Major League Baseball recognizes home run champions in the American League and National League each season.

[edit] American League

Year	Player	Team(s)	Home Runs
1901	Nap Lajoie	Philadelphia Athletics	14
1902	Socks Seybold	Philadelphia Athletics	16
1903	Buck Freeman	Boston Americans	13
1904	Harry Davis	Philadelphia Athletics	10
1905	Harry Davis	Philadelphia Athletics	8
1906	Harry Davis	Philadelphia Athletics	12
1907	Harry Davis	Philadelphia Athletics	8
1908	Sam Crawford	Detroit Tigers	7
1909	Ty Cobb	Detroit Tigers	9
1910	Jake Stahl	Boston Red Sox	10
1911	Frank Baker	Philadelphia Athletics	11
1912	Frank Baker Tris Speaker	Philadelphia Athletics Boston Red Sox	10
1913	Frank Baker	Philadelphia Athletics	12
1914	Frank Baker	Philadelphia Athletics	9
1915	Braggo Roth	Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians	7
1916	Wally Pipp	New York Yankees	12
1917	Wally Pipp	New York Yankees	9
1918	Babe Ruth Tilly Walker	Boston Red Sox Philadelphia Athletics	11
1919	Babe Ruth	Boston Red Sox	29
1920	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	54
1921	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	59
1922	Ken Williams	St. Louis Browns	39
1923	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	41
1924	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	46
1925	Bob Meusel	New York Yankees	33
1926	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	47
1927	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	60
1928	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	54
1929	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	46
1930	Babe Ruth	New York Yankees	49
1931	Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	46
1932	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	58
1933	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	48
1934	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	49
1935	Jimmie Foxx Hank Greenberg	Philadelphia Athletics Detroit Tigers	36
1936	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	49
1937	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	46
1938	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	58
1939	Jimmie Foxx	Boston Red Sox	35
1940	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	41
1941	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	37
1942	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	36
1943	Rudy York	Detroit Tigers	34
1944	Nick Etten	New York Yankees	22
1945	Vern Stephens	St. Louis Browns	24
1946	Hank Greenberg	Detroit Tigers	44
1947	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	32
1948	Joe DiMaggio	New York Yankees	39
1949	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	43
1950	Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians	37
1951	Gus Zernial	Chicago White Sox Philadelphia Athletics	33
1952	Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	32
1953	Al Rosen	Cleveland Indians	43
1954	Larry Doby	Cleveland Indians	32
1955	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	37
1956	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	52
1957	Roy Sievers	Washington Senators	42
1958	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	42
1959	Rocky Colavito Harmon Killebrew	Cleveland Indians Washington Senators	42
1960	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	40
1961	Roger Maris	New York Yankees	61
1962	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	48
1963	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	45
1964	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	49
1965	Tony Conigliaro	Boston Red Sox	32
1966	Frank Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	49
1967	Harmon Killebrew Carl Yastrzemski	Minnesota Twins Boston Red Sox	44
1968	Frank Howard	Washington Senators	44
1969	Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	49
1970	Frank Howard	Washington Senators	44
1971	Bill Melton	Chicago White Sox	33
1972	Dick Allen	Chicago White Sox	37
1973	Reggie Jackson	Oakland Athletics	32
1974	Dick Allen	Chicago White Sox	32
1975	Reggie Jackson George Scott	Oakland Athletics Milwaukee Brewers	36
1976	Graig Nettles	New York Yankees	32
1977	Jim Rice	Boston Red Sox	39
1978	Jim Rice	Boston Red Sox	46
1979	Gorman Thomas	Milwaukee Brewers	45
1980	Reggie Jackson Ben Oglivie	New York Yankees Milwaukee Brewers	41
1981	Tony Armas Dwight Evans Bobby Grich Eddie Murray	Oakland Athletics Boston Red Sox California Angels Baltimore Orioles	22
1982	Reggie Jackson Gorman Thomas	California Angels Milwaukee Brewers	39
1983	Jim Rice	Boston Red Sox	39
1984	Tony Armas	Boston Red Sox	43
1985	Darrell Evans	Detroit Tigers	40
1986	Jesse Barfield	Toronto Blue Jays	40
1987	Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics	49
1988	José Canseco	Oakland Athletics	42
1989	Fred McGriff	Toronto Blue Jays	36
1990	Cecil Fielder	Detroit Tigers	51
1991	José Canseco Cecil Fielder	Oakland Athletics Detroit Tigers	44
1992	Juan González	Texas Rangers	43
1993	Juan González	Texas Rangers	46
1994	Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle Mariners	40
1995	Albert Belle	Cleveland Indians	50
1996	Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics	52
1997	Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle Mariners	56[1]
1998	Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle Mariners	56
1999	Ken Griffey, Jr.	Seattle Mariners	48
2000	Troy Glaus	Anaheim Angels	47
2001	Alex Rodriguez	Texas Rangers	52
2002	Alex Rodriguez	Texas Rangers	57
2003	Alex Rodriguez	Texas Rangers	47
2004	Manny Ramírez	Boston Red Sox	43
2005	Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees	48
2006	David Ortiz	Boston Red Sox	54
2007	Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees	54
2008	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers	37
2009	Carlos Peña Mark Teixeira	Tampa Bay Rays New York Yankees	39

