Baseball Home Run Leaders by Season

Major League Baseball Home Run Champions to 2011

Here are the leaders of each year's home run totals, by league. Take note, however, that in 1997, Mark McGwire hit 58 home runs, but split the season between Oakland of the American League (34 homers) and with St. Louis of the National League (24 homers).

Year	Player	National League	Home Runs	Player	American League	Home Runs
1901	Sam Crawford	Cincinnati	16	Napoleon Lajoie	Philadelphia	13
1902	Thomas Leach	Pittsburgh	6	Socks Seybold	Philadelphia	16
1903	James Sheckard	Brooklyn	9	Buck Freeman	Boston	13
1904	Harry Lumley	Brooklyn	9	Harry Davis	Philadelphia	10
1905	Fred Odwell	Cincinnati	9	Harry Davis	Philadelphia	8
1906	Timothy Jordan	Brooklyn	12	Harry Davis	Philadelphia	12
1907	David Brain	Boston	10	Harry Davis	Philadelphia	8
1908	Timothy Jordan	Brooklyn	12	Sam Crawford	Detroit	7
1909	Red Murray	New York	7	Ty Cobb	Detroit	9
1910	Fred Beck	Boston	10	Jake Stahl	Boston	10
tied	Frank Schulte	Chicago	10	---	---	--
1911	Frank Schulte	Chicago	21	J. Franklin Baker	Philadelphia	9
1912	Henry Zimmerman	Chicago	14	J. Franklin Baker	Philadelphia	10
tied	---	---	--	Tris Speaker	Boston	10
1913	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia	19	J. Franklin Baker	Philadelphia	13
1914	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia	19	J. Franklin Baker	Philadelphia	9
1915	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia	24	Robert Roth	Chicago-Cleveland	7
1916	Dave Robertson	New York	12	Wally Pipp	New York	12
tied	Fred (Cy) Williams	Chicago	12	---	---	--
1917	Dave Robertson	New York	12	Wally Pipp	New York	9
tied	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia	12	---	---	--
1918	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia	8	Babe Ruth	Boston	11
tied	---	---	--	Tilly Walker	Philadelphia	11
1919	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia	12	Babe Ruth	Boston	29
1920	Cy Williams	Philadelphia	15	Babe Ruth	New York	54
Year	Player	National League	Home Runs	Player	American League	Home Runs
1921	George Kelly	New York	23	Babe Ruth	New York	59
1922	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis	42	Ken Williams	St. Louis	39
1923	Cy Williams	Philadelphia	41	Babe Ruth	New York	41
1924	Jacques Fournier	Brooklyn	27	Babe Ruth	New York	46
1925	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis	39	Bob Meusel	New York	33
1926	Hack Wilson	Chicago	21	Babe Ruth	New York	47
1927	Hack Wilson	Chicago	30	Babe Ruth	New York	60
tied	Cy Williams	Philadelphia	30	---	---	--
1928	Hack Wilson	Chicago	30	Babe Ruth	New York	54
tied	Jim Bottomley	St. Louis	30	---	---	--
1929	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia	43	Babe Ruth	New York	46
1930	Hack Wilson	Chicago	56	Babe Ruth	New York	49
1931	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia	31	Babe Ruth	New York	46
tied	---	---	--	Lou Gehrig	New York	46
1932	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia	38	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia	58
tied	Mel Ott	New York	38	---	---	--
1933	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia	28	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia	48
1934	Rip Collins	St. Louis	35	Lou Gehrig	New York	49
tied	Mel Ott	New York	35	---	---	--
1935	Walter Berger	Boston	34	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia	36
tied	---	---	--	Hank Greenberg	Detroit	36
1936	Mel Ott	New York	33	Lou Gehrig	New York	49
1937	Mel Ott	New York	31	Joe DiMaggio	New York	46
tied	Joe Medwick	St. Louis	31	---	---	--
1938	Mel Ott	New York	36	Hank Greenberg	Detroit	58
1939	John Mize	St. Louis	28	Jimmie Foxx	Boston	35
1940	John Mize	St. Louis	43	Hank Greenberg	Detroit	41
Year	Player	National League	Home Runs	Player	American League	Home Runs
1941	Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn	34	Ted Williams	Boston	37
1942	Mel Ott	New York	30	Ted Williams	Boston	36
1943	Bill Nicholson	Chicago	29	Rudy York	Detroit	34
1944	Bill Nicholson	Chicago	33	Nick Etten	New York	22
1945	Tommy Holmes	Boston	28	Vern Stephens	St. Louis	24
1946	Ralph Kiner	Pittsburgh	23	Hank Greenberg	Detroit	44
1947	Ralph Kiner	Pittsburgh	51	Ted Williams	Boston	32
tied	John Mize	St. Louis	51	---	---	--
1948	Ralph Kiner	Pittsburgh	40	Joe DiMaggio	New York	39
tied	John Mize	St. Louis	40	---	---	--
1949	Ralph Kiner	Pittsburgh	54	Ted Williams	Boston	43
1950	Ralph Kiner	Pittsburgh	47	Al Rosen	Cleveland	37
1951	Ralph Kiner	Pittsburgh	42	Gus Zernial	Chi.-Phila.	33
1952	Ralph Kiner	Pittsburgh	37	Larry Doby	Cleveland	32
tied	Hank Sauer	Chicago	37	---	---	--
1953	Ed Mathews	Milwaukee	47	Al Rosen	Cleveland	43
1954	Ted Kluszewski	Cincinnati	49	Larry Doby	Cleveland	32
1955	Willie Mays	New York	51	Mickey Mantle	New York	37
