Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit a record 73 home runs during the 2001 season. He broke the mark of 70 set by St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire in 1998.
The most home runs Hank Aaron hit in one season was 47, in 1971.
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At the end of the 2007 season he has 762
David Ortiz set the single-season record for most home runs by a Boston Red Sox player in 2006. He hit 54 home runs that year, which was the most in the American League.
In both 1965 and 1969, Rose hit 16 home runs -- the most for one year of his MLB career.
Jimmie Foxx, who hit 41 home runs in 1936.
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David Ortiz began playing Major League baseball in 1997. From 1997 through the 2010 season, Ortiz hit 349 home runs.
Yes, more than once... 49 was his personal high -----Aaron hit 44 home runs in 1957, 40 in 1960, 45 in 1962, 44 in 1963, 44 in 1966, 44 in 1969, 47 in 1971, and 40 in 1973.
In 1927 with the New York Yankees, Babe Ruth his 60 home runs.
16 men have hit 4 home runs in a single game. The last was hit by Josh Hamilton this season against the Baltimore orioles.
In the 1961 regular season, Roger Maris hit 61 home runs. Babe Ruth's best total was 60 home runs in the 1927 season. Some point out that, in 1927, only 154 games were played, while in 1961, 162 games were played.