7th inning stretch: teams with most 40-HR hitters, season

Baseball Digest, Sept, 2004

Teams With Most 40-HR Hitters, Season

Teammates have clubbed 40 or more home runs in the same season
23 times in major league history. The 1973 Atlanta Braves and
1996, 1997 Colorado Rockies are the only teams to have three
players with 40-plus homers. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
accomplished the feat three times--1927, 1930 and 1931.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

No.   Year   Team           40  HR Hitters     HR

 2    1927   N.Y. Yankees   Babe Ruth          60
                            Lou Gehrig         47

 2    1930   N.Y. Yankees   Babe Ruth          49
                            Lou Gehrig         41

 2    1931   N.Y. Yankees   Lou Gehrig         46
                            Babe Ruth          46

 2    1961   N.Y. Yankees   Roger Maris        61
                            Mickey Mantle      54

 2    1961   Tigers         Rocky Colavito     45
                            Norm Cash          41

 2    1969   Red Sox        Rico Petrocelli    40
                            Carl Yastrzemski   40

 2    1996   Mariners       Ken Griffey, Jr.   49
                            Jay Buhner         44

 2    1997   Mariners       Ken Griffey, Jr.   56
                            Jay Buhner         40

 2    1998   Mariners       Ken Griffey, Jr.   56
                            Alex Rodriguez     42

 2    1999   Mariners       Ken Griffey, Jr.   48
                            Alex Rodriguez     42

 2    1999   Blue Jays      Carlos Delgado     44
                            Shawn Green        42

 2    2000   Blue Jays      Tony Batista       41
                            Carlos Delgado     41

 2    2001   Rangers        Alex Rodriguez     52
                            Rafael Palmeiro    47

 2    2002   Rangers        Alex Rodriguez     57
                            Rafael Palmeiro    43

NATIONAL LEAGUE

No.   Year   Team           40  HR Hitters     HR

 3    1973   Atl. Braves    Davey Johnson      43
                            Darrell Evans      41
                            Hank Aaron         40

 3    1996   Rockies        Andres Galarraga   47
                            Ellis Burks        40
                            Vinny Castilla     40

 3    1997   Rockies        Larry Walker       49
                            Andres Galarraga   41
                            Vinny Castilla     40

 2    1953   Bkn. Dodgers   Duke Snider        42
                            Roy Campanella     41

 2    1954   Bkn. Dodgers   Gil Hodges         42
                            Duke Snider        40

 2    1955   Reds           Ted Kluszewski     47
                            Wally Post         40

 2    1961   S.F. Giants    Orlando Cepeda     46
                            Willie Mays        40

 2    1970   Reds           Johnny Bench       45
                            Tony Perez         40

 2    2000   Astros         Jeff Bagwell       47
                            Richard Hidalgo    44