which mlb designated hitter hit the most home runs in a season at age 37

Nelson Cruz and Edgar Martinez are tied for the most home runs by a 37-year-old designated hitter in a season, with 37 home runs.

	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	Nelson Cruz N. Cruz	37	37	2018	SEA	144	519	70	133	18	1	97	55	14	122	1	0	591	264	56	0	3	5	15	.256	.342	.509	.850	91	22.3	.361	133	23.4
2	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	37	37	2000	SEA	153	556	100	180	31	0	145	96	5	95	3	0	665	322	68	0	8	8	13	.324	.423	.579	1.002	136	48.4	.424	154	49
3	Dave Kingman D. Kingman	35	37	1986	OAK	144	561	70	118	19	0	94	33	3	126	3	3	604	242	54	0	7	3	16	.210	.255	.431	.686	59	-10.9	.297	86	-10.3
4	Jim Thome J. Thome	34	37	2008	CWS	149	503	93	123	28	0	90	91	4	147	1	0	602	253	62	0	4	9	17	.245	.362	.503	.865	93	21	.371	122	16.4
5	Ellis Burks E. Burks	32	37	2002	CLE	138	518	92	156	28	0	91	44	6	108	2	3	570	280	60	1	1	3	13	.301	.362	.541	.903	97	28.5	.386	139	27.4
6	Don Baylor D. Baylor	31	37	1986	BOS	160	585	93	139	23	1	94	62	35	111	3	5	687	257	55	0	5	8	12	.238	.344	.439	.783	94	14.5	.347	110	8.2
7	David Ortiz D. Ortiz	30	37	2013	BOS	137	518	84	160	38	2	103	76	1	88	4	0	600	292	70	0	5	27	21	.309	.395	.564	.959	106	40.4	.400	151	34.6
8	Chili Davis C. Davis	30	37	1997	KCR	140	477	71	133	20	0	90	85	1	96	6	3	567	243	50	0	4	16	15	.279	.386	.509	.896	93	23.3	.382	128	20.1
9	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	30	37	1973	CAL	147	534	85	142	29	0	97	82	10	93	1	1	630	261	59	1	3	12	13	.266	.372	.489	.861	100	30.3	.382	146	32.7
10	Victor Martinez V. Martinez	27	37	2016	DET	154	553	65	160	22	0	86	50	4	90	0	0	610	263	49	0	3	8	19	.289	.351	.476	.826	88	16.4	.351	120	15
11	Brian Downing B. Downing	25	37	1988	CAL	135	484	80	117	18	2	64	81	14	63	3	4	590	214	45	5	6	5	12	.242	.362	.442	.805	86	22	.361	128	19.3
12	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	23	37	2017	LAA	149	593	53	143	17	0	101	37	2	93	3	0	636	229	40	0	4	5	26	.241	.286	.386	.672	59	-18.8	.286	77	-18.2
13	Kirk Gibson K. Gibson	23	37	1994	DET	98	330	71	91	17	2	72	42	3	69	4	5	382	181	42	2	5	3	2	.276	.358	.548	.906	64	16.1	.383	126	13.4
14	Billy Williams B. Williams	23	37	1975	OAK	155	520	68	127	20	1	81	76	2	68	0	0	602	218	44	1	3	7	9	.244	.341	.419	.760	77	11.5	.346	121	14.1
15	Harold Baines H. Baines	22	37	1996	CWS	143	495	80	154	29	0	95	73	1	62	3	1	572	249	51	0	3	7	20	.311	.399	.503	.902	101	27	.391	130	23.5
16	Joe Carter J. Carter	21	37	1997	TOR	157	612	76	143	30	4	102	40	7	105	8	2	668	244	55	0	9	5	12	.234	.284	.399	.683	62	-20.5	.295	72	-23.6
17	Andrew McCutchen A. McCutchen	20	37	2024	PIT	120	448	66	104	18	1	50	58	7	133	3	2	515	184	39	0	2	1	9	.232	.328	.411	.739	66	5.9	.325	106	3.4
18	Matt Holliday M. Holliday	19	37	2017	NYY	105	373	50	86	18	0	64	46	3	114	1	0	427	161	37	0	5	0	14	.231	.316	.432	.748	52	-0.2	.320	98	-0.8
19	Johnny Damon J. Damon	16	37	2011	TBR	150	582	79	152	29	7	73	51	7	92	19	6	647	243	52	2	5	1	4	.261	.326	.418	.743	78	5.4	.327	108	6.4
20	Carlos Beltran C. Beltran	15	37	2014	NYY	109	403	46	94	23	0	49	37	4	80	3	1	449	162	38	0	5	2	11	.233	.301	.402	.703	48	-0.1	.310	97	-1.7
21	Jim Dwyer J. Dwyer	15	37	1987	BAL	92	241	54	66	7	1	33	37	1	57	4	1	281	120	23	1	1	4	4	.274	.371	.498	.869	46	11.2	.374	129	10.2
22	Rico Carty R. Carty	15	37	1977	CLE	127	461	50	129	23	1	80	56	0	51	1	2	521	199	39	0	4	6	17	.280	.355	.432	.787	70	9.8	.347	114	8.8
23	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	14	37	1994	TOR	115	454	86	155	30	4	75	55	1	48	20	0	515	235	48	0	5	4	13	.341	.410	.518	.927	95	29.8	.402	139	26.7
24	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	14	37	1983	CAL	116	397	43	77	14	1	49	52	4	140	0	2	458	135	29	0	5	5	5	.194	.290	.340	.630	40	-12.1	.285	74	-14.3
25	Johnny Grubb J. Grubb	13	37	1986	DET	81	210	32	70	13	1	51	28	2	28	0	1	243	124	27	0	3	0	0	.333	.412	.590	1.002	50	21.8	.434	172	21.3

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