73 is the player who has the most home runs in a single season.
73 is the player who has the most home runs in a single season.
which player has the most home runs in a single season?
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bullet::::- home runs against different pitchers (449)









































bullet::::- home runs since turning 40 years old (74)









































bullet::::- home runs in the year he turned 43 years old (28)









































bullet::::- consecutive seasons with 30 or more home runs (13), 1992–2004









































bullet::::- slugging percentage in a single season (.863), 2001









































bullet::::- slugging percentage in a world series (1.294), 2002









































bullet::::- consecutive seasons with .600 slugging percentage or higher (8), 1998–2005









































bullet::::- on-base percentage in a single season (.609), 2004









































bullet::::- walks in a single season (232), 2004









































bullet::::- intentional walks in a single season (120), 2004
barry bonds
after years as a respected power/speed threat with a rocket arm in right field, he emerged during the season as one of baseball's greatest. it was in this season that both sosa and mark mcgwire were involved in the "home run record chase", when both players' prowess for hitting home runs drew national attention as they attempted to pass roger maris' single season home run mark of 61 home runs that had stood since . for the early months of the year, sosa trailed mcgwire significantly, being as many as 16 homers behind at one point in may. but as the chase progressed, sosa would rally and eventually tie mcgwire with 46 home runs each on august 10, after a couple months of straggling within a few homers for the lead. however, the moment was short lived as mcgwire would pull away slightly and reach 62 home runs to break the record first on september 8, but once again sosa would excitingly heat up the race by tying mcgwire once again at 62 on september 13. eleven days later, with two games left to play in the season, the two were tied at 66 home runs each. sosa would end the season with 66 after playing both games without a home run(still a team record), just behind mcgwire's 70 after hitting two home runs in each of the last two games. however, sammy had become the first major league batter ever to hit 66 home runs in a season. it was during that season, that cubs announcer chip caray nicknamed him "slammin' sammy", a nickname that quickly spread. in addition, sammy produced then career highs in batting average and slugging percentage, at .308 and .647 respectively. sosa also led the league in rbis and runs scored. also in 1998, sosa's 416 total bases were the most in a single season since stan musial's 429 in . sosa's performance in the month of june, during which sosa belted 20 home runs, knocked in 47 runs, and posted an .842 slugging percentage, was one of the greatest offensive outbursts in major league history. sosa won the national league most valuable player award for leading the cubs into the playoffs in 1998, earning every first-place vote except for the two cast by st. louis writers, who voted for mcgwire. he and mcgwire shared "sports illustrated" magazine's 1998 "sportsman of the year" award. sosa was honored with a ticker-tape parade in his honor in new york city, and he was invited to be a guest at us president bill clinton's 1999 state of the union address. 1998 was also the first time the cubs made the post-season since 1989. the cubs qualified as the nl wild card team, but were swept by the atlanta braves in the nlds.
sammy sosa