This is the ultimate guide for single season home runs of all kinds in MLB.
If you’re looking to find:
The most home runs in a season
Each MLB team’s single-season home run record
Single-season home run leaderboards for each team
MLB home run leaders since 2013
Single-season HR record holders at each position
A team-by-team look at 40-homer seasons
Every team’s Single-season HR record holders at each position
The 40/40 club
Most consecutive games with a home run
Every player to hit four homers in a game
Each MLB team’s most recent three-homer performance
Who has hit the longest home runs (now and in the past)
Unlikely players to hit an inside-the-park home run
Who has hit the most home runs before the All-Star break
All of Kyle Schwarber’s leadoff home runs
Relive Trea Turner’s World Baseball Classic HR binge
The Most Insane Kyle Schwarber Stat
Details on the most powerful rookie seasons ever
Rookie home run records for each team
Memorable home run moments
Most home runs in a season by a team
Most home runs in a game by each team
2022 MLB home run leaders for each team
2023 MLB home run leaders for each team
Then you’re in the right place. As we continue to add content to the site, the appropriate subjects will get highlighted below.
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Which players have posted the most powerful seasons in MLB history? It’s an exclusive list with several sluggers appearing more than once. Here’s the top 10 (with plenty of ties):
How impressive of a feat is this? Well, just look at the above leaderboard. Even with the very top getting completely transformed, there are still performances from the 1920s and 1930s on there. This is a hard thing to do. Get more context around each of these performances (as well as videos) right here.
Each MLB Team’s Single-Season Home Run Record
As we talked about in our career home run leaders guide, solely talking about the league’s top home run hitters would leave out lots of memorable performances. And since our focus here is on single season home runs, it can bring even more random (read: wonderful) players into the spotlight. With that said, here’s each MLB team’s single-season home run king.
Get all the details you need for each of these season-long performances, along with videos that contain lots of dingers, right here.
Single-Season Home Run Leaderboards for Each MLB Team
Once again, as we mentioned in our career home run leaders guide, merely talking about each MLB team’s single-season home run leader leaves out other memorable performances deserving of recognition. That’s why we put together a single-season home run leaderboard for each team.
Click on the bolded team name for context and videos. Below, we call out the top-five most powerful seasons for each organization.
Did you know that crowns for home run kings are given out every year? Well, who knows if players actually get crowns (it’d be cool if they do, though). Here are the home run kings for the National League and American League in each season since 2013:
As you can see, several performances we’ve already highlighted in other articles will appear in this one. That’s not surprising at all, and it’ll likely keep happening. As new single-season home run leaders become available, we’ll update our article to reflect those efforts (and go back in time, too). Check out more details for each of these performances (as well as videos, duh) right here.
Single-Season HR Record at Each Position
Which seasons have been most powerful at each position across the diamond? Here’s a quick rundown:
Designated Hitter: David Ortiz, 2006: 54 Home Runs
Get more details about these performances, watch videos, and see who else is currently in the top five right here.
A Team-by-Team Look at 40 Home Run Seasons
In the 150-plus years of professional baseball, hitting a certain number of homers is still a special feat. There have been just over 360 occurrences of 40-plus homers by a player in a single season. We break everything down on a team-by-team basis right here.
Every Team’s Single-Season HR Record at Each Position
We’re starting a new project here. In the coming weeks, we’ll be outlining the single-season HR leaders at each position for every MLB team. As each article is published, it will be updated below.
What’s the most impressive combination of talents for a single baseball player on offense? That’d be an equal amount of speed and power. And when they can do them frequently at the same time, magic happens. There have only been four players to amass at least 40 homers and 40 stolen bases in one season. It hasn’t been done since 2006, although there have been some close calls along the way. Here’s the full list of this exclusive club’s members:
Ronald Acuña Jr., 2023: 41 home runs, 73 stolen bases
As we can see above, A-Rod is the only primary infielder to accomplish this feat. Who will be the next one? While we wait for that to happen, view all the details here, including videos of each player racking up the statistic that cemented their seat in this group.
Most Consecutive Games With a Home Run
Hitting a home run in the big leagues is hard. Doing it in consecutive games is also hard, but some players make it look easy. Three dudes have slugged a dinger in eight straight games. Here’s what the rest of the top 10 looks like:
There have been a total of 35 different instances of a player hitting a home run in at least six straight games. Check out the full list (and some videos for the top 10) right here.
Every Player to Hit Four Homers in a Game
When it comes to hitting home runs, the greatest single-game accomplishment for a player is hitting four in one contest. It’s another exclusive list in MLB history, but it’s happened more often than the 40/40 club. Here are some of the details for sluggers who have etched their respective names in baseball’s record books:
In addition to asking who has hit the most home runs in a single game, season, or career, another popular question among baseball fans is who has hit the longest home runs. We have a couple of different answers for that so far. This area of the site will continue to get some additions along the way.
