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Rk	Player	AB	HR	AB/HR	Year	Age	OPS+	Tm	Lg	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Mark McGwire	423	52	8.135	1996	32	196	OAK	AL	130	548	104	132	21	0	113	116	16	112	8	0	1	14	0	0	.312	.467	.730	1.198	*3D/H
2	Babe Ruth	458	54	8.481	1920	25	255	NYY	AL	142	617	158	172	36	9	135	150		80	3	5			14	14	.376	.532	.847	1.379	*978/3H1
3	Barry Bonds	476	73	6.521	2001	36	259	SFG	NL	153	664	129	156	32	2	137	177	35	93	9	0	2	5	13	3	.328	.515	.863	1.379	*7/DH
4	Jim Thome	480	52	9.231	2002	31	197	CLE	AL	147	613	101	146	19	2	118	122	18	139	5	0	6	5	1	2	.304	.445	.677	1.122	*3D/H
5	Mark McGwire	509	70	7.271	1998	34	216	STL	NL	155	681	130	152	21	0	147	162	28	155	6	0	4	8	1	0	.299	.470	.752	1.222	*3/H
6	Mickey Mantle	514	54	9.519	1961	29	206	NYY	AL	153	646	131	163	16	6	128	126	9	112	0	1	5	2	12	1	.317	.448	.687	1.135	*8/H
7	Mark McGwire	521	65	8.015	1999	35	176	STL	NL	153	661	118	145	21	1	147	133	21	141	2	0	5	12	0	0	.278	.424	.697	1.120	*3/H
8	Mickey Mantle	533	52	10.250	1956	24	210	NYY	AL	150	652	132	188	22	5	130	112	6	99	2	1	4	4	10	1	.353	.464	.705	1.169	*8/H
9	Babe Ruth	536	54	9.926	1928	33	206	NYY	AL	154	684	163	173	29	8	146	137		87	3	8			4	5	.323	.463	.709	1.172	*97
10	Mark McGwire	540	58	9.310	1997	33	170	TOT	ML	156	657	86	148	27	0	123	101	16	159	9	0	7	9	3	0	.274	.393	.646	1.039	*3/H
11	Babe Ruth	540	60	9.000	1927	32	225	NYY	AL	151	691	158	192	29	8	165	137		89	0	14			7	6	.356	.486	.772	1.258	*97
12	Babe Ruth	540	59	9.153	1921	26	238	NYY	AL	152	693	177	204	44	16	168	145		81	4	4			17	13	.378	.512	.846	1.359	*78/13H
13	Aaron Judge	542	52	10.423	2017	25	171	NYY	AL	155	678	128	154	24	3	114	127	11	208	5	0	4	15	9	4	.284	.422	.627	1.049	*9D/H
14	Albert Belle	546	50	10.920	1995	28	177	CLE	AL	143	631	121	173	52	1	126	73	5	80	6	0	4	24	5	2	.317	.401	.690	1.091	*7/D
15	Ralph Kiner	549	54	10.167	1949	26	186	PIT	NL	152	667	116	170	19	5	127	117	12	61	1	0		10	6	5	.310	.432	.658	1.089	*7
16	Hank Greenberg	556	58	9.586	1938	27	169	DET	AL	155	681	143	175	23	4	147	119		92	3	3			7	5	.315	.438	.683	1.122	*3
17	David Ortiz	558	54	10.333	2006	30	161	BOS	AL	151	686	115	160	29	2	137	119	23	117	4	0	5	12	1	0	.287	.413	.636	1.049	*D3/H
18	Willie Mays	558	52	10.731	1965	34	185	SFG	NL	157	638	118	177	21	3	112	76	16	71	0	2	2	11	9	4	.317	.398	.645	1.043	*8/H97
19	Ralph Kiner	565	51	11.078	1947	24	173	PIT	NL	152	666	118	177	23	4	127	98	8	81	2	1		12	1	3	.313	.417	.639	1.055	*7/H
20	Jimmie Foxx	565	50	11.300	1938	30	182	BOS	AL	149	685	139	197	33	9	175	119		76	0	1			5	4	.349	.462	.704	1.166	*3
21	Jose Bautista	569	54	10.537	2010	29	164	TOR	AL	161	683	109	148	35	3	124	100	2	116	10	0	4	10	9	2	.260	.378	.617	.995	*95/3D8
22	Prince Fielder	573	50	11.460	2007	23	157	MIL	NL	158	681	109	165	35	2	119	90	21	121	14	0	4	9	2	2	.288	.395	.618	1.013	*3/DH
23	Greg Vaughn	573	50	11.460	1998	32	156	SDP	NL	158	661	112	156	28	4	119	79	6	121	5	0	4	7	11	4	.272	.363	.597	.960	*7/DH
24	Cecil Fielder	573	51	11.235	1990	26	167	DET	AL	159	673	104	159	25	1	132	90	11	182	5	0	5	15	0	1	.277	.377	.592	.969	*3D/H
