Season Home Run record since 1920: percent increase, AB/HR.

Yesterday (Sept. 28, 2022) in Toronto, Yankee Aaron Judge tied Roger Maris for the most Home Runs ever in an American League (AL) season: 61. Judge has seven more regular season games. Maris had passed Babe Ruth, who hit 60.

		AB	HR	AB/HR	G
1927	Ruth	540	60	9.00	155
1961	Maris	590	61	9.67	163
2022	Judge	552	61	9.05	155
1961	Mantle	514	54	9.52	163

Here is a progression of the season record since 1920 for the American and National Leagues:

		HR	Dif	%Dif		AB	AB/HR
1919	Ruth	29			Ruth	432	14.90	Red Sox
1920	Ruth	54	25	86.21%	Ruth	458	8.48	Yankees
1921	Ruth	59	5	9.26%	Ruth	540	9.15	Yankees
1927	Ruth	60	1	1.69%	Ruth	540	9.00	Yankees
1961	Maris	61	1	1.67%	Maris	590	9.67	Yankees
1998	McGwire	70	9	14.75%	McGwire	509	7.27	Cardinals
2001	Bonds	73	3	4.29%	Bonds	476	6.52	Giants

Ruth and Judge tied through 154 games at 60. Maris 58. Ghost of the Bambino? Tuesday, September 27, 2022

In 1920 Ruth out homered every other team in the AL. In 1927 Ruth did it again when the Philadelphia Athletics were second to Ruth with 56 Home Runs led by Hall of Famer Al Simmons 15.

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