MLB Team Home Run Leaders 2022

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• Let's take a look at baseball's leaderboards for single-season home runs
• Most Consecutive Seasons Leading the League in Home Runs Hit
• New York Yankees: Bernie Williams, 22 Home Runs
• Texas Rangers: Juan Gonzalez (
• Toronto Blue Jays: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 32 Home Runs
• Most Home Runs in a Season by EACH FRANCHISE

The Padres have had several great hitters play for their organization. This includes Hall of Famers Tony Gwynn and Dave Winfield, along with All-Star players like Ken Caminiti and Adrian Gonzalez. But it’s not as if Strawberry is undeserving of this honor.

But it was his ability to be a force both at the plate and behind it on a regular basis that made him special. Since he’s the all-time home run leader in Cubs history, he had plenty of chances to perfect his signature hop out of the batter’s box. As if he needed to add more accomplishments, he also joined the ranks of MLB’s Home Run Derby winners by taking home the title in 2000. Sammy Sosa led the National League in home runs twice, with 49 and 50, but finished second four times with home run counts of 36, 66, 63, and 64. Alex Rodriguez led the American League in home runs five times, three with the Texas Rangers and twice with the New York Yankees.

Let's take a look at baseball's leaderboards for single-season home runs

” but his 163 dingers currently lead the clubhouse, ahead of Gonzalez . There are just eight Padres players in team history with 100-plus homers for the organization prior to 2022, with the lone active player being Wil Myers. When it comes to discussing the all time home run leaders in Minnesota Twins history, the only person you really have to talk about is Harmon Killebrew. Well, his franchise record of 559 homers in a Twins uniform is likely going to stand for quite a long time. He’s actually completely dominated the organizational leaderboard.

Hammerin’ Hank won the single-season home run title four times and did the same for the single-season RBI title. A testament to his consistency was that he never hit more than 47 home runs or drove in more than 132 runs in a year. Yet, he’s hit the second-most home runs all time and his 2,297 career RBI are the most in baseball history.

Most Consecutive Seasons Leading the League in Home Runs Hit

Did Eugenio Suarez have one of the most dramatic one-season turnarounds when it comes to offensive production in 2022? What I do love about this, though, is that his 31 homers equaled his 2021 total exactly. Jesus Aguilar didn’t play the final month of the regular season with the Marlins after they designated him for assignment at the end of August.

He finished the year in Baltimore and still became Miami’s 2022 home run king. The 142 games Mookie Betts played for the Dodgers were the most he’s played in a season since 2019 with the Boston Red Sox. Naturally, he put up some big numbers with all those opportunities. The outfielder posted a 56.7% fly-ball rate in 2022, which was easily the highest of his career.

New York Yankees: Bernie Williams, 22 Home Runs

The top five also includes Mel Ott , Willie McCovey , and Matt Williams . The pine tar incident against the New York Yankees in 1983 might be Brett's most famous round-tripper. The Killer Bs – Bagwell, Craig Biggio, and Lance Berkman – dominated for the Houston Astros in the 1990s and early 2000s. All three players occupy the top three spots on the all-time home run list in Astros history, with Bagwell followed by Berkman and Biggio . Ever wonder who holds the franchise home run record for your favorite baseball team? Home run records set by the teams over a season including most, most on the road, most at home, and several other variations.

On his way to becoming the Reds’ career home run leader, it’s clear the backstop elevated his game with a championship on the line. Bench posted a career slugging percentage of .476 in the regular season. That number jumped up to .527 through 188 postseason plate appearances. Prior to the 2022 postseason, there are five Braves players with 10-plus homers in October. Chipper Jones, one of baseball’s most productive switch-hitters of all-time, is at the top. Playing for Atlanta in the 1990s and early 2000s gave him plenty of opportunities to slug dingers, too.

The first such instance of this happened in 1961 with 6.4 fWAR, and the final instance took place in 1969 with 7.1 fWAR. That final occurrence was a single-season career-high mark. This actually includes 1997 when he slugged 34 taters in 105 games before getting traded. When looking at full seasons of play, though, McGwire saved the best for his first and last years in Oakland.

He essentially fit his last two seasons of production into one, too. Between 2020 and 2021 , Santander posted a .766 OPS with 29 homers, 82 RBI, and 78 runs scored. Through 647 plate appearances this past year, he posted a .773 OPS with 33 homers, 89 RBI, and 78 runs scored. Isn’t it great how the playoffs can bring out the best in some players, though? Prior to the 2020 postseason Arozarena had accumulated just 84 MLB plate appearances, which led to eight home runs and 13 RBI.

In the span of 77 trips to the plate between the ALDS and World Series, the outfielder slugged 10 dingers with 13 RBI. Stargell struggled through his first three trips to October with Pittsburgh. The Pirates’ all-time home run leader went 79 plate appearances without a postseason homer. He finally broke that drought in the 1974 NLCS when he slugged two while posting a 1.238 OPS.

That’s what happens when your career falls during the steroid era, I guess. He enjoyed eight seasons of at least 38 homers during his Hall of Fame career. If we want to continue driving home the lack of single-season home run title thing, Thomas also won more MVPs, doing so in 1993 and 1994. Randy Arozarena, MLB’s single-postseason home run king, has proven to be quite productive during the regular season, too. He hit exactly 20 homers for the second straight year, but also paired it with 89 RBI and 32 steals.

This was the second straight year of him getting over the 20-homer mark. After hitting 20 homers in 111 games during the 2021 season, Seth Brown turned right around and added another 25 for the Athletics. There were certain situations where this dude excelled most regarding his power. A year after tying Jorge Soler for the single-season franchise home run record, Salvador Perez came back down to Earth a bit. He was limited to just 114 games, but still slugged 23 homers with 76 RBI off a 108 wRC+. Wisdom’s power was virtually identical whether he played at Wrigley or hit the road as a visiting player .