Can you name the MLB single season home run leaders?

Number	Name	Year - Team
73		2001 - San Francisco Giants
70		1998 - St. Louis Cardinals
66		1998 - Chicago Cubs
65		1999 - St. Louis Cardinals
64		2001 - Chicago Cubs
63		1999 - Chicago Cubs
61		1961 - New York Yankees
60		1927 - New York Yankees
59		1921 - New York Yankees
58		1997 - Oakland A's and St. Louis Cardinals
58		2006 - Philadelphia Phillies
58		1938 - Detroit Tigers
58		1932 - Philadelphia Athletics
57		2002 - Texas Rangers
57		2001 - Arizona Diamondbacks
56		1930 - Chicago Cubs
56		1997 - Seattle Mariners
56		1998 - Seattle Mariners
54		1920 - New York Yankees
54		1928 - New York Yankees
54		2007 - New York Yankees
54		2006 - Boston Red Sox
54		1961 - New York Yankees
54		1949 - Pittsburgh Pirates
54		2010 - Toronto Blue Jays
52		2002 - Cleveland Indians
52		2001 - Texas Rangers

Number	Name	Year - Team
52		1996 - Oakland Athletics
52		1965 - San Francisco Giants
52		1956 - New York Yankees
52		1977 - Cincinnati Reds
51		1947 - New York Giants
51		1955 - New York Giants
51		1947 - Pittsburgh Pirates
51		2005 - Atlanta Braves
51		1990 - Detroit Tigers
50		1998 - San Diego Padres
50		2000 - Chicago Cubs
50		1938 - Boston Red Sox
50		2007 - Milwaukee Brewers
50		1995 - Cleveland Indians
50		1996 - Baltimore Orioles
49		1998 - Chicago White Sox
49		2000 - San Francisco Giants
49		1987 - Chicago Cubs
49		1934/36 - New York Yankees
49		2006 - St. Louis Cardinals
49		2001 - Los Angeles Dodgers
49		1996 - Seattle Mariners
49		2001 - Colorado Rockies
49		1966 - Baltimore Orioles
49		1964/69 - Minnesota Twins
49		1954 - Cincinnati Redlegs
49		1997 - Colorado Rockies

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MLB Most Single Season Home Runs Quiz

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	skittlez:	Sep 17th, 2008 at 19:26 GMT		8 points
	I like the sports ones alot and i thought maybe you can do a quiz on like single season RBI leaders or even all time RBI leaders. That one could be a good challenge. Thanks, hope to see 1 of these quizzes soon. =]

	guyleguy:	Sep 19th, 2008 at 15:14 GMT		4 points
	You guys should add the 300 win club for sure, and current MLB managers, as well as past MVP winners, since you have that for the NBA and NFL.

	cls121389:	Sep 20th, 2008 at 02:51 GMT		9 points
	Mark McGwire also hit 49 HR with the Oakland A's, I believe in his rookie season in 1989

	Samsonite:	Sep 22nd, 2008 at 18:37 GMT		4 points
	There is quite a few people missing...there is 55 seasons listed here, but 60 times someone has hit 49 or more HRs

	Lindsay:	Oct 3rd, 2008 at 04:39 GMT		4 points
	Samsonite - yeah, this list seems to be missing 49-home run seasons from Mays, McGwire, Ruth, Sosa, and Thome. But they are all there for higher home run totals already, so it wouldn't change the game much to add them at this point.

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	retsyn:	Oct 14th, 2008 at 21:17 GMT		7 points
	@springmom - you're wrong about that. look at 2001. bonds(73), sosa(64), gonzalez(57), rodriguez(52), and green(49) are all listed (i may have missed some, i just scanned). lindsay is right here, the 5 seasons missing with 49 or more are all covered already and would just automatically come up by answering the other names that said, why the hell can i never remember greg vaughn?

	retsyn:	Oct 14th, 2008 at 21:19 GMT		16 points
	oh, and the asterisk on bonds' 73 is bull****. if you're going to asterisk his then you have to start asterisking a bunch of them

	drhaase:	Oct 18th, 2008 at 03:42 GMT		5 points
	get rid of the asterisk. what's there is there, and there ain't nutin that can be done. it's baseballs fault a helluva lot more than anyone elses.

	Lindsay:	Oct 20th, 2008 at 02:04 GMT		7 points
	Agreed - if you're going to asterisk Bonds, then you should do the same for McGwire and Sosa. And probably others that we don't even know about (Walker? Anderson?). So please remove the asterisk.

	majorbase2:	Oct 28th, 2008 at 21:58 GMT		3 points
	The only one I didn't get was Johnny Mize. I never would've thought of him.

	cocky:	Dec 12th, 2008 at 20:33 GMT		6 points
	why is the cutoff 49 and not 50?

