Who was the first player with 13 home runs in a season in the month of April?

Ken Griffey Jr. launches three homers in Toronto, setting the MLB record for most home runs in the month of April with 13.

Interpreted as:
Who was the first player with 13 or more home runs in a season in the month of April?
NAME SEASON TM G HR AB R H 2B 3B RBI SH SF SB CS BB IBB HBP SO GIDP PA TB XBH AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Ken Griffey Jr.
Ken Griffey Jr.
1997
SEA SEA
26
13
103
25
35
5
1
30
0
1
2
0
12
5
3
18
5
119
81
19
.340
.420
.786
1.207
2 Luis Gonzalez
Luis Gonzalez
2001
ARI ARI
25
13
92
26
29
4
1
27
0
0
0
0
12
0
5
19
5
109
74
18
.315
.422
.804
1.226
3 Albert Pujols
Albert Pujols
2006
STL STL
25
14
81
27
28
4
0
32
0
1
2
0
28
6
0
7
2
110
74
18
.346
.509
.914
1.423
4 Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez
2007
NYY NYY
23
14
93
27
33
7
0
34
0
2
2
0
9
1
2
23
2
106
82
21
.355
.415
.882
1.297
StatMuse has game-level data for home runs going back to the 1908 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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