Home Runs in two NON consecutive years. McGwire, Sosa, Bonds, Ruth, ...

If Aaron Judge hits 74 Home Runs in 2023 he breaks the two/consecutive seasons records. And the single season record. Monday, May 22, 2023

Thirteen players are in the table below. Their most home runs are called 1 and their second most are called 2. "Tot" is the total of the two.

Barry Bonds is the only player with total At Bats (AB) less than 1,000; both AB are the lowest. Bonds has the best rate (AB/HR) for the #1 HR.

Mark McGwire has the most total HR and the total best rate (AB/HR). McGwire has the highest #2 HR.

Willie Mays has the lowest #1 HR and Roger Maris lowest #2 HR. Mays has the biggest gap: ten years.

#1 and #2 in consecutive years: Bonds, Griffey, Maris and McGwire.

Highest totals:
McGwire 135
Sosa 130
Bonds 122
Ruth 119

Sorted alphabetically:

		1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	Tot	Tot	Tot		dif
First	Last	year	AB	HR	AB/HR	year	AB	HR	AB/HR	AB	HR	AB/HR	Last	year
Barry	Bonds	2001	476	73	6.52	2000	480	49	9.80	956	122	7.84	Bonds	-1
Jimmie	Foxx	1932	585	58	10.09	1938	565	50	11.30	1,150	108	10.65	Foxx	6
Ken	Griffey	1997	608	56	10.86	1998	633	56	11.30	1,241	112	11.08	Griffey	1
Ryan	Howard	2006	581	58	10.02	2008	610	48	12.71	1,191	106	11.24	Howard	2
Aaron	Judge	2022	570	62	9.19	2017	542	52	10.42	1,112	114	9.75	Judge	-5
Ralph	Kiner	1949	549	54	10.17	1947	565	51	11.08	1,114	105	10.61	Kiner	-2
Mickey	Mantle	1961	514	54	9.52	1956	533	52	10.25	1,047	106	9.88	Mantle	-5
Roger	Maris	1961	590	61	9.67	1960	499	39	12.79	1,089	100	10.89	Maris	-1
Willie	Mays	1965	558	52	10.73	1965	558	51	10.94	1,116	103	10.83	Mays	-10
Mark	McGwire	1998	509	70	7.27	1999	521	65	8.02	1,030	135	7.63	McGwire	1
Alex	Rodriguez	2002	624	57	10.95	2007	583	54	10.80	1,207	111	10.87	Rodriguez	5
Babe	Ruth	1927	540	60	9	1921	540	59	9.15	1,080	119	9.08	Ruth	-6
Sammy	Sosa	1998	643	66	9.74	2001	577	64	9.02	1,220	130	9.38	Sosa	3
		1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	Tot	Tot	Tot
		year	AB	HR	AB/HR	year	AB	HR	AB/HR	AB	HR	AB/HR
	max	2022	643	73	10.95	2017	633	65	12.79	1,241	135	11.24
	min	1927	476	52	6.52	1921	480	39	8.02	956	100	7.63

Look for a post on homers in four consecutive years.