I don't think I could have named very many had I not just looked at the list of home run leaders. What's surprising is that between the explosion by Bonds, McGwire and Sosa and the recent decrease in which the National Conference leaders were below 40 homers in 2013 and 2011 and the American in 2009 and 2008, is that 50 homers were reached SEVEN times since 2004. All but one of those seven was a franchise record, plus some non-fifty homer leaders set team records since 2004. See this post:
Season Home Run record by team progressive. Saturday, December 14, 2013
| Year | National League | HR | American League | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 (NL AL) | Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) Troy Tulowitzki (COL) | 21 | Jose Abreu (CHW) | 29 | ||||
| 2013 (NL AL) | Pedro Alvarez * (PIT) Paul Goldschmidt (ARI) | 36 | Chris Davis * (BAL) | 53 | ||||
| 2012 (NL AL) | Ryan Braun (MIL) | 41 | Miguel Cabrera (DET) | 44 | ||||
| 2011 (NL AL) | Matt Kemp (LAD) | 39 | Jose Bautista (TOR) | 43 | ||||
| 2010 (NL AL) | Albert Pujols (STL) | 42 | Jose Bautista (TOR) | 54 | ||||
| 2009 (NL AL) | Albert Pujols (STL) | 47 | Carlos Pena * (TBR) Mark Teixeira # (NYY) | 39 | ||||
| 2008 (NL AL) | Ryan Howard * (PHI) | 48 | Miguel Cabrera (DET) | 37 | ||||
| 2007 (NL AL) | Prince Fielder * (MIL) | 50 | Alex Rodriguez (NYY) | 54 | ||||
| 2006 (NL AL) | Ryan Howard * (PHI) | 58 | David Ortiz * (BOS) | 54 | ||||
| 2005 (NL AL) | Andruw Jones (ATL) | 51 | Alex Rodriguez (NYY) | 48 | ||||
| 2004 (NL AL) | Adrian Beltre (LAD) | 48 | Manny Ramirez (BOS) | 43 |
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| Andruw Jones May 13, 2007 by User Chrisjnelson via Wikimedia Commons |
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