pirates single-season home run record through 1938 by a single player

Before 1939, Johnny Rizzo launched the most home runs for the Pirates in a season, with 23 homers in his rookie season in 1938.

	NAME	HR	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Johnny Rizzo J. Rizzo	23	1938	PIT	143	555	97	167	31	9	111	54	5	61	1		617	285	63	3	16	.301	.368	.514	.882	104	27	.397	140	30.1
2	Arky Vaughan A. Vaughan	19	1935	PIT	137	499	108	192	34	10	99	97	7	18	4		610	303	63	7	5	.385	.491	.607	1.098	151	75	.493	194	72.7
3	George Grantham G. Grantham	18	1930	PIT	146	552	120	179	34	14	99	81	2	66	5		652	295	66	17		.324	.413	.534	.947	128	36.5	.419	125	25.4
4	Kiki Cuyler K. Cuyler	18	1925	PIT	153	617	144	220	43	26	102	58	13	56	41	13	700	369	87	12		.357	.423	.598	1.021	150	58.7	.454	154	52.2
5	Glenn Wright G. Wright	18	1925	PIT	153	614	97	189	32	10	121	31	0	32	3	7	660	295	60	15		.308	.341	.480	.822	95	8.4	.369	103	2.3
6	Gus Suhr G. Suhr	17	1930	PIT	151	542	93	155	26	14	107	80	2	56	11		637	260	57	13		.286	.380	.480	.860	105	15.7	.383	105	4.9
7	Paul Waner P. Waner	15	1929	PIT	151	596	131	200	43	15	100	89	3	24	15		703	318	73	15		.336	.424	.534	.958	139	46.4	.431	134	35.1
8	Paul Waner P. Waner	14	1934	PIT	146	599	122	217	32	16	90	68	2	24	8		677	323	62	8	15	.362	.429	.539	.968	138	53	.438	158	50.9
9	Gus Suhr G. Suhr	13	1934	PIT	151	573	67	162	36	13	103	66	3	52	4		650	263	62	8	13	.283	.360	.459	.819	98	16.5	.373	117	14.4
10	Jake Stenzel J. Stenzel	13	1894	PIT	132	525	150	185	39	20	121	76	6	13	61		612	303	72	5		.352	.440	.577	1.017	157	46.7	.455	139	45
11	Arky Vaughan A. Vaughan	12	1934	PIT	149	558	115	186	41	11	94	94	2	38	10		660	285	64	6	3	.333	.431	.511	.942	130	47.2	.430	153	45.1
12	Adam Comorosky A. Comorosky	12	1930	PIT	152	597	112	187	47	23	119	51	4	33	14		685	316	82	33		.313	.371	.529	.900	119	22.9	.393	111	11.3
13	George Grantham G. Grantham	12	1929	PIT	110	349	85	107	23	10	90	93	1	38	10		457	186	45	14		.307	.454	.533	.987	97	36.1	.446	143	28.8
14	Pie Traynor P. Traynor	12	1923	PIT	153	616	108	208	19	19	101	34	5	19	28	13	661	301	50	6		.338	.377	.489	.866	108	26.5	.397	126	22
15	Reb Russell R. Russell	12	1922	PIT	60	220	51	81	14	8	75	14	7	18	4	2	250	147	34	9		.368	.423	.668	1.091	58	27.1	.482	173	24.7
16	Chief Wilson C. Wilson	12	1911	PIT	148	544	72	163	34	12	107	41	4	55	10		603	257	58	14		.300	.353	.472	.826	95	23.2	.388	125	19.4
17	Gus Suhr G. Suhr	11	1936	PIT	156	583	111	182	33	12	118	95	2	34	8		685	272	56	5	14	.312	.410	.467	.877	122	31.8	.405	138	33.2
18	Paul Waner P. Waner	11	1935	PIT	139	549	98	176	29	12	78	61	3	22	2		623	262	52	10	15	.321	.392	.477	.869	106	27.9	.396	132	25.6
19	Chief Wilson C. Wilson	11	1912	PIT	152	583	80	175	19	36	94	35	2	67	16		643	299	66	23		.300	.342	.513	.855	105	28	.395	126	21.9
20	Woody Jensen W. Jensen	10	1936	PIT	153	696	98	197	34	10	58	16	6	19	2		731	281	54	13	14	.283	.305	.404	.709	79	-16.6	.322	84	-15.2
21	Gus Suhr G. Suhr	10	1935	PIT	153	529	68	144	33	12	81	70	0	54	6		604	231	55	5	6	.272	.357	.437	.794	87	11.1	.364	111	8.8
22	Gus Suhr G. Suhr	10	1933	PIT	154	566	72	151	31	11	75	72	0	52	2		655	234	52	17	11	.267	.350	.413	.763	88	12.4	.355	117	12.9
23	George Grantham G. Grantham	10	1931	PIT	127	465	91	142	26	6	46	71	2	50	5		555	210	42	17		.305	.400	.452	.851	93	24.5	.394	131	22.4
24	George Grantham G. Grantham	10	1928	PIT	124	440	93	142	24	9	85	59	4	37	9		522	214	43	19		.323	.408	.486	.894	91	27.6	.410	130	20.8
25	Max Carey M. Carey	10	1922	PIT	155	629	140	207	28	12	70	80	4	26	51	2	732	289	50	19		.329	.408	.459	.868	124	32	.402	125	24.9

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