which mlb second baseman hit the most home runs in a season at age 26

Rogers Hornsby has crushed the most homers by a 26-year-old second baseman in a season, with 42 home runs in 1922.

	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	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	42	26	1922	SLN	154	623	141	250	46	14	152	65	1	50	17	12	704	450	102	15				.401	.459	.722	1.181	186	97.8	.520	197	92.7
2	Brandon Lowe B. Lowe	39	26	2021	TBR	149	535	97	132	31	0	99	68	9	167	7	1	615	280	70	0	3	4	2	.247	.340	.523	.863	99	24.9	.363	137	27.8
3	Alfonso Soriano A. Soriano	39	26	2002	NYY	156	696	128	209	51	2	102	23	14	157	41	13	741	381	92	1	7	1	8	.300	.332	.547	.880	118	29.2	.374	131	27.9
4	Ozzie Albies O. Albies	33	26	2023	ATL	148	596	96	167	30	5	109	46	8	107	13	1	658	306	68	0	8	2	9	.280	.336	.513	.849	102	21.8	.358	124	19.7
5	Brandon Phillips B. Phillips	30	26	2007	CIN	158	650	107	187	26	6	94	33	12	109	32	8	702	315	62	2	5	4	26	.288	.331	.485	.816	98	11.1	.350	104	3.3
6	Chase Utley C. Utley	28	26	2005	PHI	147	543	93	158	39	6	105	69	9	109	16	3	628	293	73	0	7	5	10	.291	.376	.540	.915	108	32.5	.388	135	27.4
7	Juan Samuel J. Samuel	28	26	1987	PHI	160	655	113	178	37	15	100	60	5	162	35	15	726	329	80	0	6	5	12	.272	.335	.502	.837	107	18.3	.356	114	13.2
8	Dan Uggla D. Uggla	27	26	2006	FLA	154	611	105	172	26	7	90	48	9	123	6	6	683	293	60	7	8	1	5	.282	.339	.480	.818	96	10.5	.350	110	8.6
9	Gleyber Torres G. Torres	25	26	2023	NYY	158	596	90	163	28	2	68	67	3	98	13	6	672	270	55	0	6	0	19	.273	.347	.453	.800	97	15.1	.346	120	16.5
10	Robinson Cano R. Cano	25	26	2009	NYY	161	637	103	204	48	2	85	30	3	63	5	7	674	331	75	0	4	2	22	.320	.352	.520	.871	106	25.4	.374	123	19.6
11	Edgardo Alfonzo E. Alfonzo	25	26	2000	NYM	150	544	109	176	40	2	94	95	5	70	3	2	650	295	67	0	6	1	12	.324	.425	.542	.967	129	43.8	.418	150	44.1
12	Jose Altuve J. Altuve	24	26	2016	HOU	161	640	108	216	42	5	96	60	7	70	30	10	717	340	71	3	7	11	15	.338	.396	.531	.928	127	42.9	.391	152	44.7
13	Joe Gordon J. Gordon	24	26	1941	NYY	156	588	104	162	26	7	87	72	4	80	10	9	665	274	57	1			16	.276	.358	.466	.824	101	23.8	.381	120	17.7
14	Jonathan Schoop J. Schoop	21	26	2018	TOT	131	473	61	110	22	1	61	19	4	115	1	1	501	197	44	1	4	2	11	.233	.266	.416	.682	48	-10.2	.290	80	-11.9
15	Starlin Castro S. Castro	21	26	2016	NYY	151	577	63	156	29	1	70	24	3	118	4	0	610	250	51	1	5	1	15	.270	.300	.433	.734	69	-2.7	.313	93	-4.8
16	Alexei Ramirez A. Ramirez	21	26	2008	CWS	136	480	65	139	22	2	77	18	3	61	13	9	509	228	45	4	4	3	14	.290	.317	.475	.792	66	4.7	.340	101	0.8
17	David Bell D. Bell	21	26	1999	SEA	157	597	92	160	31	2	78	58	2	90	7	4	667	258	54	3	7	0	7	.268	.331	.432	.763	83	-3.6	.334	97	-2.5
18	Granny Hamner G. Hamner	21	26	1953	PHN	154	609	90	168	30	8	92	32	1	28	2	1	646	277	59	4			17	.276	.313	.455	.768	81	3.5	.343	97	-2.9
19	Jurickson Profar J. Profar	20	26	2019	OAK	139	459	65	100	24	2	67	48	8	75	9	1	518	188	46	0	3	2	12	.218	.301	.410	.711	57	-8.3	.301	90	-6.7
20	Jean Segura J. Segura	20	26	2016	ARI	153	637	102	203	41	7	64	39	12	101	33	10	694	318	68	4	2	1	6	.319	.368	.499	.867	112	30.3	.371	126	22.5
21	Ray Durham R. Durham	19	26	1998	CWS	158	635	126	181	35	8	67	73	6	105	36	9	723	289	62	6	3	3	5	.285	.363	.455	.818	106	16.4	.358	115	14
22	Brian Dozier B. Dozier	18	26	2013	MIN	147	558	72	136	33	4	66	51	6	120	14	7	622	231	55	3	4	0	14	.244	.312	.414	.726	71	2.7	.319	99	-0.5
23	Ian Kinsler I. Kinsler	18	26	2008	TEX	121	518	102	165	41	4	71	45	6	67	26	2	583	268	63	7	7	1	12	.319	.375	.517	.892	97	27.3	.385	133	23.5
24	Brice Turang B. Turang	17	26	2026	MIL	136	529	90	136	32	3	86	80	1	154	18	5	617	225	52	5	2	3	8	.257	.355	.425	.780	87	13.6	.344	118	13.7
25	Jonathan India J. India	17	26	2023	CIN	119	454	78	111	23	0	61	52	16	109	14	2	529	185	40	0	7	0	13	.244	.338	.407	.746	68	3.9	.327	98	-1.1

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