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Progressive Leaders & Records for Home Runs
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:  Single-Season  Career  Active  Progressive  Year-by-Year League 

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This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year	Career	HR		Single-Season	HR		Active	HR		Yearly	HR
1871	Levi Meyerle, Lip Pike, and Fred Treacey	4		Levi Meyerle, Lip Pike, and Fred Treacey	4		Levi Meyerle, Lip Pike, and Fred Treacey	4		Levi Meyerle, Lip Pike, and Fred Treacey	4
1872	Lip Pike	10		Lip Pike	6		Lip Pike	10		Lip Pike	6
1873	Lip Pike	14		Lip Pike	6		Lip Pike	14		Lip Pike	4
1874	Lip Pike	15		Lip Pike	6		Lip Pike	15		Jim O'Rourke+	5
1875	Lip Pike	15		Jim O'Rourke+ and Lip Pike	6		Lip Pike	15		Jim O'Rourke+	6
1876	Lip Pike	16		George Hall	5		Lip Pike	16		George Hall	5
1877	Lip Pike	20		George Hall	5		Lip Pike	20		Lip Pike	4
1878	Lip Pike	20		George Hall	5		Lip Pike	20		Paul Hines	4
1879	Lip Pike	20		Charley Jones	9		Lip Pike	20		Charley Jones	9
1880	Charley Jones	23		Charley Jones	9		Charley Jones	23		Jim O'Rourke+ and Harry Stovey	6
1881	Charley Jones	23		Charley Jones	9		Charley Jones	23		Dan Brouthers+	8
1882	Jim O'Rourke+	24		Charley Jones	9		Jim O'Rourke+	24		Oscar Walker and George Wood	7
1883	Charley Jones	33		Harry Stovey	14		Charley Jones	33		Harry Stovey	14
1884	Charley Jones	40		Ned Williamson	27		Charley Jones	40		Ned Williamson	27
1885	Harry Stovey	50		Ned Williamson	27		Harry Stovey	50		Harry Stovey	13
1886	Harry Stovey	57		Ned Williamson	27		Harry Stovey	57		Dan Brouthers+ and Hardy Richardson	11
1887	Dan Brouthers+	65		Ned Williamson	27		Dan Brouthers+	65		Billy O'Brien	19
1888	Dan Brouthers+	74		Ned Williamson	27		Dan Brouthers+	74		Jimmy Ryan	16
1889	Harry Stovey	89		Ned Williamson	27		Harry Stovey	89		Sam Thompson+	20
1890	Harry Stovey	101		Ned Williamson	27		Harry Stovey	101		Roger Connor+	14
1891	Harry Stovey	117		Ned Williamson	27		Harry Stovey	117		Harry Stovey and Mike Tiernan	16
1892	Harry Stovey	121		Ned Williamson	27		Harry Stovey	121		Bug Holliday	13
1893	Harry Stovey	122		Ned Williamson	27		Harry Stovey	122		Ed Delahanty+	19
1894	Harry Stovey	122		Ned Williamson	27		Roger Connor+	118		Hugh Duffy+	18
1895	Roger Connor+	126		Ned Williamson	27		Roger Connor+	126		Sam Thompson+	18
1896	Roger Connor+	137		Ned Williamson	27		Roger Connor+	137		Ed Delahanty+ and Bill Joyce	13
1897	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Roger Connor+	138		Hugh Duffy+	11
1898	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Sam Thompson+	127		Jimmy Collins+	15
1899	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Sam Thompson+	127		Buck Freeman	25
1900	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Sam Thompson+	127		Herman Long	12
1901	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Sam Thompson+	127		Sam Crawford+	16
1902	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Sam Thompson+	127		Socks Seybold	16
1903	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Sam Thompson+	127		Buck Freeman	13
1904	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Sam Thompson+	127		Harry Davis	10
1905	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Sam Thompson+	127		Fred Odwell	9
1906	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Sam Thompson+	127		Harry Davis and Tim Jordan	12
1907	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Jake Beckley+	86		Dave Brain	10
1908	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Bill Dahlen	82		Tim Jordan	12
1909	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Bill Dahlen	84		Ty Cobb+	9
1910	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Bill Dahlen	84		Fred Beck, Frank Schulte, and Jake Stahl	10
1911	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Bill Dahlen	84		Frank Schulte	21
1912	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Honus Wagner+	90		Heinie Zimmerman	14
1913	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Honus Wagner+	93		Gavvy Cravath	19
1914	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Honus Wagner+	94		Gavvy Cravath	19
