Baseball Evolution - Hitters Clubs

Four Home Runs In One Game 70 Home Run Club (2) # Year
Bobby Lowe 2B Boston May 30, 1894 Barry Bonds San Francisco Giants 73 2001
Ed Delahanty LF Philadelphia July 13, 1896 Mark McGwire St. Louis Cardinals 70 1998
Lou Gehrig 1B New York June 3, 1932
Chuck Klein RF Philadelphia July 10, 1936 60 Home Run Club (6) # Year
Pat Seerey LF Chicago July 18, 1948 Sammy Sosa Chicago Cubs 66 1998
Gil Hodges 1B Brooklyn August 31, 1950 Mark McGwire St. Louis Cardinals 65 1999
Joe Adcock 1B Milwaukee July 31, 1954 Sammy Sosa Chicago Cubs 64 2001
Rocky Colavito RF Cleveland June 10, 1959 Sammy Sosa Chicago Cubs 63 1999
Willie Mays CF San Francisco April 30, 1961 Roger Maris New York Yankees 61 1961
Mike Schmidt 3B Philadelphia April 17, 1976 Babe Ruth New York Yankees 60 1927
Bob Horner 1B Atlanta July 6, 1986
Mark Whiten RF St. Louis Sept. 7, 1993 50 Home Run Club (28) # Year
Shawn Green RF Los Angeles March 23, 2002 Albert Belle Cleveland Indians 50 1995
Mike Cameron CF Seattle May 2, 2002 Alex Rodriguez Texas Rangers 57 2002
Carlos Delgado 1B Toronto Sept. 25, 2003 Alex Rodriguez Texas Rangers 52 2001
Andruw Jones Atlanta Braves 51 2005
Players to Lead the League in RBIs Three Years in a Row Babe Ruth New York Yankees 59 1921
Babe Ruth, New York Yankees – 1919, 1920, 1921 Babe Ruth New York Yankees 54 1920
Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers – 1907, 1908, 1909 Babe Ruth New York Yankees 54 1928
Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis Cardinals - 1920, 1921, 1922 Brady Anderson Baltimore Orioles 50 1996
George Foster, Cincinnati Reds – 1976, 1977, 1978 Cecil Fielder Detroit Tigers 51 1990
Cecil Fielder, Detroit Tigers – 1990, 1991, 1992 George Foster Cinncinati Reds 52 1977
Joe Medwick, St. Louis Cardinals – 1936, 1937, 1938 Greg Vaughn Cinncinati Reds 50 1998
Hack Wilson Chicago Cubs 56 1930
700 Home Run Club(3) 400 Home Run Club (18) Hank Greenberg Detroit Tigers 58 1938
Hank Aaron  755 Lou Gehrig  493 Jim Thome Cleveland Indians 52 2002
Babe Ruth  714 Fred McGriff 493 Jimmie Foxx Philadelphia Athletics 58 1932
Barry Bonds 708 Stan Musial  475 Jimmie Foxx Boston Red Sox 50 1938
Willie Stargell  475 Johnny Mize New York Giants 51 1947
600 Home Run Club (1) Dave Winfield  465 Ken Griffey Jr. Seattle Mariners 56 1997
Willie Mays  660 Jose Canseco  462 Ken Griffey Jr. Seattle Mariners 56 1998
Carl Yastrzemski  452 Luis Gonzalez Arizona D'backs 57 2001
500 Home Run Club (16) Jeff Bagwell 449 Mark McGwire Cardinals/Athletics 58 1997
Sammy Sosa 588 Gary Sheffield 449 Mark McGwire Oakland Athletics 52 1996
Frank Robinson  586 Frank Thomas 448 Mickey Mantle New York Yankees 54 1961
Mark McGwire  583 Dave Kingman  442 Mickey Mantle New York Yankees 52 1956
Harmon Killebrew  573 Andre Dawson  438 Ralph Kiner Pittsburgh Pirates 54 1949
Rafael Palmeiro 569 Manny Ramirez 435 Ralph Kiner Pittsburgh Pirates 51 1947
Reggie Jackson  563 Juan Gonzalez 434 Sammy Sosa Chicago Cubs 50 2000
Mike Schmidt  548 Cal Ripken Jr.  431 Willie Mays San Francisco Giants 52 1965
Mickey Mantle  536 Jim Thome 430 Willie Mays New York Giants 51 1955
Ken Griffey Jr. 536 Alex Rodriguez 429
Jimmie Foxx  534 Billy Williams  426
Willie McCovey  521 Darrell Evans  414 49 Home Run Club Year
Ted Williams  521 Duke Snider  407 Lou Gerhig,  New York Yankees,  1934
Ernie Banks  512 Lou Gerhig,  New York Yankees,  1936
Eddie Mathews  512 Shawn Green,  Los Angeles Dodger,  2001
Mel Ott  511 Ken Griffey, Jr.,  Seattle Mariners,  1996
Eddie Murray  504 Todd Helton,  Colorado Rockies,  2001
Harmon Killebrew,  Minnesota Twins,  1964
Outside Looking In Club Harmon Killebrew,  Minnesota Twins,  1969
Andres Galarraga 399 Mike Piazza 397 Ted Kluszewski,  Cinncinati Reds,  1954
Al Kaline  399 Joe Carter  396 Willie Mays,  San Francisco Giants, 1962
Dale Murphy  398 Mark McGwire,  Oakland Athletics,  1987
Frank Robinson,  Baltimore Orioles,  1966
40-40 Club Babe Ruth, New York Yankees,  1930
Name  Pos Team Season HR SB Sammy Sosa,  Chicago Cubs,  2002
Jose Canseco  RF Oakland 1988 42 40 Jim Thome,  Cleveland Indians,  2001
Barry Bonds  LF San Francisco 1996 42 40 Andre Dawson,  Chicago Cubs,  1987
Álex Rodríguez  SS Seattle 1998 42 46 Larry Walker,  Colorado Rockies,  1997
Albert Belle,  Cleveland Indians,  1998
30-30 Club Barry Bonds,  San Francisco Giants,  2000
Name  Pos Team Season HR SB
Ken Williams  LF St. Louis 1922 39 37 50 Doubles and 50 HRs
Willie Mays  CF New York 1956 36 40 Albert Belle, Cleveland Indians, 1995 – 50 HRs and 52 Doubles
Willie Mays  CF New York 1957 35 38
Hank Aaron  RF Milwaukee 1963 44 31 Fewest Second Most Home Runs Hit in a Season for a Member of the 50 Home Run Club
Bobby Bonds  RF San Francisco 1969 32 45
Tommy Harper  3B Milwaukee 1970 31 38 Brady Anderson, Baltimore Orioles – 50 in 1996, 24 in 1999
Bobby Bonds  RF San Francisco 1973 39 43 Hack Wilson, Chicago Cubs – 56 in 1930, 39 in 1929
Bobby Bonds  RF New York 1975 32 30
Bobby Bonds  RF California 1977 37 41 30 Home Runs plus 30 Ground into Double Plays
Bobby Bonds  RF Chicago / Texas 1978 31 43 Ivan Rodriguez, Texas Rangers, 1999 – 35HRs and 31 GDPs
Dale Murphy  CF Atlanta 1983 36 30 Jim Rice*, Boston Red Sox, 1983 – 39 HRs and 31 GDPs
Joe Carter  1B Cleveland 1987 32 31 Tony Armas, Boston Red Sox, 1983 – 36 HRs and 31 GDPs
Eric Davis  CF Cincinnati 1987 37 50 Dave Winfield, New York Yankees, 1983 – 32 HRs and 30 GDPs
Howard Johnson  3B New York 1987 36 32 *In 1985, Rice missed 22 games, and finished with 27 HRs and 35 GDPs
Darryl Strawberry  RF New York 1987 39 36
Howard Johnson  3B New York 1989 36 41 The 3-4-5 Club
Ron Gant  CF Atlanta 1990 32 33
Barry Bonds  LF Pittsburgh 1990 33 52 Player AVG OBP SLG
Ron Gant  CF Atlanta 1991 32 34 Ty Cobb         0.366 0.433 0.512
Howard Johnson  3B New York 1991 38 30 Rogers Hornsby 0.358 0.434 0.577
Barry Bonds  LF Pittsburgh 1992 34 39 Joe Jackson         0.356 0.423 0.517
Sammy Sosa  RF Chicago 1993 36 33 Ed  Delahanty         0.346 0.411 0.505
Sammy Sosa  RF Chicago 1995 36 34 Tris Speaker         0.345 0.428 0.500
Barry Bonds  LF San Francisco 1995 33 31 Ted Williams         0.344 0.482 0.634
Dante Bichette  RF Colorado 1996 31 31 Babe Ruth         0.342 0.474 0.690
Ellis Burks  LF Colorado 1996 40 32 Harry Heilmann         0.342 0.410 0.520
Barry Larkin  SS Cincinnati 1996 33 36 Lou Gehrig         0.340 0.447 0.632
Larry Walker  RF Colorado 1997 49 33 Todd Helton         0.338 0.431 0.617
Jeff Bagwell  1B Houston 1997 43 31 Albert Pujols         0.332 0.413 0.623
Barry Bonds  LF San Francisco 1997 40 37 Stan Musial         0.331 0.417 0.559
Raúl Mondesí  RF Los Angeles 1997 30 32 Jimmie Foxx 0.325 0.428 0.609
Shawn Green  RF Toronto 1998 35 35 Manny Ramirez         0.316 0.411 0.600
Jeff Bagwell  1B Houston 1999 42 30 Larry Walker         0.314 0.401 0.568
Raúl Mondesí  RF Los Angeles 1999 33 36 Hank Greenberg       0.313 0.412 0.605
Preston Wilson  CF Florida 2000 31 36 Edgar Martinez         0.312 0.418 0.516
José Cruz, Jr.  CF Toronto 2001 34 32 Frank Thomas         0.310 0.428 0.568
Bobby Abreu  RF Philadelphia 2001 31 36 Mel Ott         0.304 0.414 0.533
Vladimir Guerrero  RF Montreal 2001 34 37 Chipper Jones         0.304 0.401 0.537
Alfonso Soriano  2B New York 2002 39 41 Bobby Abreu         0.304 0.411 0.515
Vladimir Guerrero  RF Montreal 2002 39 40 Barry Bonds       0.300 0.442 0.611
Alfonso Soriano  2B New York 2003 38 35
Bobby Abreu  RF Philadelphia 2004 30 40
Carlos Beltran CF KC/Houston 2004 38 42
Alfonso Soriano  2B Texas 2005 36 30
30 Home Runs plus 30 Strike Outs
Joe DiMaggio,  New York Yankees,  1937 – 46 HRs and 37 K
Joe DiMaggio,  New York Yankees,  1940 – 31 HRs and 30 K
Joe DiMaggio,  New York Yankees,  1948 – 39 HRs and 30 K
Joe DiMaggio,  New York Yankees,  1950 – 32 HRs and 33 K
Ted Williams,  Boston Red Sox,  1941 – 37 HRs and 27 K
Yogi Berra,  New York Yankees,  1952 – 30 HRs and 24 K
Yogi Berra,  New York Yankees,  1956 – 30 HRs and 29 K
Ken Williams,  St. Louis Browns,  1922 – 39 HRs and 31 K
Rogers Hornsby,  St. Louis Cardinals,  1935 – 39 HRs and 39 K
Lou Gerhig,  New York Yankees,   1932 – 34 HRs and 38 K
Lou Gerhig,  New York Yankees,   1934 – 49 HRs and 31 K
Lou Gerhig, New York Yankees,   1935 – 30 HRs and 38 K
Mel Ott, New York Giants,  1929 – 42 HRs and 38 K
Mel Ott,  New York Giants,  1932 – 38 HRs and 39 K
Don Mattingly,  New York Yankees,  1986 – 31 HRs and 35 K
Don Mattingly,  New York Yankees,  1987 – 30 HRs and 38 K