mark trumbo led the american league in home runs since the start of 2016.
mark trumbo led the american league in home runs since the start of 2016.
who leads the american league in home runs since the start of 2016?
mark trumbo
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on september 3, howard went 4-for-4 with three home runs and a double in an 8–7 win over the atlanta braves, to become the first philadelphia phillies batter and the 24th player in major league history to hit 50 home runs in a season. howard became the first player to reach 50 home runs in a season since andruw jones, who hit 51 home runs the previous year. reaching 52 home runs in the game, howard also broke ralph kiner's 1947 record for home runs in a sophomore season, becoming just the second batter to hit 50 home runs in a second season. howard's performance from august 28 to september 3 earned him nl player of the week. during that span, howard batted .571 with six home runs and 12 runs batted in. on september 5, howard was named the nl player of the month for august. his 41 runs batted in were the most any player had in one month since frank howard had 41 in july 1962. with 14 home runs, he also set new franchise records for both statistics in the month of august. on september 22, howard became the 8th player in history to hit 58 home runs in a season, belting a three-run round-tripper off marlins pitcher ricky nolasco. on september 22, howard became the first hitter to drive in 140 runs since david ortiz in 2005. on september 27, in a game against the nationals, howard walked for the 100th time in the ninth inning. he was also be walked intentionally in the eleventh and thirteenth inning. howard became the first phillies' batter to walk 100 or more times since thome in 2004.
ryan howard