1915	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Honus Wagner+	100		Gavvy Cravath	24
1916	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Honus Wagner+	101		Wally Pipp, Dave Robertson, and Cy Williams	12
1917	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Honus Wagner+	101		Gavvy Cravath and Dave Robertson	12
1918	Roger Connor+	138		Ned Williamson	27		Gavvy Cravath	106		Babe Ruth+ and Tilly Walker	11
1919	Roger Connor+	138		Babe Ruth+	29		Gavvy Cravath	118		Babe Ruth+	29
1920	Roger Connor+	138		Babe Ruth+	54		Gavvy Cravath	119		Babe Ruth+	54
1921	Babe Ruth+	162		Babe Ruth+	59		Babe Ruth+	162		Babe Ruth+	59
1922	Babe Ruth+	197		Babe Ruth+	59		Babe Ruth+	197		Rogers Hornsby+	42
1923	Babe Ruth+	238		Babe Ruth+	59		Babe Ruth+	238		Babe Ruth+ and Cy Williams	41
1924	Babe Ruth+	284		Babe Ruth+	59		Babe Ruth+	284		Babe Ruth+	46
1925	Babe Ruth+	309		Babe Ruth+	59		Babe Ruth+	309		Rogers Hornsby+	39
1926	Babe Ruth+	356		Babe Ruth+	59		Babe Ruth+	356		Babe Ruth+	47
1927	Babe Ruth+	416		Babe Ruth+	60		Babe Ruth+	416		Babe Ruth+	60
1928	Babe Ruth+	470		Babe Ruth+	60		Babe Ruth+	470		Babe Ruth+	54
1929	Babe Ruth+	516		Babe Ruth+	60		Babe Ruth+	516		Babe Ruth+	46
1930	Babe Ruth+	565		Babe Ruth+	60		Babe Ruth+	565		Hack Wilson+	56
1931	Babe Ruth+	611		Babe Ruth+	60		Babe Ruth+	611		Lou Gehrig+ and Babe Ruth+	46
1932	Babe Ruth+	652		Babe Ruth+	60		Babe Ruth+	652		Jimmie Foxx+	58
1933	Babe Ruth+	686		Babe Ruth+	60		Babe Ruth+	686		Jimmie Foxx+	48
1934	Babe Ruth+	708		Babe Ruth+	60		Babe Ruth+	708		Lou Gehrig+	49
1935	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Babe Ruth+	714		Jimmie Foxx+ and Hank Greenberg+	36
1936	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Lou Gehrig+	427		Lou Gehrig+	49
1937	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Lou Gehrig+	464		Joe DiMaggio+	46
1938	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Lou Gehrig+	493		Hank Greenberg+	58
1939	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Lou Gehrig+	493		Jimmie Foxx+	35
1940	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Jimmie Foxx+	500		Johnny Mize+	43
1941	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Jimmie Foxx+	519		Ted Williams+	37
1942	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Jimmie Foxx+	527		Ted Williams+	36
1943	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Jimmie Foxx+	527		Rudy York	34
1944	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Jimmie Foxx+	527		Bill Nicholson	33
1945	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Jimmie Foxx+	534		Tommy Holmes	28
1946	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Mel Ott+	511		Hank Greenberg+	44
1947	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Mel Ott+	511		Ralph Kiner+ and Johnny Mize+	51
1948	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Joe DiMaggio+	303		Ralph Kiner+ and Johnny Mize+	40
1949	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Joe DiMaggio+	317		Ralph Kiner+	54
1950	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Joe DiMaggio+	349		Ralph Kiner+	47
1951	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Joe DiMaggio+	361		Ralph Kiner+	42
1952	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Johnny Mize+	355		Ralph Kiner+ and Hank Sauer	37
1953	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Johnny Mize+	359		Eddie Mathews+	47
1954	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Ted Williams+	366		Ted Kluszewski	49
1955	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Ted Williams+	394		Willie Mays+	51
1956	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Ted Williams+	418		Mickey Mantle+	52
1957	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Ted Williams+	456		Hank Aaron+	44
1958	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Ted Williams+	482		Ernie Banks+	47
1959	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Ted Williams+	492		Eddie Mathews+	46
1960	Babe Ruth+	714		Babe Ruth+	60		Ted Williams+	521		Ernie Banks+	41
1961	Babe Ruth+	714		Roger Maris	61		Stan Musial+	444		Roger Maris	61
