who had the most home runs in a season before 1924

Before 1924, Babe Ruth smashed the most home runs in a season, with 59 home runs in 1921.

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	NAME	HR	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	59	1921	NYY	152	540	177	204	44	16	168	145	4	81	17	13	693	457	119	4	.378	.512	.846	1.359	214	127.8	.575	224	118.7
2	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	54	1920	NYY	142	458	158	172	36	9	135	150	3	80	14	14	616	388	99	5	.376	.532	.847	1.379	191	120.9	.597	237	110.5
3	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	42	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
4	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	41	1923	NYY	152	522	151	205	45	13	130	170	4	93	17	21	699	399	99	3	.393	.545	.764	1.309	211	124.7	.571	230	120.4
5	Cy Williams C. Williams	41	1923	PHN	136	535	98	157	22	3	114	59	7	57	11	10	604	308	66	3	.293	.371	.576	.947	112	37.8	.425	131	24
6	Ken Williams K. Williams	39	1922	SLA	153	585	128	194	34	11	155	74	7	31	37	20	678	367	84	12	.332	.413	.627	1.040	147	61.9	.461	159	52.7
7	Tilly Walker T. Walker	37	1922	PHA	153	565	111	160	31	4	99	61	4	67	4	3	645	310	72	15	.283	.357	.549	.906	110	29.4	.405	127	23.1
8	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	35	1922	NYY	110	406	94	128	24	8	96	84	1	80	2	5	495	273	67	4	.315	.434	.672	1.106	117	54.4	.484	177	50.8
9	Ken Williams K. Williams	29	1923	SLA	147	555	106	198	37	12	91	79	2	32	18	17	646	346	78	10	.357	.439	.623	1.062	147	67.1	.477	167	57.5
10	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	29	1919	BSA	130	432	103	139	34	12	113	101	6	58	7		542	284	75	3	.322	.456	.657	1.114	127	70.9	.509	203	65.5
11	Ned Williamson N. Williamson	27	1884	CWS	107	417	84	116	18	8	84	42		56			459	231	53		.278		.554		109	41.7	.396	145	32.7
12	Cy Williams C. Williams	26	1922	PHN	151	584	98	180	30	6	92	74	6	49	11	14	676	300	62	12	.308	.392	.514	.905	119	34.7	.412	120	18
13	Buck Freeman B. Freeman	25	1899	WSH	155	588	107	187	19	25	122	23	18	25	21		634	331	69	5	.318	.362	.563	.925	128	40.1	.422	137	34.5
14	Fred Pfeffer F. Pfeffer	25	1884	CWS	112	467	105	135	10	10	101	25		47			492	240	45		.289		.514		107	35.6	.372	134	25.9
15	Bob Meusel B. Meusel	24	1921	NYY	149	598	104	190	40	16	138	34	2	88	17	6	646	334	80	12	.318	.356	.559	.915	112	30.9	.407	125	22.4
16	Ken Williams K. Williams	24	1921	SLA	146	547	115	190	31	7	117	74	4	42	20	17	646	307	62	21	.347	.429	.561	.990	133	52.1	.447	146	41.1
17	Gavvy Cravath G. Cravath	24	1915	PHN	150	522	89	149	31	7	115	86	6	77	11	9	621	266	62	7	.285	.393	.510	.902	111	47.5	.431	167	43.9
18	High Pockets Kelly H. Pockets Kelly	23	1921	NYG	149	587	95	181	42	9	122	40	3	73	4	12	647	310	74	17	.308	.356	.528	.884	106	25.2	.396	130	24.7
19	Tilly Walker T. Walker	23	1921	PHA	142	556	89	169	32	5	101	73	4	41	3	5	640	280	60	7	.304	.389	.504	.892	110	30.2	.406	122	19.3
20	Jack Fournier J. Fournier	22	1923	BKN	133	515	91	181	30	13	102	43	9	28	11	4	578	303	65	11	.351	.411	.588	.999	120	48.2	.451	161	45.7
21	Abner Dalrymple A. Dalrymple	22	1884	CWS	111	521	111	161	18	9	69	14		39			535	263	49		.309		.505		116	37.9	.370	133	27.4
22	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	21	1922	DET	118	455	92	162	27	10	92	58	3	28	8	4	527	272	58	11	.356	.432	.598	1.030	115	48.4	.462	164	44.6
23	Bing Miller B. Miller	21	1922	PHA	143	535	90	179	29	12	90	24	7	42	10	10	582	295	62	16	.335	.371	.551	.922	104	30.8	.414	132	25.1
24	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	21	1921	SLN	154	592	131	235	44	18	126	60	7	48	13	13	674	378	83	15	.397	.458	.639	1.097	162	77.5	.489	191	77.7
25	Frank Schulte F. Schulte	21	1911	CHC	154	577	105	173	30	21	107	76	3	71	23		687	308	72	31	.300	.384	.534	.918	128	46.5	.428	149	42.9

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