3. He was supported by Jay Buhner (40 homers), who also took advantage of the homer-friendly Kingdome with his third straight year of 40-plus homers. Tex got plenty of support from Alfonso Soriano, who hit 30 of his 36 total homers out of the No. Copyright 1999- "I never slept when I lost. A few other records are kept on separate pages, they are listed below. MLB home runs per game, by team. 1996 Orioles: 257 homersTop HR hitter: Brady Anderson, 50Anderson's breakout is one of the more random 50-homer seasons in history, considering he had never previously topped 21 and never hit more than 24 afterward. Ichiro holds the record for most single-season hits and singles, obtaining both in 2004. Matt LaPorta is the most recent player to crack the top 10, and that was more than a decade ago. 7. 2019 Twins: 307 homersTop HR hitter: Nelson Cruz, 41The "Bomba Squad" made history with time to spare. Among the home run marks set around the league: The Twins smashed through the single-season team home run record -- set by the Yankees just a year earlier -- by the final day of August. Two Mariners players currently hold Major League Baseball records. The journeyman third baseman-turned-outfielder had knocked 59 total dingers over six seasons before setting the Blue Jays' franchise record in 2010 and winning MLB's home run crown. In the hitter-friendly confines of Yankee Stadium, the two could threaten this list of teammates who combined to hit the most home runs in a single season in … 8 (tie). Albert Pujols* – 662 home runs. The New York Yankees set a major league record on the season’s penultimate day, hitting more home runs than any team in baseball history.. On Saturday the … Teams hit five or more home runs 114 times in 2019, almost double the old mark of 60. - Robin Roberts (Major League Leader in Home Runs Allowed), Home Runs Allowed in a Single Season Records. Most Home Runs in Any Ten-Season Span. In fact, this Rangers team tied a big league record with nine players knocking at least 15 roundtrippers. 5 spot, along with David Dellucci (29), Hank Blalock (25), Kevin Mench (25), Michael Young (24) and Rod Barajas (21). This season they are at 286, second in history only to the Twins. Minnesota now holds the title as baseball's most prolific home-run-hitting team, having hit three in their 5-4 loss to the Royals to overtake the Yankees on the season's final day. Babe Ruth+ (26) 59: 1921: L: HR Log : Giancarlo … When you look at the most home runs in a decade from another angle (a decade being any ten-season period, regardless of dates), the results are dominated by two players from two different eras – Sammy Sosa and Babe Ruth. Roger Maris (26) 61: 1961: L: HR Log: 8. Duffy holds the best single-season batting average record, accumulating an average of.440 in 1894. With fellow stars Rafael Palmeiro, Bobby Bonilla, Cal Ripken Jr. and Roberto Alomar homering behind Anderson, the O's slugged their way to the AL Championship Series before falling to the Yanks in five games. Among the home run marks set around the league: The Twins smashed through the single-season team home run record -- set by the Yankees just a year earlier -- by the final day of August. The Yankees battled the Twins for the single-season record right down to the last day of the season, with Torres leading the way and catcher Gary Sanchez (34 homers) rebounding from a tough 2018 season. Single-Season R Leaders:1.Billy Hamilton+/198/1894, 2.Tom Brown/177/1891, Babe Ruth+/177/1921, 4.Lou Gehrig+/167/1936, Tip O'Neill/167/1887, 6.Billy Hamilton+/166/1895, 7.Willie Keeler+/165/1894, Joe Kelley+/165/1894, 9.Lou Gehrig+/163/1931, Arlie Latham/163/1887, 2019 Astros: 288 homersTop HR hitter: Alex Bregman, 41The 2019 Astros didn't set the single-season record for homers, but they did finish with the highest single-season team slugging percentage (.495), topping the '19 Twins by a single point. The team allowed their most home runs so far in March/April, with 75 home runs in 30 games The fewest home runs the Orioles allowed in a month … But the Bronx Bombers' path to 267 took some unexpected turns. 2019 Dodgers: 279 homersTop HR hitter: Cody Bellinger, 47Cody Bellinger got off to the hottest of starts, setting a Major League record with 14 homers before May 1 to launch himself into the NL MVP conversation. The most for a two team season was 58 by Mark McGwire in 1997 when he was traded by the Oakland Athletics (34) to the St. Louis Cardinals (24). 1997 Mariners: 264 homersTop HR hitter: Ken Griffey Jr., 56This was the first of two straight seasons in which Griffey would tie for his career high with 56 homers, and also the year of his only AL MVP Award. 