	2	1	107	47	12	0	0	0	3	.230	.280	.470	.750	13	0.4	.319	102	0.2
20	Nick Solak N. Solak	5	24	2019	TEX	33	116	19	34	6	1	17	15	4	29	2	0	135	57	12	0	0	1	2	.293	.393	.491	.884	23	6.4	.375	127	4.6
21	Kennys Vargas K. Vargas	5	24	2015	MIN	58	175	18	42	4	0	17	9	0	54	0	0	184	61	9	0	0	0	7	.240	.277	.349	.626	15	-5.6	.275	69	-6.6
22	Eric Wedge E. Wedge	5	24	1992	BOS	27	68	11	17	2	0	11	13	0	18	0	0	81	34	7	0	0	0	0	.250	.370	.500	.870	13	4.6	.393	142	3.8
23	Paul Sorrento P. Sorrento	5	24	1990	MIN	41	121	11	25	4	1	13	12	1	31	1	1	135	46	10	0	1	0	3	.207	.281	.380	.662	13	-2	.299	81	-3
24	Mark Brouhard M. Brouhard	5	24	1980	MIL	45	125	17	29	6	0	16	7	1	24	1	0	133	50	11	0	0	0	3	.232	.278	.400	.678	13	-1.6	.305	87	-2
25	Dick Davis D. Davis	5	24	1978	MIL	69	218	28	54	10	1	26	7	2	23	2	5	235	81	16	4	4	0	5	.248	.273	.372	.644	20	-5.1	.289	79	-5.6

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