who in 2002 had the most home runs before september 2002 mlb season

Alex Rodriguez smashed the most home runs in 2002, with 48 homers.

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	NAME	HR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	48	134	520	108	166	24	2	119	70	8	100	8	4	601	338	74	0	3	9	11	.319	.406	.650	1.056
2	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	43	124	459	104	139	18	2	96	85	3	115	2	0	551	290	63	0	4	11	11	.303	.412	.632	1.044
3	Jim Thome J. Thome	42	122	392	80	116	17	1	95	99	5	114	0	2	502	261	60	0	6	14	3	.296	.438	.666	1.104
4	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	40	118	334	97	124	27	2	88	155	7	40	6	2	498	275	69	0	2	53	3	.371	.574	.823	1.398
5	Shawn Green S. Green	38	131	484	90	135	27	1	102	80	3	95	7	4	571	278	66	0	4	18	23	.279	.382	.574	.956
6	Rafael Palmeiro R. Palmeiro	38	127	444	83	123	28	0	91	85	4	75	1	0	540	265	66	0	7	13	9	.277	.393	.597	.989
7	Lance Berkman L. Berkman	37	133	482	92	141	31	2	109	94	3	99	6	4	582	287	70	0	3	20	9	.293	.409	.595	1.004
8	Vladimir Guerrero V. Guerrero	35	134	509	87	170	29	2	92	67	5	59	30	14	585	308	66	0	4	25	17	.334	.414	.605	1.019
9	Alfonso Soriano A. Soriano	34	130	589	109	179	47	2	87	19	8	133	36	11	622	332	83	0	6	1	6	.304	.331	.564	.895
10	Jeff Kent J. Kent	33	128	524	88	172	40	1	98	42	4	75	5	1	572	313	74	0	2	3	18	.328	.381	.597	.978
11	Pat Burrell P. Burrell	33	132	494	86	139	29	2	101	74	3	135	0	0	576	271	64	0	5	5	13	.281	.375	.549	.924
12	Brian Giles B. Giles	32	128	424	79	124	31	5	85	108	7	63	12	5	543	261	68	0	4	21	9	.292	.440	.616	1.056
13	Jason Giambi J. Giambi	32	133	480	99	145	30	1	102	101	11	90	2	2	597	273	63	0	5	4	17	.302	.430	.569	.999
14	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	32	132	498	102	153	31	2	108	64	9	57	2	4	574	284	65	0	3	11	16	.307	.394	.570	.964
15	Eric Chavez E. Chavez	31	129	493	76	139	29	3	96	55	1	103	4	3	550	267	63	0	1	11	7	.282	.355	.542	.896
16	Magglio Ordonez M. Ordonez	31	130	497	95	159	40	1	109	48	5	67	6	5	553	294	72	0	3	1	13	.320	.383	.592	.975
17	Richie Sexson R. Sexson	28	132	478	75	135	27	2	94	57	8	117	0	0	547	250	57	0	4	6	14	.282	.366	.523	.889
18	Fred McGriff F. McGriff	28	127	469	60	127	23	1	92	54	4	87	1	2	531	236	52	0	4	5	13	.271	.348	.503	.852
19	Miguel Tejada M. Tejada	28	136	563	94	173	28	0	110	29	10	68	4	1	605	285	56	0	3	3	20	.307	.350	.506	.857
20	Tony Batista T. Batista	27	133	506	78	131	33	1	76	42	9	83	5	4	562	247	61	0	5	9	12	.259	.324	.488	.812
21	Andruw Jones A. Jones	27	132	482	76	120	26	0	76	78	9	119	6	3	575	227	53	0	6	4	14	.249	.360	.471	.831
22	Ellis Burks E. Burks	27	117	436	75	124	22	0	73	38	6	91	2	3	482	227	49	1	1	0	9	.284	.349	.521	.870
23	Torii Hunter T. Hunter	26	128	497	83	147	31	4	83	31	3	104	22	6	534	264	61	0	3	2	12	.296	.339	.531	.870
24	Jeff Bagwell J. Bagwell	25	131	472	76	132	30	2	84	84	8	110	5	2	573	241	57	0	9	5	14	.280	.391	.511	.902
25	Cliff Floyd C. Floyd	25	121	432	70	123	33	0	67	69	8	94	11	5	511	231	58	0	2	19	3	.285	.391	.535	.926

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