Yankees: only six 40 Home Run seasons 1938-1996: Mantle 4, Maris 1, Jackson 1.

Yankee Home Runs 1903-2025.  Tuesday, August 11, 2026

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>=50

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>= 40 HR:

yearID	teamID	HR#	AB#	AB/HR	Fname	Lname	playerID	yearID	gap
1920	NYA	54	457	8.46	Babe	Ruth	ruthba01	1920
1921	NYA	59	540	9.15	Babe	Ruth	ruthba01	1921
1923	NYA	41	522	12.73	Babe	Ruth	ruthba01	1923	1
1924	NYA	46	529	11.50	Babe	Ruth	ruthba01	1924
1926	NYA	47	495	10.53	Babe	Ruth	ruthba01	1926	1
1927	NYA	60	540	9.00	Babe	Ruth	ruthba01	1927
1927	NYA	47	584	12.43	Lou	Gehrig	gehrilo01	1927
1928	NYA	54	536	9.93	Babe	Ruth	ruthba01	1928
1929	NYA	46	499	10.85	Babe	Ruth	ruthba01	1929
1930	NYA	49	518	10.57	Babe	Ruth	ruthba01	1930
1930	NYA	41	581	14.17	Lou	Gehrig	gehrilo01	1930
1931	NYA	46	619	13.46	Lou	Gehrig	gehrilo01	1931
1931	NYA	46	534	11.61	Babe	Ruth	ruthba01	1931
1932	NYA	41	457	11.15	Babe	Ruth	ruthba01	1932
1934	NYA	49	579	11.82	Lou	Gehrig	gehrilo01	1934	1
1936	NYA	49	579	11.82	Lou	Gehrig	gehrilo01	1936	1
1937	NYA	46	621	13.50	Joe	DiMaggio	dimagjo01	1937
1956	NYA	52	533	10.25	Mickey	Mantle	mantlmi01	1956	18
1958	NYA	42	519	12.36	Mickey	Mantle	mantlmi01	1958	1
1960	NYA	40	527	13.18	Mickey	Mantle	mantlmi01	1960	1
1961	NYA	61	590	9.67	Roger	Maris	marisro01	1961
1961	NYA	54	514	9.52	Mickey	Mantle	mantlmi01	1961
1980	NYA	41	514	12.54	Reggie	Jackson	jacksre01	1980	18
1997	NYA	44	594	13.50	Tino	Martinez	martiti02	1997	16
2002	NYA	41	560	13.66	Jason	Giambi	giambja01	2002	4
2003	NYA	41	535	13.05	Jason	Giambi	giambja01	2003
2005	NYA	48	605	12.60	Alex	Rodriguez	rodrial01	2005	1
2007	NYA	54	583	10.80	Alex	Rodriguez	rodrial01	2007	1
2011	NYA	41	583	14.22	Curtis	Granderson	grandcu01	2011	3
2012	NYA	43	596	13.86	Curtis	Granderson	grandcu01	2012
2017	NYA	52	542	10.42	Aaron	Judge	judgeaa01	2017	4
2022	NYA	62	570	9.19	Aaron	Judge	judgeaa01	2022	4
2024	NYA	58	559	9.64	Aaron	Judge	judgeaa01	2024	1
2024	NYA	41	576	14.05	Juan	Soto	sotoju01	2024
2025	NYA	53	541	10.21	Aaron	Judge	judgeaa01	2025
yearID	teamID	HR#	AB#	AB/HR	Fname	Lname	playerID	yearID	gap
	min	40	457	8.46
	max	62	621	14.22

1938-1996 only 6 in those 58 seasons:

1956	NYA	52	533	10.25	Mickey	Mantle	mantlmi01	1956	18
1958	NYA	42	519	12.36	Mickey	Mantle	mantlmi01	1958	1
1960	NYA	40	527	13.18	Mickey	Mantle	mantlmi01	1960	1
1961	NYA	61	590	9.67	Roger	Maris	marisro01	1961
1961	NYA	54	514	9.52	Mickey	Mantle	mantlmi01	1961
1980	NYA	41	514	12.54	Reggie	Jackson	jacksre01	1980	18

Only Jackson 1962-1996!

