"500" Home Runs: counts by year.

Group of 29 hitters with at least 493 career home runs through 2019. Starting with Babe Ruth in 1915 who is joined by teammate Lou Gehrig in 1923, ... Jimmie Foxx, then Mel Ott in 1927, ... Ted Williams in 1939, ...

Maximum number of hitters in this group homering in a season: 13 in 1997 and 2001, which is also the year with the most homers hit by the group (503) led by the 73 hit by Barry Bonds.

1959 and 1960 had nine, with almost 300 homers each season:

qryHomeRunLogPeople

Fname	Lname	HRtot	HR1Date
Ted	Williams	521	4/23/1939
Mickey	Mantle	536	5/1/1951
Willie	Mays	660	5/28/1951
Eddie	Mathews	512	4/19/1952
Ernie	Banks	512	9/20/1953
Hank	Aaron	755	4/23/1954
Harmon	Killebrew	573	6/24/1955
Frank	Robinson	586	4/28/1956
Willie	McCovey	521	8/2/1959

Year	HR		Year	HR		Year	Num
2001	503		1915	4		1915	1
1998	468		1916	3		1916	1
1996	461		1917	2		1917	1
1999	457		1918	11		1918	1
2000	449		1919	29		1919	1
2003	435		1920	54		1920	1
2002	425		1921	59		1921	1
1997	399		1922	35		1922	1
2004	387		1923	42		1923	2
1995	329		1924	46		1924	1
2006	313		1925	45		1925	2
2007	306		1926	63		1926	2
2005	306		1927	111		1927	4
1993	304		1928	112		1928	4
1962	297		1929	156		1929	4
1959	296		1930	152		1930	4
1960	293		1931	151		1931	4
1961	290		1932	171		1932	4
1994	287		1933	137		1933	4
1965	260		1934	150		1934	4
1966	259		1935	103		1935	4
1957	257		1936	123		1936	3
1969	253		1937	104		1937	3
1963	248		1938	115		1938	3
1964	248		1939	93		1939	3
1956	246		1940	78		1940	3
1992	243		1941	83		1941	3
1958	236		1942	74		1942	3
1955	232		1943	18		1943	1
1967	228		1944	26		1944	1
2008	211		1945	28		1945	2
1970	206		1946	39		1946	2
1968	202		1947	32		1947	1
1990	201		1948	25		1948	1
1991	190		1949	43		1949	1
1987	188		1950	28		1950	1
2009	176		1951	63		1951	3
1971	174		1952	53		1952	4
1932	171		1953	83		1953	4
1954	169		1954	169		1954	6
1973	160		1955	232		1955	7
1929	156		1956	246		1956	8
1930	152		1957	257		1957	8
1931	151		1958	236		1958	7
1934	150		1959	296		1959	9
1989	147		1960	293		1960	9
1988	142		1961	290		1961	8
1974	142		1962	297		1962	8
2010	138		1963	248		1963	8
1933	137		1964	248		1964	8
1975	132		1965	260		1965	8
1972	127		1966	259		1966	8
1977	125		1967	228		1967	9
1936	123		1968	202		1968	9
1980	122		1969	253		1969	7
1938	115		1970	206		1970	7
1979	114		1971	174		1971	7
1928	112		1972	127		1972	7
1927	111		1973	160		1973	7
2015	110		1974	142		1974	6
1982	106		1975	132		1975	6
1937	104		1976	85		1976	5
1935	103		1977	125		1977	4
2011	97		1978	87		1978	4
1986	94		1979	114		1979	4
1939	93		1980	122		1980	4
1985	91		1981	68		1981	3
1984	90		1982	106		1982	3
1978	87		1983	87		1983	3
1983	87		1984	90		1984	3
1976	85		1985	91		1985	3
1953	83		1986	94		1986	6
1941	83		1987	188		1987	7
2012	79		1988	142		1988	7
2016	78		1989	147		1989	9
1940	78		1990	201		1990	9
1942	74		1991	190		1991	10
1981	68		1992	243		1992	10
1926	63		1993	304		1993	11
1951	63		1994	287		1994	11
2014	63		1995	329		1995	12
1921	59		1996	461		1996	12
1920	54		1997	399		1997	13
2013	54		1998	468		1998	12
1952	53		1999	457		1999	11
1924	46		2000	449		2000	12
1925	45		2001	503		2001	13
1949	43		2002	425		2002	12
1923	42		2003	435		2003	12
1946	39		2004	387		2004	12
1922	35		2005	306		2005	11
1947	32		2006	313		2006	9
1919	29		2007	306		2007	10
1950	28		2008	211		2008	8
1945	28		2009	176		2009	7
1944	26		2010	138		2010	5
1948	25		2011	97		2011	4
2019	23		2012	79		2012	4
2017	23		2013	54		2013	3
2018	19		2014	63		2014	2
1943	18		2015	110		2015	3
1918	11		2016	78		2016	3
1915	4		2017	23		2017	1
1916	3		2018	19		2018	1
1917	2		2019	23		2019	1

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