The introductory post above explains the methodology. Read that first.
It's no surprise that Babe Ruth dominates. Since his numbers are included in the group for each year, his percentages would be even higher if his season home run rate were compared against only the other top home run hitters.
Summary numbers will appear in the next post.
AB: At Bats
HR: Home Runs
MLB: Major League Baseball: both American League and National League
Home Run Rate: AB/HR (lower is better)
N: number of MLB teams that season
Top home run hitters: N hitters with the most HR, plus any ties at the bottom
Home Run Rate MLB: for N hitters: total AB / total HR
Home Run Rate hitters: AB/HR
Dif: Home Run Rate hitter - Home Run Rate MLB
PctDif: Dif/Home Run Rate MLB
HR#: rank among N hitters for HR
PctDif#: rank among N hitters for PctDif
Hitters are ranked by relative position: 1, 2, 3, ... Ties would have the same number and then rank number would resume. For example, if four players are tied at third place: 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 7, 8, ...
Here are the 100 annual MLB leaders in home run rate among home run leaders sorted descending on PctDif. HR# is the rank in number of home runs. Most PctDif leaders also hit the most home runs in MLB that season but a few had big differences.
Click this link to view this same data sorted by year in the "Individual leaders" tab.
| yearID | nameFirst | nameLast | PctDif | HR# | PctDif# | HR | AB | teamID | franchID | lgID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Babe | Ruth | 76.34% | 1 | 1 | 54 | 457 | NYA | NYY | AL |
| 1921 | Babe | Ruth | 69.08% | 1 | 1 | 59 | 540 | NYA | NYY | AL |
| 1926 | Babe | Ruth | 63.46% | 1 | 1 | 47 | 495 | NYA | NYY | AL |
| 1928 | Babe | Ruth | 57.54% | 1 | 1 | 54 | 536 | NYA | NYY | AL |
| 1927 | Babe | Ruth | 57.27% | 1 | 1 | 60 | 540 | NYA | NYY | AL |
| 1924 | Babe | Ruth | 56.44% | 1 | 1 | 46 | 529 | NYA | NYY | AL |
| 2001 | Barry | Bonds | 52.52% | 1 | 1 | 73 | 476 | SFN | SFG | NL |
| 1922 | Babe | Ruth | 51.76% | 4 | 1 | 35 | 406 | NYA | NYY | AL |
| 1923 | Babe | Ruth | 51.15% | 1 | 1 | 41 | 522 | NYA | NYY | AL |
| 1933 | Jimmie | Foxx | 49.99% | 1 | 1 | 48 | 573 | PHA | OAK | AL |
| 1932 | Jimmie | Foxx | 49.98% | 1 | 1 | 58 | 585 | PHA | OAK | AL |
| 1998 | Mark | McGwire | 49.17% | 1 | 1 | 70 | 509 | SLN | STL | NL |
| 1946 | Hank | Greenberg | 48.31% | 1 | 1 | 44 | 523 | DET | DET | AL |
| 1931 | Babe | Ruth | 47.86% | 1 | 1 | 46 | 534 | NYA | NYY | AL |
| 1995 | Mark | McGwire | 45.95% | 5 | 1 | 39 | 317 | OAK | OAK | AL |
| 1949 | Ralph | Kiner | 45.73% | 1 | 1 | 54 | 549 | PIT | PIT | NL |
| 2004 | Barry | Bonds | 45.49% | 4 | 1 | 45 | 373 | SFN | SFG | NL |
| 1973 | Hank | Aaron | 45.38% | 4 | 1 | 40 | 392 | ATL | ATL | NL |
| 1925 | Rogers | Hornsby | 45.24% | 1 | 1 | 39 | 504 | SLN | STL | NL |
