Generally, batters have more Plate Appearances (PA) and At Bats (AB) on the road because the winning team may not need to bat in the bottom of the 9th inning at home.
Link It contains the basic data from stathead.com plus more, including the total HR and the opposite: road for the home list and home for the road list.
In the Regular Season, from 1901 to 2023, Home (within Home or Away), requiring Home Runs >= 30, sorted by greatest Home Runs.
https://stathead.com/tiny/M0qd2 36 times; top 6:
Multiple:
3: Foxx, McGwire, Sosa
2: Thome, Judge
Single digits on the road:
Kiner led NL in HR SEVEN times, twice hitting 50:
1947: 51 home/road split: 28/23
1949: 54 home/road split: 29/25
In 1997 McGwire was traded during the season despite the fact that he threatened to break the home run record. McGwire hit 58: 34 for Oakland, 24 for St. Louis. McGwire led MLB in HR but neither "league". His total home/road splits: 30/28.
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In the Regular Season, from 1901 to 2023, Away (within Home or Away), requiring Home Runs >= 30, sorted by greatest Home Runs.
https://stathead.com/tiny/ILo6i 18 times; top 5:
Multiple: Sosa 3: Sammy Sosa hit at least 30 both home and road in three seasons, the only batter to do it more than once. Here are Sosa's three and the four batters, including two Yankees, who did it once each:
The only teammates to hit at least 30 home or road in the same year were Yankees Maris and Mantle in 1961. Gentile of Baltimore also hit 30 on the road in 1961.
Four batters hit at least 30 on the road in 2001:
Road surprises:
Those 1973 Atlanta Braves: was there something in the water? Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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