which mlb first baseman hit the most home runs in a season at age 37

Hank Aaron has launched the most home runs by a 37-year-old first baseman in a season, with 47 home runs in 1971.

	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	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	47	37	1971	ATL	139	495	95	162	22	3	118	71	2	58	1	1	573	331	72	0	5	21	9	.327	.410	.669	1.079	124	65.3	.466	191	57.2
2	Andres Galarraga A. Galarraga	44	37	1998	ATL	153	555	103	169	27	1	121	63	25	146	7	6	648	330	72	0	5	11	8	.305	.397	.595	.991	127	47.2	.418	156	46.2
3	Rafael Palmeiro R. Palmeiro	43	37	2002	TEX	155	546	99	149	34	0	105	104	6	94	2	0	663	312	77	0	7	16	10	.273	.391	.571	.962	121	41.8	.402	143	34.9
4	Joey Votto J. Votto	36	37	2021	CIN	129	448	73	119	23	1	99	77	4	127	1	0	533	252	60	0	4	6	7	.266	.375	.563	.938	98	33.9	.391	140	27.4
5	Jason Giambi J. Giambi	32	37	2008	NYY	145	458	68	113	19	1	96	76	22	111	2	1	565	230	52	0	9	5	6	.247	.373	.502	.876	91	23	.378	131	21.4
6	Ernie Banks E. Banks	32	37	1968	CHC	150	552	71	136	27	0	83	27	5	67	2	0	595	259	59	9	2	4	12	.246	.287	.469	.756	76	21.4	.344	123	13.4
7	Fred McGriff F. McGriff	31	37	2001	TOT	146	513	67	157	25	2	102	66	3	106	1	2	586	279	58	0	4	13	13	.306	.386	.544	.930	103	30.7	.389	139	29.1
8	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	29	37	2001	STL	97	299	48	56	4	0	64	56	3	118	0	0	364	147	33	0	6	3	7	.187	.316	.492	.808	49	3.6	.339	104	2.1
9	Eddie Murray E. Murray	27	37	1993	NYM	154	610	77	174	28	1	100	40	0	61	2	2	659	285	56	0	9	4	24	.285	.325	.467	.792	88	9.5	.344	109	7.7
10	Johnny Mize J. Mize	25	37	1950	NYY	90	274	43	76	12	0	72	29	2	24	0	1	305	163	37	0			4	.277	.351	.595	.946	55	17	.414	134	14.5
11	Carlos Santana C. Santana	23	37	2023	TOT	146	550	78	132	33	1	86	65	0	104	6	0	619	236	57	0	4	0	11	.240	.318	.429	.747	78	2.5	.323	100	0.3
12	Willie McCovey W. McCovey	23	37	1975	SDP	122	413	43	104	17	0	68	57	3	80	1	0	475	190	40	0	2	8	10	.252	.345	.460	.805	67	14.6	.362	127	14.7
13	Norm Cash N. Cash	22	37	1972	DET	137	440	51	114	16	0	61	50	4	64	0	2	501	196	38	4	3	13	9	.259	.338	.445	.783	66	16.5	.350	128	13.9
14	Steve Garvey S. Garvey	21	37	1986	SDP	155	557	58	142	22	0	81	23	1	72	1	2	584	227	43	0	3	5	18	.255	.284	.408	.692	59	-8.4	.302	89	-7.6
15	Jeff Conine J. Conine	20	37	2003	TOT	149	577	88	163	36	3	95	50	5	70	5	0	646	265	59	1	13	5	16	.282	.338	.459	.797	86	6.8	.340	109	7.3
16	Reggie Smith R. Smith	18	37	1982	SFG	106	349	51	99	11	0	56	46	0	46	7	0	398	164	29	0	3	9	9	.284	.364	.470	.834	59	14.3	.365	134	15.3
17	Tino Martinez T. Martinez	17	37	2005	NYY	131	303	43	73	9	0	49	38	3	54	2	0	348	133	26	0	4	3	10	.241	.328	.439	.767	43	1.5	.331	103	1.1
18	Stan Musial S. Musial	17	37	1958	STL	135	472	64	159	35	2	62	72	1	26	0	0	549	249	54	0	4	26	19	.337	.423	.528	.950	98	36.5	.405	141	28.1
19	Darrell Evans D. Evans	16	37	1984	DET	131	401	60	93	11	1	63	77	0	70	2	2	483	154	28	1	4	10	7	.232	.353	.384	.737	59	5.2	.331	106	3.7
20	Yuli Gurriel Y. Gurriel	15	37	2021	HOU	143	530	83	169	31	0	81	59	4	68	1	1	605	245	46	0	12	2	16	.319	.383	.462	.846	98	24.4	.363	133	24.3
21	Mark Grace M. Grace	15	37	2001	ARI	145	476	66	142	31	2	78	67	4	36	1	0	553	222	48	1	5	6	7	.298	.386	.466	.852	87	18.8	.367	117	12.4
22	Todd Helton T. Helton	14	37	2011	COL	124	421	59	127	27	0	69	59	3	71	0	1	491	196	41	0	8	5	6	.302	.385	.466	.850	76	20.9	.370	120	11.1
23	Mike Stanley M. Stanley	14	37	2000	TOT	90	282	33	67	12	0	46	44	1	65	0	0	331	121	26	1	3	0	4	.238	.339	.429	.768	43	-0.7	.338	95	-2.2
24	Julio Franco J. Franco	14	37	1996	CLE	112	432	72	139	20	1	76	61	3	82	8	8	499	203	35	0	3	2	14	.322	.407	.470	.877	86	22.2	.387	124	16.6
25	George Brett G. Brett	14	37	1990	KCR	142	544	82	179	45	7	87	56	0	63	9	2	607	280	66	0	7	14	18	.329	.387	.515	.902	102	34.1	.392	147	32.7

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Hank Aaron has launched the most home runs by a 37-year-old first baseman in a season, with 47 home runs in 1971.

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