| 1944 | Mel | Ott | 44.31% | 2 | 1 | 26 | 399 | NY1 | SFG | NL |
| 1938 | Hank | Greenberg | 44.04% | 1 | 1 | 58 | 556 | DET | DET | AL |
| 1942 | Ted | Williams | 43.78% | 1 | 1 | 36 | 522 | BOS | BOS | AL |
| 2002 | Barry | Bonds | 43.75% | 4 | 1 | 46 | 403 | SFN | SFG | NL |
| 1981 | Mike | Schmidt | 42.81% | 1 | 1 | 31 | 354 | PHI | PHI | NL |
| 1976 | Dave | Kingman | 42.43% | 2 | 1 | 37 | 474 | NYN | NYM | NL |
| 1943 | Charlie | Keller | 41.81% | 2 | 1 | 31 | 512 | NYA | NYY | AL |
| 1971 | Hank | Aaron | 41.77% | 2 | 1 | 47 | 495 | ATL | ATL | NL |
| 1937 | Rudy | York | 41.57% | 5 | 1 | 35 | 375 | DET | DET | AL |
| 1996 | Mark | McGwire | 41.33% | 1 | 1 | 52 | 423 | OAK | OAK | AL |
| 2003 | Barry | Bonds | 41.30% | 3 | 1 | 45 | 390 | SFN | SFG | NL |
| 1999 | Mark | McGwire | 41.12% | 1 | 1 | 65 | 521 | SLN | STL | NL |
| 1947 | Ralph | Kiner | 41.07% | 1 | 1 | 51 | 565 | PIT | PIT | NL |
| 1936 | Lou | Gehrig | 40.94% | 1 | 1 | 49 | 579 | NYA | NYY | AL |
| 1992 | Mark | McGwire | 40.74% | 2 | 1 | 42 | 467 | OAK | OAK | AL |
| 2010 | Jose | Bautista | 39.77% | 1 | 1 | 54 | 569 | TOR | TOR | AL |
| 1965 | Willie | Mays | 39.60% | 1 | 1 | 52 | 558 | SFN | SFG | NL |
| 1941 | Ted | Williams | 39.52% | 1 | 1 | 37 | 456 | BOS | BOS | AL |
| 1989 | Kevin | Mitchell | 39.03% | 1 | 1 | 47 | 543 | SFN | SFG | NL |
| 1980 | Mike | Schmidt | 39.01% | 1 | 1 | 48 | 548 | PHI | PHI | NL |
| 1930 | Hack | Wilson | 38.71% | 1 | 1 | 56 | 585 | CHN | CHC | NL |
| 1997 | Mark | McGwire | 38.15% | 1 | 1 | 58 | 540 | |||
| 1929 | Babe | Ruth | 38.10% | 1 | 1 | 46 | 499 | NYA | NYY | AL |
| 2013 | Chris | Davis | 37.65% | 1 | 1 | 53 | 584 | BAL | BAL | AL |
| 1964 | Boog | Powell | 36.76% | 3 | 1 | 39 | 424 | BAL | BAL | AL |
| 1934 | Lou | Gehrig | 36.72% | 1 | 1 | 49 | 579 | NYA | NYY | AL |
| 1988 | Ken | Phelps | 36.48% | 23 | 1 | 24 | 297 | AL | ||
| 1963 | Harmon | Killebrew | 35.80% | 1 | 1 | 45 | 515 | MIN | MIN | AL |
| 2007 | Carlos | Pena | 35.80% | 4 | 1 | 46 | 490 | TBA | TBD | AL |
| 1984 | Ken | Phelps | 35.47% | 26 | 1 | 24 | 290 | SEA | SEA | AL |
| 1967 | Harmon | Killebrew | 35.47% | 1 | 1 | 44 | 547 | MIN | MIN | AL |
| 2017 | J. D. | Martinez | 35.33% | 3 | 1 | 45 | 432 | |||
| 2015 | Giancarlo | Stanton | 35.25% | 25 | 1 | 27 | 279 | MIA | FLA | NL |
| 1990 | Cecil | Fielder | 34.97% | 1 | 1 | 51 | 573 | DET | DET | AL |
| 1935 | Jimmie | Foxx | 34.30% | 1 | 1 | 36 | 535 | PHA | OAK | AL |
| 1979 | Dave | Kingman | 33.55% | 1 | 1 | 48 | 532 | CHN | CHC | NL |
| 1956 | Mickey | Mantle | 33.22% | 1 | 1 | 52 | 533 | NYA | NYY | AL |
| 1961 | Mickey | Mantle | 32.82% | 2 | 1 | 54 | 514 | NYA | NYY | AL |
| 1969 | Willie | McCovey | 32.73% | 4 | 1 | 45 | 491 | SFN | SFG | NL |
| 1960 | Ted | Williams | 32.72% | 11 | 1 | 29 | 310 | BOS | BOS | AL |
| 1974 | Dick | Allen | 32.71% | 3 | 1 | 32 | 462 | CHA | CHW | AL |