[edit] National League

Year	Player	Team(s)	Home Runs
1876	George Hall	Athletic of Philadelphia	5
1877	Lip Pike	Cincinnati Reds	4
1878	Paul Hines	Providence Grays	4
1879	Charley Jones	Boston Red Caps	9
1880	Jim O'Rourke Harry Stovey	Boston Red Caps Worcester Ruby Legs	6
1881	Dan Brouthers	Buffalo Bisons	8
1882	George Wood	Detroit Wolverines	7
1883	Buck Ewing	New York Giants	10
1884	Ned Williamson	Chicago White Stockings	27
1885	Abner Dalrymple	Chicago White Stockings	11
1886	Dan Brouthers Hardy Richardson	Detroit Wolverines	11
1887	Billy O'Brien	Washington Nationals	19
1888	Jimmy Ryan	Chicago White Stockings	16
1889	Sam Thompson	Philadelphia Quakers	20
1890	Oyster Burns Mike Tiernan Walt Wilmot	Brooklyn Bridegrooms New York Giants Chicago Colts	13
1891	Harry Stovey Mike Tiernan	Boston Beaneaters New York Giants	16
1892	Bug Holliday	Cincinnati Reds	13
1893	Ed Delahanty	Philadelphia Phillies	19
1894	Hugh Duffy	Boston Beaneaters	18
1895	Sam Thompson	Philadelphia Phillies	18
1896	Ed Delahanty Bill Joyce	Philadelphia Phillies Washington/New York	13
1897	Hugh Duffy	Boston Beaneaters	11
1898	Jimmy Collins	Boston Beaneaters	15
1899	Buck Freeman	Washington Senators	25
1900	Herman Long	Boston Beaneaters	12
1901	Sam Crawford	Cincinnati Reds	16
1902	Tommy Leach	Pittsburgh Pirates	6
1903	Jimmy Sheckard	Brooklyn Superbas	9
1904	Harry Lumley	Brooklyn Superbas	9
1905	Fred Odwell	Cincinnati Reds	9
1906	Tim Jordan	Brooklyn Superbas	12
1907	Dave Brain	Boston Doves	10
1908	Tim Jordan	Brooklyn Superbas	12
1909	Red Murray	New York Giants	7
1910	Fred Beck Frank Schulte	Boston Doves Chicago Cubs	10
1911	Frank Schulte	Chicago Cubs	21
1912	Heinie Zimmerman	Chicago Cubs	14
1913	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	19
1914	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	19
1915	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	24
1916	Dave Robertson Cy Williams	New York Giants Chicago Cubs	12
1917	Gavvy Cravath Dave Robertson	Philadelphia Phillies New York Giants	12
1918	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	8
1919	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	12
1920	Cy Williams	Philadelphia Phillies	15
1921	George Kelly	New York Giants	23
1922	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	42
1923	Cy Williams	Philadelphia Phillies	41
1924	Jack Fournier	Brooklyn Robins	27
1925	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	39
1926	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	21
1927	Cy Williams Hack Wilson	Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs	30
1928	Jim Bottomley Hack Wilson	St. Louis Cardinals Chicago Cubs	31
1929	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	43
1930	Hack Wilson	Chicago Cubs	56
1931	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	31
1932	Chuck Klein Mel Ott	Philadelphia Phillies New York Giants	38
1933	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	28
1934	Ripper Collins Mel Ott	St. Louis Cardinals New York Giants	35
1935	Wally Berger	Boston Braves	34
1936	Mel Ott	New York Giants	33
1937	Joe Medwick Mel Ott	St. Louis Cardinals New York Giants	31
1938	Mel Ott	New York Giants	36
1939	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	28
1940	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	43
1941	Dolph Camilli	Brooklyn Dodgers	34
1942	Mel Ott	New York Giants	30
1943	Bill Nicholson	Chicago Cubs	29
1944	Bill Nicholson	Chicago Cubs	33
1945	Tommy Holmes	Boston Braves	28
1946	Ralph Kiner	Pittsburgh Pirates	23
1947	Ralph Kiner Johnny Mize	Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants	50
1948	Ralph Kiner Johnny Mize	Pittsburgh Pirates New York Giants	40
1949	Ralph Kiner	Pittsburgh Pirates	54
1950	Ralph Kiner	Pittsburgh Pirates	47
1951	Ralph Kiner	Pittsburgh Pirates	42
1952	Ralph Kiner Hank Sauer	Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs	37
1953	Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves	47
1954	Ted Kluszewski	Cincinnati Reds	49
1955	Willie Mays	New York Giants	51
1956	Duke Snider	Brooklyn Dodgers	43
1957	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	44
1958	Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	47
1959	Eddie Mathews	Milwaukee Braves	46
1960	Ernie Banks	Chicago Cubs	41
1961	Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco Giants	46
1962	Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	49
1963	Hank Aaron Willie McCovey	Milwaukee Braves San Francisco Giants	44
1964	Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	47
1965	Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	52
1966	Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	44
1967	Hank Aaron	Atlanta Braves	39
1968	Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	36
1969	Willie McCovey	San Francisco Giants	45
1970	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	45
1971	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates	48
1972	Johnny Bench	Cincinnati Reds	40
1973	Willie Stargell	Pittsburgh Pirates	44
1974	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	36
1975	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	38
1976	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	38
1977	George Foster	Cincinnati Reds	52
1978	George Foster	Cincinnati Reds	40
1979	Dave Kingman	Chicago Cubs	48
1980	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	48
1981	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	31
1982	Dave Kingman	New York Mets	37
1983	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	40
1984	Dale Murphy Mike Schmidt	Atlanta Braves Philadelphia Phillies	36
1985	Dale Murphy	Atlanta Braves	37
1986	Mike Schmidt	Philadelphia Phillies	37
1987	Andre Dawson	Chicago Cubs	49
1988	Darryl Strawberry	New York Mets	39
1989	Kevin Mitchell	San Francisco Giants	47
1990	Ryne Sandberg	Chicago Cubs	40
1991	Howard Johnson	New York Mets	38
1992	Fred McGriff	San Diego Padres	35
1993	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	46
1994	Matt Williams	San Francisco Giants	43
1995	Dante Bichette	Colorado Rockies	40
1996	Andrés Galarraga	Colorado Rockies	47
1997	Larry Walker	Colorado Rockies	49
1998	Mark McGwire	St. Louis Cardinals	70
1999	Mark McGwire	St. Louis Cardinals	65
2000	Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	50
2001	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	73
2002	Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	49
2003	Jim Thome	Philadelphia Phillies	47
2004	Adrián Beltré	Los Angeles Dodgers	48
2005	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves	51
2006	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	58
2007	Prince Fielder	Milwaukee Brewers	50
2008	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	48
2009	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	47

