who had the most home runs in a season before 1928

Before 1928, Babe Ruth smashed the most home runs in a season, with 60 homers in 1927.

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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	60	1927	NYY	151	540	158	192	29	8	165	137	0	89	7	6	691	417	97	14	.356	.486	.772	1.258	195	109.9	.545	212	104.8
2	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
3	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
4	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	47	1927	NYY	155	584	149	218	52	18	173	109	3	84	10	8	717	447	117	21	.373	.474	.765	1.240	199	110.9	.540	209	105.6
5	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	47	1926	NYY	152	495	139	184	30	5	153	144	3	76	11	9	652	365	82	10	.372	.516	.737	1.253	184	105.6	.551	216	100.6
6	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	46	1924	NYY	153	529	143	200	39	7	124	142	4	81	9	13	681	391	92	6	.378	.513	.739	1.252	193	109.2	.549	210	102
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	39	1925	SLN	138	504	133	203	41	10	143	83	2	39	5	3	605	381	90	16	.403	.489	.756	1.245	173	94.1	.540	208	90.1
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Bob Meusel B. Meusel	33	1925	NYY	156	624	101	181	34	12	134	54	1	55	13	14	696	338	79	17	.290	.348	.542	.889	114	23	.393	118	17.6
15	Cy Williams C. Williams	30	1927	PHN	131	492	86	135	18	2	98	61	9	57	0		570	247	50	8	.274	.365	.502	.867	93	22.9	.396	120	14.6
16	Hack Wilson H. Wilson	30	1927	CHC	146	551	119	175	30	12	129	71	6	70	13		646	319	72	18	.318	.401	.579	.980	129	49.1	.441	159	48.4
17	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
18	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
19	Jack Fournier J. Fournier	27	1924	BKN	154	563	93	188	25	4	116	83	10	46	7	5	669	302	56	13	.334	.428	.536	.965	133	50.6	.443	163	52.2
20	Joe Hauser J. Hauser	27	1924	PHA	149	562	97	162	31	8	115	56	5	52	7	5	634	290	66	11	.288	.358	.516	.874	103	24.6	.396	115	13.2
21	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
22	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	26	1927	NYG	155	568	133	205	32	9	125	86	4	38	9		684	333	67	26	.361	.448	.586	1.035	151	67.4	.469	176	65.8
23	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
24	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	25	1925	NYY	98	359	61	104	12	2	67	59	2	68	2	4	426	195	39	6	.290	.393	.543	.936	79	23.4	.419	133	20.1
25	Ken Williams K. Williams	25	1925	SLA	102	411	83	136	31	5	105	37	3	14	10	5	462	252	61	11	.331	.390	.613	1.003	94	34	.442	139	25.5

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Yankees	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	NYY	@	TBR	6:30 PM
Mon 10/5	NYY	@	TBR	8:00 PM
Wed 10/7	TBR	@	NYY	8:00 PM
Thu 10/8	TBR	@	NYY	8:00 PM
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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
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Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
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