youngest player to lead mlb in home runs in a season

Danny Murphy, Tommy Brown and Phil Cavarretta are tied for the youngest with >0 home runs in a season. They were 17 years old.

	NAME	Age	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	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Danny Murphy D. Murphy	17	1	1960	CHC	31	75	7	9	2	0	6	4	1	13	0	0	81	14	3	1	0	0	2	.120	.175	.187	.362	0	-9.3	.171	-3	-9.9
2	Tommy Brown T. Brown	17	2	1945	BKN	57	196	13	48	3	4	19	6	0	16	3		204	65	9	2			3	.245	.267	.332	.599	15	-6.9	.283	61	-9.5
3	Phil Cavarretta P. Cavarretta	17	1	1934	CHC	7	21	5	8	0	1	6	2	0	3	1		23	13	2	0			0	.381	.435	.619	1.054	5	2.4	.469	179	2.4
4	Robin Yount R. Yount	18	3	1974	MIL	107	344	48	86	14	5	26	12	1	46	7	7	364	119	22	5	2	0	4	.250	.276	.346	.622	30	-9.2	.284	77	-9
5	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	18	1	1965	HOU	26	50	3	5	0	0	2	1	0	15	0	0	55	8	1	4	0	0	1	.100	.118	.160	.278	-2	-7.3	.127	-21	-7.6
6	Jerry Moses J. Moses	18	1	1965	BOS	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	1	0.7	.545	245	0.7
7	Dave Duncan D. Duncan	18	1	1964	KCA	25	53	2	9	0	1	5	2	0	20	0	0	55	14	2	0	0	0	1	.170	.200	.264	.464	2	-4.1	.208	25	-4.8
8	Bill Southworth B. Southworth	18	1	1964	MIL	3	7	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	3	0	0	9	5	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.714	1.159	2	1.3	.500	226	1.3
9	Ed Kirkpatrick E. Kirkpatrick	18	2	1963	LAA	34	77	4	15	5	0	7	6	1	19	1	0	85	26	7	0	1	0	1	.195	.259	.338	.596	7	-2.2	.269	73	-2.7
10	Ed Kranepool E. Kranepool	18	2	1963	NYM	86	273	22	57	12	2	14	18	0	50	4	2	294	79	16	1	2	0	10	.209	.256	.289	.545	18	-12.4	.247	53	-14.9
11	Danny Murphy D. Murphy	18	2	1961	CHC	4	13	3	5	0	0	3	1	0	5	0	0	14	11	2	0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.846	1.275	4	2.4	.540	229	2.3
12	Lou Klimchock L. Klimchock	18	1	1958	KCA	2	10	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	5	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.500	.700	1	-0.1	.301	81	-0.2
13	Wayne Causey W. Causey	18	1	1955	BAL	68	175	14	34	2	1	9	17	1	25	0	1	196	41	4	3	0	1	1	.194	.269	.234	.504	9	-13.6	.239	44	-13.6
14	Billy Consolo B. Consolo	18	1	1953	BOS	47	65	9	14	2	1	6	2	0	23	1	2	67	21	4	0			0	.215	.239	.323	.562	4	-4.4	.253	35	-5.4
15	Al Kaline A. Kaline	18	1	1953	DET	30	28	9	7	0	0	2	1	1	5	1	0	30	10	1	0			1	.250	.300	.357	.657	3	-0.8	.303	74	-1
16	Dick Schofield D. Schofield	18	2	1953	SLN	33	39	9	7	0	0	4	2	0	11	0	0	41	13	2	0			0	.179	.220	.333	.553	2	-2.8	.249	37	-3.4
17	Whitey Lockman W. Lockman	18	3	1945	NYG	32	129	16	44	9	0	18	13	2	10	1		148	62	12	4			1	.341	.410	.481	.890	26	9.9	.421	144	7.8
18	Sibby Sisti S. Sisti	18	1	1939	BSN	63	215	19	49	7	1	11	12	0	38	4		232	61	9	5			5	.228	.269	.284	.552	13	-15.6	.260	52	-14.1
19	Phil Cavarretta P. Cavarretta	18	8	1935	CHC	146	589	85	162	28	12	82	39	2	61	4		636	238	48	6			9	.275	.322	.404	.726	75	-4.7	.332	94	-4.7
20	Mel Ott M. Ott	18	1	1927	NYG	82	163	23	46	7	3	19	13	0	9	2		180	62	11	4				.282	.335	.380	.716	21	-1.5	.334	91	-2
21	Lew Malone L. Malone	18	1	1915	PHA	76	201	17	41	4	4	17	21	1	40	7	1	227	56	9	4				.204	.283	.279	.561	17	-6.1	.279	70	-7.4
22	Pete Schneider P. Schneider	18	1	1914	CIN	31	45	1	8	1	0	4	3	0	10	0		49	12	2	1				.178	.229	.267	.496	3	-2.6	.244	46	-2.9
23	Stuffy McInnis S. McInnis	18	1	1909	PHA	19	46	4	11	0	0	4	2	1	5	0		50	14	1	1				.239	.286	.304	.590	4	-0.4	.294	90	-0.5
24	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	18	1	1905	DET	41	150	19	36	6	0	15	10	0	23	2		164	45	7	4				.240	.288	.300	.587	15	-2.3	.287	87	-2.3
25	Johnny Lush J. Lush	18	2	1904	PHN	106	369	39	102	22	3	42	27	6	46	12		408	136	27	6				.276	.336	.369	.704	52	10.5	.339	116	7.4

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