140 by other teams:

https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/UVy5I

For single seasons, from 1938 to 1996, Playing in the AL or NL, in the regular season, requiring Home Runs >= 40, sorted by descending Home Runs.

>=49, including Yankees:

Rk	Player	HR	Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Roger Maris	61	1961	26	NYY	AL	161	698	590	132	61	141	94	67	.269	.372	.620	.993	167
2	Hank Greenberg	58	1938	27	DET	AL	155	681	556	143	58	147	119	92	.315	.438	.683	1.122	169
3	Ralph Kiner	54	1949	26	PIT	NL	152	667	549	116	54	127	117	61	.310	.432	.658	1.089	186
4	Mickey Mantle	54	1961	29	NYY	AL	153	646	514	131	54	128	126	112	.317	.448	.687	1.135	206
5	George Foster	52	1977	28	CIN	NL	158	689	615	124	52	149	61	107	.320	.382	.631	1.013	165
6	Mickey Mantle	52	1956	24	NYY	AL	150	652	533	132	52	130	112	99	.353	.464	.705	1.169	210
7	Willie Mays	52	1965	34	SFG	NL	157	638	558	118	52	112	76	71	.317	.398	.645	1.043	185
8	Mark McGwire	52	1996	32	OAK	AL	130	548	423	104	52	113	116	112	.312	.467	.730	1.198	196
9	Cecil Fielder	51	1990	26	DET	AL	159	673	573	104	51	132	90	182	.277	.377	.592	.969	167
10	Ralph Kiner	51	1947	24	PIT	NL	152	666	565	118	51	127	98	81	.313	.417	.639	1.055	173
11	Willie Mays	51	1955	24	NYG	NL	152	670	580	123	51	127	79	60	.319	.400	.659	1.059	174
12	Johnny Mize	51	1947	34	NYG	NL	154	664	586	137	51	138	74	42	.302	.384	.614	.998	160
13	Brady Anderson	50	1996	32	BAL	AL	149	687	579	117	50	110	76	106	.297	.396	.637	1.034	156
14	Albert Belle	50	1995	28	CLE	AL	143	631	546	121	50	126	73	80	.317	.401	.690	1.091	177
15	Jimmie Foxx	50	1938	30	BOS	AL	149	685	565	139	50	175	119	76	.349	.462	.704	1.166	183
16	Andre Dawson	49	1987	32	CHC	NL	153	662	621	90	49	137	32	103	.287	.328	.568	.896	130
17	Ken Griffey Jr.	49	1996	26	SEA	AL	140	638	545	125	49	140	78	104	.303	.392	.628	1.020	154
18	Harmon Killebrew	49	1964	28	MIN	AL	158	682	577	95	49	111	93	135	.270	.377	.548	.924	153
19	Harmon Killebrew	49	1969	33	MIN	AL	162	709	555	106	49	140	145	84	.276	.427	.584	1.011	177
20	Ted Kluszewski	49	1954	29	CIN	NL	149	659	573	104	49	141	78	35	.326	.407	.642	1.049	167
Rk	Player	HR	Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
21	Willie Mays	49	1962	31	SFG	NL	162	706	621	130	49	141	78	85	.304	.384	.615	.999	165
22	Mark McGwire	49	1987	23	OAK	AL	151	641	557	97	49	118	71	131	.289	.370	.618	.987	164
23	Frank Robinson	49	1966	30	BAL	AL	155	680	576	122	49	122	87	90	.316	.410	.637	1.047	198

Yankee record 1938-1996 (17 of 27 World Series championships but only one from Jackson 41 HR in 1980 through 1996):