The Longest Verified Home Run Ever
Mickey Mantle technically holds the Guinness Book World Record for the longest home run ever at 643 feet. That’s not the longest verified home run, though. That honor belongs to Joey Meyer, who hit a 582-foot blast on June 3, 1987 in Triple-A. In addition to giving this moonshot some love, we put the spotlight on tanks that took place before and during the Statcast era. Here’s the summary:
Since the Statcast era dates to the 2015 season, we’ll go back that far to give some love to the longest home runs each season. And as each current season ends, we’ll honor the most impressive tanks, as well. For now, here are the 10 longest home runs of 2021:
Are you interested in watching the trajectory of each of these bombs? Well, you’re in luck because they’re all compiled here.
The Longest Home Runs of 2022
MLB’s 2022 season included a ton of absolute tanks. Coors Field was the host to many of them, but unlike previous years, there were a number of moonshots in Denver by left-handed hitters. It’s not like that hasn’t happened in the past, but these homers in particular traveled to places I don’t remember seeing.
What’s more exciting than watching a player leg out a triple? Probably watching them motor around the bases for an inside-the-park home run. But what’s better: watching a speedy runner do it, or someone you would’ve never expected to accomplish such a feat?
You don’t have to answer that, but we’ve singled out a handful of unlikely players to hit an inside-the-parker here:
Who Has Hit the Most Home Runs Before The All-Star Break?
There’s nothing quite like fitting a full season’s worth of dingers into the first half. Get more context (and lots of videos) on the top 16 occurrences in MLB history right here, as well as a full list of those who have hit 30-plus homers in the first half.
Chronicling Kyle Schwarber’s Leadoff Home Runs
When Kyle Schwarber debuted with the Chicago Cubs in 2015, did anyone expect him to become a prolific leadoff hitter? No, definitely not. That’s the beauty of baseball, though. He’s hit enough leadoff home runs that we had to create an article to start tracking them all. Watch each one of these leadoff Schwarbombs right here.
Relieve Trea Turner’s World Baseball Classic HR Binge
Phillies shortstop Trea Turner went on a crazy power streak during Team USA’s run to the 2023 WBC Finals in Miami. His five homers are tied for the most in a single tournament, and four of them came during a three-day span.
Kyle Schwarber likes hitting home runs, and it doesn’t matter what the situation is. However, the bigger the moment, the better. He’s homered in the Cape Cod League Championship, every round of MLB’s postseason, and the World Baseball Classic Final. Seriously. Check out the details here.
Most Home Runs Hit By a Rookie
There have been 32 different seasons where a rookie MLB hitter has slugged at least 30 home runs. Here’s what that list looks like:
Tiger Stadium officially closed its doors on September 27, 1999, after being home to the Tigers for 87 years. Robert Fick made sure to send it off into the sunset with an incredibly memorable blast. Read more about it right here.
Derek Jeter’s 3000th Hit Was As Memorable As Possible
Entering the 3,000-hit club is a momentous occasion that’s only happened 33 times in MLB history. But not many have a flair for the dramatic like Derek Jeter. He punched his ticket into the club in the most memorable way possible. Read all about it right here.
Most Home Runs in a Season by a Team
We’ve spent plenty of time discussing which players have hit the most homers in a single season for various scenarios. But what about the teams that have gone deep the most? If you’ve been wondering who has hit the most home runs in a season by a team, then we have the answers.
Here’s what the top 16 look like on this leaderboard:
Atlanta Braves, 2023: 307 home runs
Minnesota Twins, 2019: 307
New York Yankees, 2019: 306
Houston Astros, 2019: 288
Los Angeles Dodgers, 2019: 279
New York Yankees, 2018: 267
Seattle Mariners, 1997: 264
Toronto Blue Jays, 2021: 262
Texas Rangers, 2005: 260
Oakland Athletics, 2019: 257
Toronto Blue Jays, 2010: 257
Baltimore Orioles, 1996: 257
Chicago Cubs, 2019: 256
New York Yankees, 2022: 254
Baltimore Orioles, 2016: 253
Milwaukee Brewers, 2019: 250
To check out videos for each of these 16 teams, as well as find out who makes up the remainder of the top 31, check out the article here.
Most Home Runs in a Game for Every MLB Team, Ranked
What is the franchise record for most home runs in a game for every MLB team? No team has a record of fewer than six dingers or more than 10.
The Blue Jays own the MLB record with a 10-homer barrage in 1987. Meanwhile, the Reds hold the National League record with nine homers during a game in 1999. To see the rest of the details, check out our post.
2022 MLB Home Run Leaders
Which players lead their own team in home runs during the 2022 season? We have all the answers for you right here: