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Rogers Hornsby hit 42 home runs in 1922.
Sammy Sosa. He was the first non-american and first non-white player to hit 60 home runs in a season when he did it in 1998.
The only other player to hit three home runs in a World Series game was Babe Ruth, who did it twice.
In 1927, Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs for the Yankees.
The first home run in MLB history was by Ezra Sutton of the Cleveland Forest Citys on May 8, 1871 against the Chicago White Stockings in the National Association. Sutton hit a second home run in the game to be the player to hit the first and second home runs in MLB history.