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/

1996	AL East	162	92	70	0	.568	.546	1st of 5	--	Won WS (4-2)	871	787	2,250,877	A.Pettitte (5.6)
1995	AL East	145	79	65	1	.549	.539	2nd of 5	7.0	Lost ALDS (3-2)	749	688	1,705,263	B.Williams (6.4)
1994	AL East	113	70	43	0	.619	.602	1st of 5	--		670	534	1,675,556	W.Boggs (4.5)
1993	AL East	162	88	74	0	.543	.535	2nd of 7	7.0		821	761	2,416,942	J.Key (6.3)
1992	AL East	162	76	86	0	.469	.492	4th of 7	20.0		733	746	1,748,737	M.Perez (5.9)
1991	AL East	162	71	91	0	.438	.435	5th of 7	20.0		674	777	1,863,733	S.Sax (4.2)
1990	AL East	162	67	95	0	.414	.402	7th of 7	21.0		603	749	2,006,436	R.Kelly (5.5)
1989	AL East	161	74	87	0	.460	.442	5th of 7	14.5		698	792	2,170,485	S.Sax (4.4)
1988	AL East	161	85	76	0	.528	.514	5th of 7	3.5		772	748	2,633,701	R.Henderson (6.3)
1987	AL East	162	89	73	0	.549	.518	4th of 7	9.0		788	758	2,427,672	D.Mattingly (5.1)
Year	Lg	G	W	L	Ties	W-L%	pythW-L%	Finish	GB	Playoffs	R	RA	Attendance	Top Player
1986	AL East	162	90	72	0	.556	.535	2nd of 7	5.5		797	738	2,268,030	D.Mattingly (7.2)
1985	AL East	161	97	64	0	.602	.608	2nd of 7	2.0		839	660	2,214,587	R.Henderson (9.9)
1984	AL East	162	87	75	0	.537	.550	3rd of 7	17.0		758	679	1,821,815	D.Mattingly (6.3)
1983	AL East	162	91	71	0	.562	.542	3rd of 7	7.0		770	703	2,257,976	R.Guidry (5.3)
1982	AL East	162	79	83	0	.488	.496	5th of 7	16.0		709	716	2,041,219	R.Gossage (4.5)
1981	AL East	107	59	48	0	.551	.593	4th of 7	2.0	Lost WS (4-2)	421	343	1,614,353	D.Righetti (3.5)
1980	AL East	162	103	59	0	.636	.597	1st of 7	--	Lost ALCS (3-0)	820	662	2,627,417	W.Randolph (6.6)
1979	AL East	160	89	71	0	.556	.540	4th of 7	13.5		734	672	2,537,765	R.Guidry (6.5)
1978	AL East	163	100	63	0	.613	.605	1st of 7	--	Won WS (4-2)	735	582	2,335,871	R.Guidry (9.6)
1977	AL East	162	100	62	0	.617	.610	1st of 7	--	Won WS (4-2)	831	651	2,103,092	G.Nettles (5.5)
1976	AL East	159	97	62	0	.610	.607	1st of 6	--	Lost WS (4-0)	730	575	2,012,434	G.Nettles (8.0)
1975	AL East	160	83	77	0	.519	.567	3rd of 6	12.0		681	588	1,288,048	C.Hunter (8.1)
1974	AL East	162	89	73	0	.549	.534	2nd of 6	2.0		671	623	1,273,075	E.Maddox (5.4)
1973	AL East	162	80	82	0	.494	.523	4th of 6	17.0		641	610	1,262,103	T.Munson (7.2)
1972	AL East	155	79	76	0	.510	.525	4th of 6	6.5		557	527	966,328	B.Murcer (8.2)
1971	AL East	162	82	80	0	.506	.505	4th of 6	21.0		648	641	1,070,771	R.White (6.7)
1970	AL East	163	93	69	1	.574	.548	2nd of 6	15.0		680	612	1,136,879	R.White (6.8)
1969	AL East	162	80	81	1	.497	.480	5th of 6	28.5		562	587	1,067,996	M.Stottlemyre (6.1)
1968	AL	164	83	79	2	.512	.504	5th of 10	20.0		536	531	1,185,666	S.Bahnsen (5.9)
1967	AL	163	72	90	1	.444	.421	9th of 10	20.0		522	621	1,259,514	A.Downing (4.6)