| 1950 | Ralph | Kiner | 30.83% | 1 | 1 | 47 | 547 | PIT | PIT | NL |
| 2006 | Ryan | Howard | 30.55% | 1 | 1 | 58 | 581 | PHI | PHI | NL |
| 1977 | George | Foster | 30.34% | 1 | 1 | 52 | 615 | CIN | CIN | NL |
| 2000 | Barry | Bonds | 30.25% | 2 | 1 | 49 | 480 | SFN | SFG | NL |
| 1951 | Ralph | Kiner | 29.67% | 1 | 1 | 42 | 531 | PIT | PIT | NL |
| 1994 | Jeff | Bagwell | 29.62% | 3 | 1 | 39 | 400 | HOU | HOU | NL |
| 1957 | Ted | Williams | 29.57% | 5 | 1 | 38 | 420 | BOS | BOS | AL |
| 1940 | Johnny | Mize | 29.44% | 1 | 1 | 43 | 579 | SLN | STL | NL |
| 2018 | Max | Muncy | 29.39% | 14 | 1 | 35 | 395 | LAN | LAD | NL |
| 1972 | Hank | Aaron | 29.34% | 5 | 1 | 34 | 449 | ATL | ATL | NL |
| 1966 | Frank | Robinson | 29.27% | 1 | 1 | 49 | 576 | BAL | BAL | AL |
| 1945 | Butch | Nieman | 29.15% | 16 | 1 | 14 | 247 | BSN | ATL | NL |
| 1975 | Dave | Kingman | 29.08% | 2 | 1 | 36 | 502 | NYN | NYM | NL |
| 2014 | Chris | Carter | 28.96% | 2 | 1 | 37 | 507 | HOU | HOU | AL |
| 1939 | Jimmie | Foxx | 28.94% | 1 | 1 | 35 | 467 | BOS | BOS | AL |
| 1985 | Darrell | Evans | 28.85% | 1 | 1 | 40 | 505 | DET | DET | AL |
| 2011 | Jose | Bautista | 28.55% | 1 | 1 | 43 | 513 | TOR | TOR | AL |
| 1952 | Ralph | Kiner | 28.55% | 1 | 1 | 37 | 516 | PIT | PIT | NL |
| 1968 | Frank | Howard | 27.84% | 1 | 1 | 44 | 598 | WS2 | TEX | AL |
| 1983 | Mike | Schmidt | 27.82% | 1 | 1 | 40 | 534 | PHI | PHI | NL |
| 1954 | Ted | Kluszewski | 27.50% | 1 | 1 | 49 | 573 | CIN | CIN | NL |
| 1958 | Rocky | Colavito | 27.41% | 3 | 1 | 41 | 489 | CLE | CLE | AL |
| 1955 | Willie | Mays | 27.12% | 1 | 1 | 51 | 580 | NY1 | SFG | NL |
| 1987 | Mark | McGwire | 27.07% | 1 | 1 | 49 | 557 | OAK | OAK | AL |
| 2012 | Giancarlo | Stanton | 26.99% | 7 | 1 | 37 | 449 | MIA | FLA | NL |
| 1993 | Juan | Gonzalez | 26.89% | 1 | 1 | 46 | 536 | TEX | TEX | AL |
| 1991 | Jose | Canseco | 26.55% | 1 | 1 | 44 | 572 | OAK | OAK | AL |
| 1962 | Harmon | Killebrew | 25.29% | 2 | 1 | 48 | 552 | MIN | MIN | AL |
| 2019 | Mike | Trout | 25.03% | 5 | 1 | 45 | 470 | LAA | ANA | AL |
| 1978 | Willie | Stargell | 24.73% | 12 | 1 | 28 | 390 | PIT | PIT | NL |
| 1982 | Reggie | Jackson | 24.64% | 1 | 1 | 39 | 530 | CAL | ANA | AL |
| 2009 | Carlos | Pena | 24.14% | 6 | 1 | 39 | 471 | TBA | TBD | AL |
| 1953 | Eddie | Mathews | 23.74% | 1 | 1 | 47 | 579 | ML1 | ATL | NL |
| 1986 | Rob | Deer | 23.22% | 5 | 1 | 33 | 466 | ML4 | MIL | AL |
| 2005 | Andruw | Jones | 23.21% | 1 | 1 | 51 | 586 | ATL | ATL | NL |
| 1948 | Ralph | Kiner | 23.08% | 1 | 1 | 40 | 555 | PIT | PIT | NL |
| 2008 | Ryan | Howard | 22.37% | 1 | 1 | 48 | 610 | PHI | PHI | NL |
| 1970 | Bob | Bailey | 20.99% | 22 | 1 | 28 | 352 | MON | WSN | NL |
| 1959 | Eddie | Mathews | 20.65% | 1 | 1 | 46 | 594 | ML1 | ATL | NL |
| 2016 | Mark | Trumbo | 18.52% | 1 | 1 | 47 | 613 | BAL | BAL | AL |
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