which mlb pitcher hit the most home runs in a season at age 20

Ray Sadecki has given up the most home runs by a 20-year-old pitcher in a season, with 28 HR in 1961.

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	NAME	HR	Age	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Ray Sadecki R. Sadecki	28	20	1961	STL	31	14	10	.583	31	3.72	114	13	0	0	222.2	196	92	100	102	3	0	2	949	8	4.61	4.12	1.12	1.13	12.0	10.7	1.34	.239	4.04	86	4.60	109	7.92	-8
2	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	27	20	1974	CAL	39	14	19	.424	35	3.12	180	12	4	0	268.2	262	93	104	77	8	2	4	1,127	4	6.03	2.58	2.34	0.90	16.0	6.8	1.26	.281	3.48	92	3.48	99	8.78	0.4
3	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	27	20	1966	CHC	34	11	16	.407	33	3.79	171	9	0	0	220.2	194	93	104	68	4	0	6	912	8	6.97	2.77	2.51	1.10	18.8	7.5	1.19	.260	4.24	100	3.57	98	7.91	2.6
4	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	26	20	2004	KCR	24	8	11	.421	24	3.97	100	0	0	0	145.0	143	64	64	26	8	0	3	599	1	6.21	1.61	3.85	1.61	16.7	4.3	1.17	.267	3.97	82	4.70	102	8.88	-1.2
5	Dave Rozema D. Rozema	25	20	1977	DET	28	15	7	.682	28	3.09	92	16	1	0	218.1	222	75	87	34	7	0	4	890	2	3.79	1.40	2.71	1.03	10.3	3.8	1.17	.269	3.59	74	3.94	94	9.15	6.1
6	Mike McCormick M. McCormick	24	20	1959	SFG	47	12	16	.429	31	3.99	151	7	3	4	225.2	213	100	117	86	1	9	13	972	9	6.02	3.43	1.76	0.96	15.5	8.8	1.32	.266	4.67	103	3.74	99	8.49	0.9
7	Egyptian Healy E. Healy	24	20	1887	IND	41	12	29	.293	41	5.17	75	40	3	0	341.0	415	196	292	108	15	0		1,535	39	1.98	2.85	0.69	0.63	4.9	7.0	1.53	.298	7.71	128	4.83	114	10.95	-22.9
8	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	23	20	2009	DET	31	14	9	.609	31	3.96	89	0	0	0	170.2	176	75	81	52	3	0	0	720	6	4.69	2.74	1.71	1.21	12.4	7.2	1.34	.277	4.27	87	4.76	107	9.28	-5.8
9	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	23	20	2006	SEA	31	12	14	.462	31	4.52	176	2	1	0	191.0	195	96	105	60	6	0	2	816	11	8.29	2.83	2.93	1.08	21.6	7.4	1.34	.312	4.95	103	3.90	88	9.19	11.2
10	Jeremy Bonderman J. Bonderman	23	20	2003	DET	33	6	19	.240	28	5.56	108	0	0	0	162.0	193	100	118	58	4	0	2	727	12	6.00	3.22	1.86	1.28	14.9	8.0	1.55	.318	6.56	127	4.69	106	10.72	-5
11	Dick Drott D. Drott	22	20	1957	CHC	38	15	11	.577	32	3.58	170	7	3	0	229.0	200	91	107	129	7	3	2	1,007	7	6.68	5.07	1.32	0.86	16.9	12.8	1.44	.262	4.21	92	4.00	105	7.86	-4.6
12	Rick Ankiel R. Ankiel	21	20	2000	STL	31	11	7	.611	30	3.50	194	0	0	0	175.0	137	68	80	90	6	0	2	735	12	9.98	4.63	2.16	1.08	26.4	12.2	1.30	.274	4.11	76	4.11	86	7.05	13.3
13	Jeff D'Amico J. D'Amico	21	20	1996	MIL	17	6	6	.500	17	5.44	53	0	0	0	86.0	88	52	53	31	0	0	0	367	1	5.55	3.24	1.71	2.20	14.4	8.4	1.38	.256	5.55	106	6.19	126	9.21	-12.2
14	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	21	20	1971	MIN	38	16	15	.516	38	2.81	224	17	5	0	278.1	267	87	95	59	5	0	1	1,126	5	7.24	1.91	3.80	0.68	19.9	5.2	1.17	.301	3.07	80	2.51	69	8.63	34.2
15	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	21	20	1966	BAL	30	15	10	.600	30	3.46	147	6	0	0	208.1	176	80	83	91	0	0	1	867	7	6.35	3.93	1.62	0.91	17.0	10.5	1.28	.255	3.59	102	3.76	107	7.60	-5.8
16	Dave Boswell D. Boswell	20	20	1965	MIN	27	6	5	.545	12	3.40	85	1	0	0	106.0	77	40	43	46	5	1	0	435	1	7.22	3.91	1.85	1.70	19.5	10.6	1.16	.204	3.65	95	4.81	131	6.54	-12.7
17	Dave Morehead D. Morehead	20	20	1963	BOS	29	10	13	.435	29	3.81	136	6	1	0	174.2	137	74	82	99	0	0	2	752	2	7.01	5.10	1.37	1.03	18.1	13.2	1.35	.235	4.23	100	4.11	107	7.06	-4.7
18	CC Sabathia	19	20	2001	CLE	33	17	5	.773	33	4.39	171	0	0	0	180.1	149	88	93	95	7	0	1	763	7	8.53	4.74	1.80	0.95	22.4	12.5	1.35	.276	4.64	98	4.21	94	7.44	5.2
19	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	17	20	1966	KCA	30	9	11	.450	25	4.02	103	4	0	0	176.2	158	79	87	64	2	0	4	740	2	5.25	3.26	1.61	0.87	13.9	8.6	1.26	.255	4.43	115	3.76	104	8.05	-2.4
20	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	17	20	1957	BKN	34	17	9	.654	29	2.69	148	9	4	0	221.0	197	66	76	61	7	4	3	911	3	6.03	2.48	2.43	0.69	16.2	6.7	1.17	.265	3.10	67	3.04	76	8.02	22.5
21	Chuck Stobbs C. Stobbs	17	20	1950	BSA	32	12	7	.632	21	5.10	78	6	0	1	169.1	158	96	104	88	5	3		738	0	4.15	4.68	0.89	0.90	10.6	11.9	1.45	.256	5.53	105	4.62	98	8.40	2.4
22	John Coleman J. Coleman	17	20	1883	PHN	65	12	48	.200	61	4.87	159	59	3	0	538.1	772	291	510	48		4		2,546	9	2.66	0.80	3.31	0.28	6.2	1.9	1.52		8.53	158	3.34	109	12.91	-19.2
23	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	16	20	1975	CLE	34	13	7	.650	24	2.60	152	6	2	2	186.2	147	54	61	90	7	5	8	794	4	7.33	4.34	1.69	0.77	19.1	11.3	1.27	.248	2.94	69	3.62	93	7.09	5.6
24	Kevin Kobel K. Kobel	16	20	1974	MIL	34	6	14	.300	24	3.99	74	3	2	0	169.1	166	75	84	54	2	3	1	712	3	3.93	2.87	1.37	0.85	10.4	7.6	1.30	.265	4.46	111	3.91	109	8.82	-6.3
25	Wally Bunker W. Bunker	16	20	1965	BAL	34	10	8	.556	27	3.38	84	4	1	2	189.0	170	71	79	58	4	3	2	778	2	4.00	2.76	1.45	0.76	10.8	7.5	1.21	.250	3.76	100	3.71	106	8.10	-4.7

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