2: 1976 Cincinnati Reds 10 of 11 2017: 6,105. In a season that saw the Yankees' roster ravaged by injuries, New York saw 14 total players hit at least 10 round-trippers to set a Major League record. Team Rankings Stats, rankings and projections; Bet IQ Tools and data for sports bettors; Pool Picks Picks for football and March Madness pools That means the Twins have edged out the Yankees for the MLB lead for 2019, and they also now own the all-time record for home runs in a season. No. On July 31, 1963, Paul Foytack of the Los Angeles Angels set the mark, forty-four years later Chase Wright, on April 22, 2007, tied the mark, three short years later, Dave Bush joined the "club", on August 11, 2010, and lastly Michael Blazek entered the Almanac on July 27, 2017. The Yankees had 12 players reach double-digit homers, setting a Major League record in that category that would be topped again the following year. Part of the Baseball Almanac Family, Home Runs Allowed Record Book by Baseball Almanac. Barry Bonds (36) 73: 2001: L: HR Log: 2. Bautista's 41-homer increase from '09 to '10 set an MLB record for the largest single-season increase, but Toronto featured plenty of boom behind him with six other 20-plus-homer hitters. Kemp’s solo shot bumped his season total up to 20 and gave the Dodgers their seventh 20-homer hitter on the season, tying an MLB record for most 20-homer hitters on a team in a single season. I'd see the sun come up without ever having closed my eyes. In another disappointing loss in a disappointing Red Sox season, Rafael Devers continues to make history. The Twins' march to the team home run record was a long time coming, and in the last inning of their last game of August, they surpassed the 2018 Bronx Bombers for the single-season record. Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago. Some entire pitching staffs are infamous and get their own team related home runs allowed records which we have posted below: Did you know that only four pitchers in Major League history have ever given up four consecutive home runs in an inning? Here are the teams atop MLB's all-time single-season home run list. 2018 Yankees: 267 homersTop HR hitter: Giancarlo Stanton, 38Expectations were high for the 2018 Yankees to challenge the team homer mark, especially after New York pulled off its blockbuster trade for Stanton in the offseason. That one was just the capper of a six-homer day by Minnesota -- Garver homered twice, and Max Kepler, Jorge Polanco, C.J. 1. The 2019 MLB season will always be remembered for the home run surge it brought. The most home runs allowed by a pitcher in a career, the most home runs allowed in a season, the most in a game and other similar home runs allowed records are presented below and research is complete through completion of the previous season. The Yankees set the all-time, single-season team home run record in 2018 with 267 (their previous high was 245 in 2012). 2000: 5,693 Saturday, in the Red Sox' second consecutive 5-4, walk-off loss to the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field, Devers added the Sox home run record for third baseman to his resume. 2019 A's: 257 homersTop HR hitters: Matt Chapman and Matt Olson, 36Oakland's top slugger, Khris Davis, struggled in a 23-homer campaign just one year after leading the Majors with 48, but his teammates picked up the slack. Most home runs hit in a single season. Home Runs Year Bats HR Log; 1. The Minnesota Twins have hit the most home runs by a team in a season, with 307 home runs in 2019. update=copyright.getFullYear(); document.write(update); Cron and Nelson Cruz also went deep. Mark McGwire (34) 70: 1998: R: HR Log: 3. Some entire pitching staffs are infamous and get their own team related home runs allowed … 6. Do you know the team record for most home runs in any given month from any season in … In fact, power without sacrificing contact was a hallmark of the entire Houston lineup: The Astros launched the third-most homers of any team in a single season while also striking out the least of any team in 2019. Those 18 losses and 328 hits surrendered also led MLB. I'd see those base hits over and over and they would drive me crazy." Bob Horner and Bobby Lowe are tied with 16 others for the most home runs in a game, with four, which they recorded on May 30, 1890, and July 6, 1986, respectively. Some Major League records are sufficiently notable to have their own page, for example the single-season home run record, the progression of the lifetime home run record, and the members of the 500 home run club. Eight different Twins reached the 20-homer mark -- Cruz (41), Kepler (36), Miguel Sano (34), Eddie Rosario (32), Garver (31), Cron (25), Jonathan Schoop (23) and Polanco (22) -- to make Minnesota the first team in MLB history to have eight 20-home-run hitters in a season. Babe Ruth+ (32) 60: 1927: L: HR Log: 9. All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. Sammy Sosa (32) 64: 2001: R: HR Log: 6. Minnesota and a host of competitors re-wrote that page of the MLB record book several times in 2019, with the '19 campaign claiming the top four single-season homer totals in history, and five of the top 10. Baseball's Best Home Run Hitters of the 1980s - HowTheyPlay New York also got contributions from unlikely sources; DJ LeMahieu knocked 26 dingers after he wasn't listed on manager Aaron Boone's Opening Day lineup card, Brett Gardner slugged a career-high 28 homers in his age-35 season and Gio Urshela clubbed 21 to nearly triple his career total entering the campaign. Average number of home runs in 2019: 1.32. The only active player on this list, Pujols hit 37 bombs as a rookie … 8 (tie). Alex Bregman took his ascension to superstar status to another level, clubbing a career-high 41 dingers while also leading the Majors with 119 walks and striking out just 83 times. 