1956	Duke Snider	Brooklyn	43	Mickey Mantle	New York	52
1957	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	44	Roy Sievers	Washington	42
1958	Ernie Banks	Chicago	47	Mickey Mantle	New York	42
1959	Ed Mathews	Milwaukee	46	Rocky Colavito	Cleveland	42
tied	---	---	--	Harmon Killebrew	Washington	42
1960	Ernie Banks	Chicago	41	Mickey Mantle	New York	40
Year	Player	National League	Home Runs	Player	American League	Home Runs
1961	Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco	46	Roger Maris	New York	61
1962	Willie Mays	San Francisco	49	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota	48
1963	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	44	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota	45
tied	Willie McCovey	San Francisco	44	---	---	--
1964	Willie Mays	San Francisco	47	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota	49
1965	Willie Mays	San Francisco	52	Tony Conigliaro	Boston	32
1966	Hank Aaron	Atlanta	44	Frank Robinson	Baltimore	49
1967	Hank Aaron	Atlanta	39	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston	44
tied	---	---	--	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota	44
1968	Willie McCovey	San Francisco	36	Frank Howard	Washington	44
1969	Willie McCovey	San Francisco	45	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota	49
1970	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati	45	Frank Howard	Washington	44
1971	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh	48	Bill Melton	Chicago	33
1972	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati	40	Dick Allen	Chicago	37
1973	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh	44	Reggie Jackson	Oakland	32
1974	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia	36	Dick Allen	Chicago	32
1975	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia	38	George Scott	Milwaukee	36
tied	---	---	--	Reggie Jackson	Oakland	36
1976	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia	38	Greg Nettles	New York	32
1977	George Foster	Cincinnati	52	Jim Rice	Boston	39
1978	George Foster	Cincinnati	40	Jim Rice	Boston	46
1979	Dave Kingman	Chicago	48	Gorman Thomas	Milwaukee	45
1980	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia	48	Reggie Jackson	Oakland	41
tied	---	---	--	Ben Oglivie	Milwaukee	41
Year	Player	National League	Home Runs	Player	American League	Home Runs
1981	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia	31	Bobby Grich	California	22
tied	---	---	--	Tony Armas	Oakland	22
tied	---	---	--	Dwight Evans	Boston	22
tied	---	---	--	Eddie Murray	Baltimore	22
1982	Dave Kingman	New York	37	Gorman Thomas	Milwaukee	39
tied	---	---	--	Reggie Jackson	California	39
1983	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia	40	Jim Rice	Boston	39
1984	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia	36	Tony Armas	Boston	43
tied	Dale Murphy	Atlanta	36	---	---	--
1985	Dale Murphy	Atlanta	37	Darrell Evans	Detroit	40
1986	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia	37	Jesse Barfield	Toronto	40
1987	Andre Dawson	Chicago	49	Mark McGwire	Oakland	49
1988	Darryl Strawberry	New York	39	Jose Canseco	Oakland	42
1989	Kevin Mitchell	San Francisco	47	Fred McGriff	Toronto	36
1990	Ryne Sandberg	Chicago	40	Cecil Fielder	Detroit	51
1991	Howard Johnson	New York	38	Cecil Fielder	Detroit	44
tied	---	---	--	Jose Canseco	Oakland	44
1992	Fred McGriff	San Diego	35	Juan Gonzalez	Texas	43
1993	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	46	Juan Gonzalez	Texas	46
1994	Matt Williams	San Francisco	43	Ken Griffey Jr.	Seattle	40
1995	Dante Bichette	Colorado	40	Albert Belle	Cleveland	50
1996	Andres Galarraga	Colorado	47	Mark McGwire	Oakland	52
1997	Larry Walker	Colorado	49	Ken Griffey Jr.	Seattle	56
1998	Mark McGwire	St. Louis	70	Ken Griffey Jr.	Seattle	56
1999	Mark McGwire	St. Louis	65	Ken Griffey Jr.	Seattle	48
2000	Sammy Sosa	Chicago	50	Troy Glaus	Anaheim	47
Year	Player	National League	Home Runs	Player	American League	Home Runs
2001	Barry Bonds	San Francisco	73	Alex Rodriguez	Texas	52
2002	Sammy Sosa	Chicago	49	Alex Rodriguez	Texas	57
2003	Jim Thome	Philadelphia	47	Alex Rodriguez	Texas	47
2004	Adrian Beltre	Los Angeles	48	Manny Ramirez	Boston	43
2005	Andruw Jones	Atlanta	51	Alex Rodriguez	New York	48
2006	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia	58	David Ortiz	Boston	54
2007	Prince Fielder	Milwaukee	50	Alex Rodriguez	New York	54
2008	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia	48	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit	37
2009	Albert Pujols	St. Louis	47	Carlos Pena	Tampa Bay	39
tie	.	.	.	Mark Teixeira	New York	39
2010	Albert Pujols	St. Louis	42	Jose Bautista	Toronto	54
2011	Matt Kemp	Los Angeles	39	Jose Bautista	Toronto	43

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