who in 2000 had the most home runs before september 2000 mlb season

Sammy Sosa launched the most homers in a season in 2000, with 45 homers.

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	NAME	HR	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
1	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	45	2000	CHC	133	516	94	164	32	1	122	82	2	145	7	3	607	333	78	0	7	16	11	.318	.409	.645	1.054
2	Jeff Bagwell J. Bagwell	40	2000	HOU	132	488	122	152	29	1	109	90	12	94	8	6	597	303	70	0	7	9	14	.311	.425	.621	1.046
3	Gary Sheffield G. Sheffield	40	2000	LAD	120	429	93	142	20	3	96	87	4	61	4	5	526	288	63	0	6	7	11	.331	.443	.671	1.114
4	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	39	2000	SFG	116	391	105	119	23	3	80	94	3	62	9	3	494	265	65	0	6	16	5	.304	.437	.678	1.115
5	Carlos Delgado C. Delgado	39	2000	TOR	133	475	105	173	49	1	124	100	11	83	0	1	589	341	89	0	3	16	7	.364	.482	.718	1.200
6	Troy Glaus T. Glaus	38	2000	ANA	130	458	95	128	30	1	87	89	2	134	14	7	550	274	69	0	1	6	10	.279	.398	.598	.996
7	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	38	2000	CWS	132	480	100	160	35	0	121	98	4	84	0	3	590	309	73	0	8	17	9	.333	.444	.644	1.088
8	Tony Batista T. Batista	37	2000	TOR	125	510	84	144	25	2	100	26	6	92	5	4	545	284	64	0	3	1	12	.282	.323	.557	.880
9	Jim Edmonds J. Edmonds	36	2000	STL	125	446	111	133	23	0	89	83	6	137	10	2	542	264	59	1	6	3	4	.298	.410	.592	1.002
10	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	35	2000	CIN	132	481	90	126	19	3	109	87	8	106	6	4	583	256	57	0	7	17	7	.262	.379	.532	.911
11	David Justice D. Justice	34	2000	TOT	118	429	80	124	26	1	99	63	1	74	1	1	495	254	61	0	2	3	11	.289	.380	.592	.972
12	Rafael Palmeiro R. Palmeiro	34	2000	TEX	130	469	83	132	19	1	102	86	3	65	2	1	563	255	54	0	5	12	8	.281	.393	.544	.936
13	Steve Finley S. Finley	33	2000	ARI	128	457	93	136	23	5	89	56	7	71	12	5	530	268	61	2	8	7	7	.298	.377	.586	.963
14	Richard Hidalgo R. Hidalgo	33	2000	HOU	124	451	80	124	28	1	90	45	17	100	8	6	520	253	62	0	7	1	13	.275	.358	.561	.919
15	Mo Vaughn M. Vaughn	33	2000	ANA	132	500	79	145	27	0	100	64	13	141	2	0	580	271	60	0	3	9	9	.290	.383	.542	.925
16	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	33	2000	NYM	111	401	77	138	23	0	101	47	1	53	3	1	450	260	56	0	1	8	10	.344	.413	.648	1.062
17	Carl Everett C. Everett	32	2000	BOS	113	422	72	129	23	4	98	46	8	95	10	4	480	256	59	0	4	5	3	.306	.381	.607	.988
18	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	32	2000	SEA	124	455	90	152	27	0	127	71	3	80	1	0	537	275	59	0	8	7	12	.334	.421	.604	1.025
19	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	32	2000	SEA	119	446	111	149	28	1	103	80	5	90	11	4	540	275	61	0	9	4	8	.334	.433	.617	1.050
20	Todd Helton T. Helton	32	2000	COL	131	474	118	187	53	2	119	85	4	43	4	2	570	340	87	0	7	18	10	.395	.484	.717	1.202
21	Jim Thome J. Thome	32	2000	CLE	126	437	91	123	29	1	82	97	3	133	1	0	541	250	62	0	4	4	5	.281	.412	.572	.984
22	Brian Giles B. Giles	31	2000	PIT	131	474	88	148	35	7	107	88	6	60	6	0	574	290	73	0	6	11	14	.312	.422	.612	1.033
23	Garret Anderson G. Anderson	31	2000	ANA	130	529	71	143	30	1	89	21	0	76	7	4	557	268	62	1	6	4	19	.270	.295	.507	.802
24	Jermaine Dye J. Dye	31	2000	KCR	128	489	88	156	29	2	101	56	1	79	0	0	552	282	62	0	6	6	10	.319	.386	.577	.963
25	Vladimir Guerrero V. Guerrero	31	2000	MON	123	459	79	156	24	10	97	49	7	61	9	9	519	293	65	0	4	18	13	.340	.408	.638	1.047

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