25	Sammy Sosa	577	64	9.016	2001	32	203	CHC	NL	160	711	146	189	34	5	160	116	37	153	6	0	12	6	0	2	.328	.437	.737	1.174	*9
26	Brady Anderson	579	50	11.580	1996	32	156	BAL	AL	149	687	117	172	37	5	110	76	1	106	22	6	4	11	21	8	.297	.396	.637	1.034	*8/HD
27	Willie Mays	580	51	11.373	1955	24	174	NYG	NL	152	670	123	185	18	13	127	79	13	60	4	0	7	12	24	4	.319	.400	.659	1.059	*8
28	Ryan Howard	581	58	10.017	2006	26	167	PHI	NL	159	704	104	182	25	1	149	108	37	181	9	0	6	7	0	0	.313	.425	.659	1.084	*3/H
29	Alex Rodriguez	583	54	10.796	2007	31	176	NYY	AL	158	708	143	183	31	0	156	95	11	120	21	0	9	15	24	4	.314	.422	.645	1.067	*5/D
30	Chris Davis	584	53	11.019	2013	27	168	BAL	AL	160	673	103	167	42	1	138	72	12	199	10	0	7	4	4	1	.286	.370	.634	1.004	*3/D
31	Jimmie Foxx	585	58	10.086	1932	24	207	PHA	AL	154	702	151	213	33	9	169	116		96	0	0			3	7	.364	.469	.749	1.218	*35
32	Hack Wilson	585	56	10.446	1930	30	177	CHC	NL	155	709	146	208	35	6	191	105		84	1	18			3		.356	.454	.723	1.177	*8
33	Andruw Jones	586	51	11.490	2005	28	136	ATL	NL	160	672	95	154	24	3	128	64	13	112	15	0	7	19	5	3	.263	.347	.575	.922	*8/H
34	Johnny Mize	586	51	11.490	1947	34	160	NYG	NL	154	664	137	177	26	2	138	74	7	42	4	0		6	2	0	.302	.384	.614	.998	*3
35	Roger Maris	590	61	9.672	1961	26	167	NYY	AL	161	698	132	159	16	4	141	94	0	67	7	0	7	16	0	0	.269	.372	.620	.993	*98/H
36	Pete Alonso	597	53	11.264	2019	24	148	NYM	NL	161	693	103	155	30	2	120	72	6	183	21	0	3	13	1	0	.260	.358	.583	.941	*3/HD
37	Giancarlo Stanton	597	59	10.119	2017	27	169	MIA	NL	159	692	123	168	32	0	132	85	13	163	7	0	3	13	2	2	.281	.376	.631	1.007	*9/HD
38	Sammy Sosa	604	50	12.080	2000	31	161	CHC	NL	156	705	106	193	38	1	138	91	19	168	2	0	8	12	7	4	.320	.406	.634	1.040	*9/8
39	Ken Griffey Jr.	608	56	10.857	1997	27	165	SEA	AL	157	704	125	185	34	3	147	76	23	121	8	0	12	12	15	4	.304	.382	.646	1.028	*8/D7
40	Luis Gonzalez	609	57	10.684	2001	33	174	ARI	NL	162	728	128	198	36	7	142	100	24	83	14	0	5	14	1	1	.325	.429	.688	1.117	*7/H
41	George Foster	615	52	11.827	1977	28	165	CIN	NL	158	689	124	197	31	2	149	61	10	107	5	0	8	17	6	4	.320	.382	.631	1.013	*78
42	Alex Rodriguez	624	57	10.947	2002	26	158	TEX	AL	162	725	125	187	27	2	142	87	12	122	10	0	4	14	9	4	.300	.392	.623	1.015	*6/H
43	Sammy Sosa	625	63	9.921	1999	30	151	CHC	NL	162	712	114	180	24	2	141	78	8	171	3	0	6	17	7	8	.288	.367	.635	1.002	*98
44	Alex Rodriguez	632	52	12.154	2001	25	160	TEX	AL	162	732	133	201	34	1	135	75	6	131	16	0	9	17	18	3	.318	.399	.622	1.021	*6/D
45	Ken Griffey Jr.	633	56	11.304	1998	28	150	SEA	AL	161	720	120	180	33	3	146	76	11	121	7	0	4	14	20	5	.284	.365	.611	.977	*8/D379
46	Sammy Sosa	643	66	9.742	1998	29	160	CHC	NL	159	722	134	198	20	0	158	73	14	171	1	0	5	20	18	9	.308	.377	.647	1.024	*9/8
	max	643	73	12.154	2019	36	259			162	732	177	213	52	16	191	177	37	208	22	18	12	24	24	14	.378	.532	.863	1.379
	min	423	50	6.521	1920	23	136			130	548	86	132	16	0	110	61	0	42	0	0	1	2	0	0	.260	.347	.575	.922
Rk	Player	AB	HR	AB/HR	Year	Age	OPS+	Tm	Lg	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos

AB/HR: lower is better. The top seven in the list and all but one of the top 12 have a value less than ten (one home run every ten at bats (AB).

OPS+ is a pretty good indicator of overall productivity in the batter's box relative to all batters that season in that league. Barry Bonds edges out Babe Ruth 259 to 255. 200 is awesome, twice the league average, which is 100. The worst among these 46 seasons with at least 50 home runs: Andruw Jones 136.

Mark McGwire has the fewest AB for a 50 home run season and is first on this list for his 1996 season: 52 homers in 423 AB. McGwire that season also had the fewest Games (130), PA (548), hits (132) and tied for the fewest triples: zero. Next fewest in those categories:

Games: Ruth 140 in 1920
PA: Thome 613 in 2002
Hits: McGwire himself 145 in 1999

When he hit 56 home runs in 1930 Hack Wilson set the season record for RBI, which still stands: 191. Among these 50 homer seasons, Brady Anderson had the fewest RBI: 110. However, Anderson had 485 PA batting leadoff and 198 second; plus 4 batting 7,8,9. Next fewest RBI: Willie Mays 112 in 1965 when he hit 52 home runs; Mays never led the league in RBI.

In the seasons when they set the home run record with at least 70, they had these BB: Bonds 177, McGwire 162. Half of these 46 seasons had fewer than 100 BB, including two with fewer than 70 BB: Jones and Foster.

In runs scored, Ruth has the top four spots. Two players scored fewer than 100: Jones 95 and McGwire only 86 in 1997.

In 1995 Albert Belle had 50 home runs and 52 doubles, the only 50-50 season.

In 1921 Babe Ruth hit 16 triples to go along with his 59 home runs. The only other 50 homer season with double digit triples: Willie Mays 13 in 1955 in New York, 51 HR; that's one of only three seasons since 1903 when a player led in triples and home runs in the same season. Ironically, Mickey Mantle led the AL in triples and home runs the same season that Mays led the NL: 11 and 37. Jim Bottomley led the NL in 1928: 20 and 31.

Aaron Judge struck out a frightening 208 times in 542 AB. Chris Davis 199 in 584 AB. 28 of the 46 had at least 100 SO. Johnny Mize had the only 50 home run season with fewer SO than home runs: 42 in 586 AB and 51 HR. Next fewest: Mays 60 SO in 1955. Ralph Kiner 61 SO in 1949 with 54 HR. Roger Maris is the only other with fewer than 70 SO: 67 in 590 AB when he hit 61 HR and broke Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs.

Hit By Pitch (HBP):

Anderson 22
Rodriguez 21 in 2007 with Yanks; 54 HR
Alonso 21
Foxx 0 in 1932 and 1938
Ruth 0 in 1927 when he hit 60
Mantle 0 in 1961 when he hit 54; Maris was hit 7 times in 1961

GDP (stat not kept for 50 HR seasons 1938 and before):

Belle 24
Sosa 20 in 1998 when he hit 66 HR
Mantle 4 in 1956 when he hit 52 HR; triple crown
Mantle 2 in 1961 when he hit 54 HR

Most SB: 24 Mays 1955 in New York and Rodriguez 2007 at age 31 with Yankees.

BA:

Ruth .378 in 1921
Ruth .376 in 1920
Maris .269
Jones .263
Bautista .260
Alonso .260 (lower than Bautista)

OBP (half at least .400):

Ruth: .532 in 1920
Bonds: .515
Ruth: .512 in 1921
Ruth: .486 in 1927
Sosa: .367 in 1999
Griffey: .365 in 1998
Vaughn: .363
Alonso: .358
Jones: .347

OPS (8 below 1.000):

Ruth: 1.379 in 1920
Bonds: 1.379
Ruth: 1.359 in 1921
Ruth: 1.258 in 1927
Vaughn: .960
Alonso: .941
Jones: .922