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	Nuclear_Knuckles:	Jan 24th, 2009 at 16:32 GMT		10 points
	Asterisks are for small minds. Every single statistical achievement in the history of the game is the result of many factors. Maris played in an expansion year with an expanded schedule. Ruth played with a lively ball players before him didn't get to take advantage of. Ned Williamson played in a park with a 200-foot right field. So there, I've asterisked all the HR records back until 1883. I'm sure you can find a reason to stick a big red asterisk on Harry Stovey's 14 HR too, if you want.

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	Yojimbo28:	Feb 23rd, 2009 at 14:35 GMT		4 points
	"why is the cutoff 49 and not 50?" I guess so I could miss Ted Kluszewski and not get a perfect score :( Actually, even if I'd gotten him I'd still be one away from perfect. Damn you Johnny Mize!!

	wgert:	Apr 23rd, 2009 at 00:17 GMT		2 points
	48/53, cannot remember Wilson, Kiner, Mize and Kluszewski.

	Nitram_Odarp:	May 30th, 2009 at 05:41 GMT		5 points
	Amazing that the true home run king doesn't even crack the list. Just shows how good and consistent he was for such a long time.

	Hondo:	Jun 5th, 2009 at 05:40 GMT		4 points
	damn you Big Klu, knew you were on here but couldn't spell your name!

	Phillyfan17:	Jul 3rd, 2009 at 03:02 GMT		-3 points
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	superpole2000:	Jul 8th, 2009 at 06:04 GMT		2 points
	Luis Gonzalez hitting 57 HR's just seems so weird to me.

	sox_fan1468927:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 20:24 GMT		3 points
	Albert Pujols could be on here again by the end of this season.

	therapier:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 18:30 GMT		1 point
	@superpole2000: yea sometimes even random journeymen like Gonzalez can have big seasons once in a while I guess

	GeoExpert:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 04:28 GMT		3 points
	Its amazing how Hank Aaron has 755 career home runs but has never hit 49 or more to make this list. Statistic of the day.

	lopz15:	Aug 4th, 2009 at 18:35 GMT		-2 points
	interesting hank aaron never led the league

	omnipotent1:	Aug 15th, 2009 at 23:17 GMT		6 points
	For people who complain about records being skewed, everything skews records since sports aren't played in a vacuum. The natural progression of things can skew records, just look at the 1980s and the NHL. If you looked at the all time scoring leaders you'll see a list compiled almost entirely of players who played part or all of their career in the 80s, or at the very least the 70s and 80s, the two decades that had the highest scoring total in NHL history. Not even baseball is immune from this. And look at this way, Bonds may have been juiced, but it's not like EVERYONE was hitting 50 HR a season or coming close to it.

	deej:	Sep 4th, 2009 at 08:04 GMT		5 points
	@ lopz15: Aaron led the league in HR 4 times, just never hit more than 47 in any season.

	bentley:	Sep 18th, 2009 at 03:06 GMT		3 points
	Woo, 51/53. Missed Mize, and I somehow spelled Gehrig wrong. I always put the H in the wrong place. I'm also amazed that I spelled Kluszewski without looking it up.

	poinsecurra:	Sep 25th, 2009 at 20:22 GMT		2 points
	One stat on why records are so strage. Take a look at Hack Wilson's HR totals from 1926-1932: 21, 30,31, 39, 56, 13, 23. Crazy.

	Shinyhubcaps:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 02:53 GMT		2 points
	What is the logic behind listing players in one box with multiple years versus Ken Griffey Jr. having the same total (56) but being listed in separate boxes? Also, there is a misspelled "Cardinals" with Mark McGwire.

	kenechi:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 05:05 GMT		2 points
	damn the only ones i missed were the old timers... great quiz though...

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	scn73:	Aug 8th, 2010 at 03:24 GMT		1 point
	didn't know mize, the guy from the 54 reds and, for some unknown reason, drew a blank on helton

	GoYankees:	Aug 17th, 2010 at 20:06 GMT		1 point
	got all of 'em

	RMaharg:	Nov 9th, 2010 at 15:26 GMT		2 points
	not bad 48/53

	sobdennis:	Nov 15th, 2010 at 12:58 GMT		2 points
	One of these days I ll learn how to spell Klu's namu

	mraithel13:	Dec 24th, 2010 at 02:24 GMT		1 point
	wow, Bonds on here just twice. by the way, what record does Clemens hold that would merit an asterik? A big deal is made about Bonds because it's the HR record, the most hallowed in all of sports. Let him have it, in the grand scheme of our existence it doesn't matter.

	BlackZeppelin630:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 05:39 GMT		1 point
	Brady Anderson's HR totals from 1994-1998: 12, 16, 50, 18, 18 Wtf

	crdimitri:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 19:48 GMT		-1 points
	I'll tell you the difference between steroids and these other variables (lively ball, smaller outfields, lower pitching mounds, etc.) that influence stats that y'all are talking about. The steroids users concealed it and lied about it. Hence, they were consciously cheating. Even if it was not the letter of baseball law that it was against the rules throughout the steroids era, it certainly violated the spirit of the game and fair play. Now I'll just go back to my "small mind."