which mlb designated hitter hit the most home runs in a season at age 29

Shohei Ohtani has hit the most home runs by a 29-year-old designated hitter in a season, with 54 homers in 2024.

	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	54	29	2024	LAD	159	636	134	197	38	7	130	81	6	162	59	4	728	411	99	0	5	10	7	.310	.390	.646	1.036	156	70.5	.431	180	69.5
2	David Ortiz D. Ortiz	47	29	2005	BOS	159	601	119	180	40	1	148	102	1	124	1	0	713	363	88	0	9	9	13	.300	.397	.604	1.001	140	54.5	.418	157	49.5
3	Yordan Alvarez Y. Alvarez	42	29	2026	HOU	158	567	105	179	34	1	106	109	11	120	1	0	692	341	77	0	5	33	7	.316	.432	.601	1.033	145	62.7	.429	181	65
4	Edwin Encarnacion E. Encarnacion	42	29	2012	TOR	151	542	93	152	24	0	110	84	11	94	13	3	644	302	66	0	7	12	6	.280	.384	.557	.941	115	41.9	.396	150	37.9
5	Travis Hafner T. Hafner	42	29	2006	CLE	129	454	100	140	31	1	117	100	7	111	0	0	563	299	74	0	2	16	10	.308	.439	.659	1.097	128	57	.450	176	55.6
6	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	41	29	2001	BOS	142	529	93	162	33	2	125	81	8	147	0	1	620	322	76	0	2	25	9	.306	.405	.609	1.014	123	46.1	.415	155	43.3
7	Brent Rooker B. Rooker	39	29	2024	OAK	145	546	82	160	26	2	112	59	5	177	11	3	614	307	67	0	4	4	5	.293	.365	.562	.927	112	40.5	.392	164	45
8	Don Baylor D. Baylor	34	29	1978	CAL	158	591	103	151	26	0	99	56	18	71	22	9	677	279	60	0	12	9	15	.255	.332	.472	.804	93	19.4	.356	126	20
9	Evan Gattis E. Gattis	32	29	2016	HOU	128	447	58	112	19	0	72	43	4	127	2	1	499	227	51	0	5	6	12	.251	.319	.508	.826	70	11.1	.345	121	12.3
10	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	31	29	1994	TEX	111	429	88	121	19	2	90	69	5	114	15	8	505	237	52	0	2	8	20	.282	.386	.552	.939	92	27.8	.398	134	23
11	Dmitri Young D. Young	29	29	2003	DET	155	562	78	167	34	7	85	58	11	130	2	1	635	302	70	0	4	16	16	.297	.372	.537	.909	106	28.1	.381	136	28.8
12	Tim Salmon T. Salmon	26	29	1998	ANA	136	463	84	139	28	1	88	90	3	100	0	1	566	247	55	0	10	5	4	.300	.410	.533	.943	105	34.8	.405	143	31.5
13	Ken Phelps K. Phelps	24	29	1984	SEA	101	290	52	70	9	0	51	61	5	73	3	3	360	151	33	0	4	5	1	.241	.378	.521	.898	61	21.2	.394	144	18.4
14	Pedro Alvarez P. Alvarez	22	29	2016	BAL	109	337	43	84	20	0	49	37	0	97	1	0	376	170	42	0	2	1	6	.249	.322	.504	.826	54	9.6	.349	119	8.8
15	Kendrys Morales K. Morales	22	29	2012	LAA	134	484	61	132	26	1	73	31	4	116	0	1	522	226	49	0	3	1	11	.273	.320	.467	.787	70	10	.339	119	11.5
16	Erubiel Durazo E. Durazo	22	29	2004	OAK	142	511	80	164	35	1	88	56	9	104	3	2	578	267	58	0	2	9	7	.321	.396	.523	.919	102	30.2	.392	139	28.8
17	Richie Zisk R. Zisk	22	29	1978	TEX	140	511	68	134	19	1	85	58	3	76	3	3	581	221	42	4	5	7	14	.262	.338	.432	.770	75	12	.345	115	10
18	Cliff Johnson C. Johnson	22	29	1977	TOT	107	286	46	85	16	0	54	43	10	53	0	2	339	167	38	0	0	2	3	.297	.407	.584	.991	68	28.8	.430	173	29.8
19	Otto Velez O. Velez	20	29	1980	TOR	104	357	54	96	12	3	62	54	2	86	0	0	417	174	35	0	4	8	8	.269	.365	.487	.852	64	17.1	.374	126	12.9
20	Oscar Gamble O. Gamble	19	29	1979	TOT	100	274	48	98	10	1	64	50	1	28	2	1	327	167	30	0	2	12	7	.358	.456	.609	1.065	72	33.9	.456	183	33
21	Bryce Harper B. Harper	18	29	2022	PHI	99	370	63	106	28	1	65	46	3	87	11	4	426	190	47	0	7	9	13	.286	.364	.514	.877	69	20.2	.369	139	19.4
22	Daniel Vogelbach D. Vogelbach	18	29	2022	TOT	130	386	47	92	19	1	59	73	1	114	0	0	461	167	38	0	1	2	11	.238	.360	.433	.793	67	14.4	.349	127	14.3
23	Marcell Ozuna M. Ozuna	18	29	2020	ATL	60	228	38	77	14	0	56	38	0	60	0	0	267	145	32	0	1	3	3	.338	.431	.636	1.067	61	27.9	.444	178	26.6
24	Bob Hamelin B. Hamelin	18	29	1997	DET	110	318	47	86	15	0	52	48	1	72	2	1	369	155	33	0	2	3	8	.270	.366	.487	.853	57	11.8	.371	121	9.7
25	Byron Buxton B. Buxton	17	29	2023	MIN	85	304	49	63	17	1	42	35	4	109	9	0	347	133	35	0	4	2	3	.207	.294	.438	.731	40	-2.1	.311	97	-1.4

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Shohei Ohtani has hit the most home runs by a 29-year-old designated hitter in a season, with 54 homers in 2024.

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