2019 Yankees: 306 homersTop HR hitter: Gleyber Torres, 38The pinstripes saw twin towers Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton combine to play just 120 games ... but it didn't matter. Andruw Jones batted .275 with 26 home runs and 24 stolen bases during the regular season, but went 1-for-13 with zero of either in the World Series. Those home runs, Nos. 2019: 6,107 ... and counting. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. 4. The "modern" (since 1900) National League record for home runs allowed in a game is six and it has been allowed three times by three different pitchers: Larry Benton of New York on May 12, 1930, Sloppy Thurston of Brooklyn on August 13, 1932 & Bill Kerksieck of Philadelphia on August 13, 1939. The Twins' wide array of power sources on the record-setting day was fitting for the 2019 club. Marcus Semien exploded for a career-best 33 round-trippers after combining for 25 over the prior two seasons, and Stephen Piscotty (13 HR in 93 games) and Josh Phegley (12 in 106) made the most of their limited playing time. Data runs from 1871 to 2021 for regular season data, 1933-Present for the All-Star Game, and 1903-Present for the Postseason. Still, both Judge (27 homers) and Sanchez (18) played a role in the Yankees' at the time record-setting season, as did stellar rookie campaigns from Miguel Andujar (27) and Torres (24) and career years from Didi Gregorius (27) and Aaron Hicks (27). Mitch Garver did the honors, crushing the record-setting long ball off the Tigers' Joe Jimenez. 8 (tie). LaPorta was a four-year player who had 20-plus home runs in two of his seasons. Matt Chapman and Matt Olson, the A's co-stars, fittingly tied for the team lead, with Olson averaging a homer for every 13 at-bats after he came off the injured list in early May. Even though it’s gone … Mike Cameron is tied with 14 others for the most home runs in a game, with four. Coming into 2019, the … MLB 300 HR with 1 Team 3; MLB Team HR Leaders by Decade 2; MLB Multi-Team 40-HR Seasons 2; MLB Most HRs Against Each Franchise 2; MLB Most Home Runs By Team (1999 - 2019) 1; MLB Youngest to 200 Career Home Runs 1 But Bellinger had plenty of help; Joc Pederson launched a career-high 36 dingers while Max Muncy showed his 2018 breakout was far from a fluke by equaling that season's total with 35 homers. . Somewhat surprisingly, the Mariners clubbed this many dingers despite a "down" year from Alex Rodriguez, who followed up his amazing 1996 campaign (.358/.414/.631, 36 HR), with just 23 homers in 638 plate appearances. Mark McGwire (35) 65: 1999: R: HR Log: 5. Sammy Sosa (30) 63: 1999: R: HR Log: 7. For 31 of them the batter played for two teams in that season but no batter played for more than two teams in a season and hit more than 29 HR. 2010 Blue Jays: 257 homersTop HR hitter: Jose Bautista, 54Bautista's 54-homer campaign represents one of the most dramatic breakouts in recent history. In Major League Baseball (MLB), a player in each league wins the home run title each … Most home runs -- 58: Jimmie Foxx: 1932: Most pinch-hit home runs -- 4: Jeff Burroughs: 1982: Most grand slams -- 4: Jason Giambi: 2000: Most inside-the-park home runs -- 4: Danny Murphy: 1904: Most RBIs -- 169: Jimmie Foxx: 1932: Most total bases -- 438: Jimmie Foxx: 1932: Most extra base hits -- 100: Jimmie Foxx: 1932: Most walks -- 149: Eddie Joost: 1949: Most strikeouts -- 197: Jack Cust: 2008 A-Rod would subsequently hit at least 40 bombs in each of the next six seasons. The 1977 Red Sox held the record for most games with five or more home runs in a season, … 242 and 243 the Orioles allowed this season, tied and then broke the American League record the Orioles and Chicago White Sox set together with 242 home runs allowed in … Current Search For Single Seasons, In the Regular Season, in 2021, sorted by greatest Home Runs. Baltimore's 257 roundtrippers shattered the previous record of 240 set by the Yankees 35 years prior, and the Orioles needed them all to support a pitching staff that finished with a 5.15 ERA. Rookies Will Smith (15 homers in 170 at-bats), Alex Verdugo, Matt Beaty, Edwin Rios, Kyle Garlick and Gavin Lux combined for 45 dingers, showing that the Dodgers' future should be packed with plenty more power. In the 1956 season, Roberts started 37 games (22 complete games) and finished the season with a 19-18 record. 2005 Rangers: 260 homersTop HR hitter: Mark Teixeira, 43Teixeira established himself as one of baseball's premier power hitters, slugging .575 and driving in 144 runs while playing in all 162 games and supplying Gold Glove-caliber defense at first base. 2. Judge, coming off a historic 52-homer rookie season, missed more than a month and a half with a fractured wrist, and Sanchez also missed significant time and had his share of struggles. Sammy Sosa (29) 66: 1998: R: HR Log: 4. copyright=new Date(); Top Home Run Hitters of All-Time 31; MLB 40-HRs by 4-Letter Players 5; MLB Most HR By Position (2000s) 5; MLB 30 HR Seasons (2000s) (Teams Hidden) 5; MLB Single Season HR Leaders (A-Z) 4; MLB Catchers with 30 HR Seasons 4; MLB 30 HR Seasons (1990s) 3; MLB 30 HR Seasons (2010s) 3.333 Batting Average, 33 Homers 2; MLB: 300+ HR Before 30 1 5. 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