Year	Lg	G	W	L	Ties	W-L%	pythW-L%	Finish	GB	Playoffs	R	RA	Attendance	Top Player
1966	AL	160	70	89	1	.440	.499	10th of 10	26.5		611	612	1,124,648	T.Tresh (5.4)
1965	AL	162	77	85	0	.475	.505	6th of 10	25.0		611	604	1,213,552	M.Stottlemyre (6.9)
1964	AL	164	99	63	2	.611	.606	1st of 10	--	Lost WS (4-3)	730	577	1,305,638	W.Ford (6.8)
1963	AL	161	104	57	0	.646	.620	1st of 10	--	Lost WS (4-0)	714	547	1,308,920	E.Howard (5.2)
1962	AL	162	96	66	0	.593	.583	1st of 10	--	Won WS (4-3)	817	680	1,493,574	M.Mantle (6.0)
1961	AL	163	109	53	1	.673	.634	1st of 10	--	Won WS (4-1)	827	612	1,747,725	M.Mantle (10.5)
1960	AL	155	97	57	1	.630	.579	1st of 8	--	Lost WS (4-3)	746	627	1,627,349	R.Maris (7.5)
1959	AL	155	79	75	1	.513	.527	3rd of 8	15.0		687	647	1,552,030	M.Mantle (6.6)
1958	AL	155	92	62	1	.597	.623	1st of 8	--	Won WS (4-3)	759	577	1,428,438	M.Mantle (8.7)
1957	AL	154	98	56	0	.636	.635	1st of 8	--	Lost WS (4-3)	723	534	1,497,134	M.Mantle (11.3)
1956	AL	154	97	57	0	.630	.637	1st of 8	--	Won WS (4-3)	857	631	1,491,784	M.Mantle (11.3)
1955	AL	154	96	58	0	.623	.631	1st of 8	--	Lost WS (4-3)	762	569	1,490,138	M.Mantle (9.5)
1954	AL	155	103	51	1	.669	.658	2nd of 8	8.0		805	563	1,475,171	M.Mantle (6.9)
1953	AL	151	99	52	0	.656	.668	1st of 8	--	Won WS (4-2)	801	547	1,537,811	M.Mantle (5.8)
1952	AL	154	95	59	0	.617	.620	1st of 8	--	Won WS (4-3)	727	557	1,629,665	M.Mantle (6.3)
1951	AL	154	98	56	0	.636	.613	1st of 8	--	Won WS (4-2)	798	621	1,950,107	Y.Berra (5.3)
1950	AL	155	98	56	1	.636	.625	1st of 8	--	Won WS (4-0)	914	691	2,081,380	P.Rizzuto (6.8)
1949	AL	155	97	57	1	.630	.618	1st of 8	--	Won WS (4-1)	829	637	2,283,676	J.DiMaggio (4.3)
1948	AL	154	94	60	0	.610	.635	3rd of 8	2.5		857	633	2,373,901	J.DiMaggio (6.9)
1947	AL	155	97	57	1	.630	.649	1st of 8	--	Won WS (4-3)	794	568	2,178,937	T.Henrich (5.2)
Year	Lg	G	W	L	Ties	W-L%	pythW-L%	Finish	GB	Playoffs	R	RA	Attendance	Top Player
1946	AL	154	87	67	0	.565	.601	3rd of 8	17.0		684	547	2,265,512	C.Keller (6.2)
1945	AL	152	81	71	0	.533	.550	4th of 8	6.5		676	606	881,845	S.Stirnweiss (8.8)
1944	AL	154	83	71	0	.539	.540	3rd of 8	6.0		674	617	789,995	S.Stirnweiss (8.6)
1943	AL	155	98	56	1	.636	.595	1st of 8	--	Won WS (4-1)	669	542	618,330	S.Chandler (7.3)
1942	AL	154	103	51	0	.669	.698	1st of 8	--	Lost WS (4-1)	801	507	922,011	J.Gordon (7.7)
1941	AL	156	101	53	2	.656	.623	1st of 8	--	Won WS (4-1)	830	631	964,722	J.DiMaggio (9.3)
1940	AL	155	88	66	1	.571	.589	3rd of 8	2.0		817	671	988,975	J.DiMaggio (7.1)
1939	AL	152	106	45	1	.702	.734	1st of 8	--	Won WS (4-0)	967	556	859,785	J.DiMaggio (8.2)
1938	AL	157	99	53	5	.651	.637	1st of 8	--	Won WS (4-0)	966	710	970,916	R.Ruffing (6.0

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