He hit 60. Ruth played in about 20 fewer games than Maris, so Ruth would of had around 65 if he would of played a 162 game schedule.
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In 1998, St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire hit 70 home runs to break Roger Maris' single season record.
On October 1, 1961, Roger Maris hit his 61st home run breaking Babe Ruth's record.
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Barry Bonds broke the record in the 20 century.
If you're talking about the Modern Era (1900 to present) then it would be Roger Maris.
Mark Mcgwire hit 70 home runs in 1998, the year he broke Roger Maris' single season home run record of 61.
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Roger Maris 61 in '61Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in 1961 breaking Babe Ruth single season home run record of 60 set in 1927.
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris...they were called this during the 1961 season when they were both chasing Babe Ruth's home run record of 60 homeruns in a single season.
Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in 1961 to break Babe Ruth's single season record of 60.
0. In 1961 when Maris broke Babe Ruth's single season home run record he hit 9 three run HRs, 19 two run HRs, and 33 solo HRs.