[edit] American Association

Year	Player	Team(s)	Home Runs
1882	Oscar Walker	St. Louis Brown Stockings	7
1883	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	14
1884	John Reilly	Cincinnati Red Stockings	11
1885	Harry Stovey	Philadelphia Athletics	13
1886	Bid McPhee	Cincinnati Red Stockings	8
1887	Tip O'Neill	St. Louis Browns	14
1888	John Reilly	Cincinnati Red Stockings	13
1889	Bug Holliday Harry Stovey	Cincinnati Red Stockings Philadelphia Athletics	19
1890	Count Campau	St. Louis Browns	9
1891	Duke Farrell	Boston Reds	12

[edit] Federal League

Year	Player	Team(s)	Home Runs
1914	Dutch Zwilling	Chicago Chi-Feds	16
1915	Hal Chase	Buffalo Blues	17

[edit] Player's League

Year	Player	Team(s)	Home Runs
1890	Roger Connor	New York Giants	14

[edit] Union Association

Year	Player	Team(s)	Home Runs
1884	Fred Dunlap	St. Louis Maroons	13

[edit] National Association

Year	Player	Team(s)	Home Runs
1871	Levi Meyerle Lip Pike Fred Treacey	Philadelphia Athletics Troy Haymakers Chicago White Stockings	4
1872	Lip Pike	Baltimore Canaries	6
1873	Lip Pike	Baltimore Canaries	4
1874	Jim O'Rourke	Boston Red Stockings	5
1875	Jim O'Rourke	Boston Red Stockings	6

[edit] Notes and references

• Baseball-Reference.com