1962	Babe Ruth+	714		Roger Maris	61		Stan Musial+	463		Willie Mays+	49
1963	Babe Ruth+	714		Roger Maris	61		Stan Musial+	475		Harmon Killebrew+	45
1964	Babe Ruth+	714		Roger Maris	61		Mickey Mantle+	454		Harmon Killebrew+	49
1965	Babe Ruth+	714		Roger Maris	61		Willie Mays+	505		Willie Mays+	52
1966	Babe Ruth+	714		Roger Maris	61		Willie Mays+	542		Frank Robinson+	49
1967	Babe Ruth+	714		Roger Maris	61		Willie Mays+	564		Harmon Killebrew+ and Carl Yastrzemski+	44
1968	Babe Ruth+	714		Roger Maris	61		Willie Mays+	587		Frank Howard	44
1969	Babe Ruth+	714		Roger Maris	61		Willie Mays+	600		Harmon Killebrew+	49
1970	Babe Ruth+	714		Roger Maris	61		Willie Mays+	628		Johnny Bench+	45
1971	Babe Ruth+	714		Roger Maris	61		Willie Mays+	646		Willie Stargell+	48
1972	Babe Ruth+	714		Roger Maris	61		Hank Aaron+	673		Johnny Bench+	40
1973	Babe Ruth+	714		Roger Maris	61		Hank Aaron+	713		Willie Stargell+	44
1974	Hank Aaron+	733		Roger Maris	61		Hank Aaron+	733		Mike Schmidt+	36
1975	Hank Aaron+	745		Roger Maris	61		Hank Aaron+	745		Mike Schmidt+	38
1976	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Hank Aaron+	755		Mike Schmidt+	38
1977	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Willie McCovey+	493		George Foster	52
1978	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Willie McCovey+	505		Jim Rice	46
1979	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Willie McCovey+	520		Dave Kingman	48
1980	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Willie McCovey+	521		Mike Schmidt+	48
1981	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Willie Stargell+	472		Mike Schmidt+	31
1982	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Willie Stargell+	475		Reggie Jackson+ and Gorman Thomas	39
1983	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Reggie Jackson+	478		Mike Schmidt+	40
1984	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Reggie Jackson+	503		Tony Armas	43
1985	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Reggie Jackson+	530		Darrell Evans	40
1986	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Reggie Jackson+	548		Jesse Barfield	40
1987	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Reggie Jackson+	563		Andre Dawson and Mark McGwire	49
1988	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Mike Schmidt+	542		Jose Canseco	42
1989	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Mike Schmidt+	548		Kevin Mitchell	47
1990	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Dwight Evans and Eddie Murray+	379		Cecil Fielder	51
1991	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Dave Winfield+	406		Jose Canseco and Cecil Fielder	44
1992	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Dave Winfield+	432		Juan Gonzalez	43
1993	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Dave Winfield+	453		Barry Bonds and Juan Gonzalez	46
1994	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Dave Winfield+	463		Matt Williams	43
1995	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Eddie Murray+	479		Albert Belle	50
1996	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Eddie Murray+	501		Mark McGwire	52
1997	Hank Aaron+	755		Roger Maris	61		Eddie Murray+	504		Mark McGwire	58
1998	Hank Aaron+	755		Mark McGwire	70		Mark McGwire	457		Mark McGwire	70
1999	Hank Aaron+	755		Mark McGwire	70		Mark McGwire	522		Mark McGwire	65
2000	Hank Aaron+	755		Mark McGwire	70		Mark McGwire	554		Sammy Sosa	50
2001	Hank Aaron+	755		Barry Bonds	73		Mark McGwire	583		Barry Bonds	73
2002	Hank Aaron+	755		Barry Bonds	73		Barry Bonds	613		Alex Rodriguez	57
2003	Hank Aaron+	755		Barry Bonds	73		Barry Bonds	658		Alex Rodriguez and Jim Thome	47
2004	Hank Aaron+	755		Barry Bonds	73		Barry Bonds	703		Adrian Beltre	48
2005	Hank Aaron+	755		Barry Bonds	73		Barry Bonds	708		Andruw Jones	51
2006	Hank Aaron+	755		Barry Bonds	73		Barry Bonds	734		Ryan Howard	58
2007	Barry Bonds	762		Barry Bonds	73		Barry Bonds	762		Alex Rodriguez	54
2008	Barry Bonds	762		Barry Bonds	73		Ken Griffey	604		Chase Utley	25

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