Single Season Leaders for Grand Slams

Each of these greats has hit the big one — not just your regular every day home run, but the all exciting grand slam more times in a single season than any other player.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred all-time single season leaders in Major League grand slam (research courtesy of David Vincent). Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"That's what you want in a ballplayer, consistency." - New York Yankees First Baseman Don Mattingly (1st Overall Single Season Grand Slams Leader)
Grand Slams
Single Season Leaders

'Top 100'

Travis Hafner 6 2006 Cleveland Indians AL 1
Don Mattingly 6 1987 New York Yankees AL  
Ernie Banks 5 1955 Chicago Cubs NL 3
Jim Gentile 5 1961 Baltimore Orioles AL  
Richie Sexson 5 2006 Seattle Mariners AL  
Albert Belle 4 1997 Chicago White Sox AL 6
Ray Boone 4 1953 Cleveland Indians AL  
Detroit Tigers AL
Vince DiMaggio 4 1945 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Lou Gehrig 4 1934 New York Yankees AL  
Jason Giambi 4 2000 Oakland Athletics AL  
Sid Gordon 4 1950 Boston Braves NL  
Tommy Henrich 4 1948 New York Yankees AL  
Ralph Kiner 4 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Edgar Martinez 4 2000 Seattle Mariners AL  
Phil Nevin 4 2001 San Diego Padres NL  
Jim Northrup 4 1968 Detroit Tigers AL  
Mike Piazza 4 1998 Florida Marlins NL  
Los Angeles Dodgers NL
New York Mets NL
Al Rosen 4 1951 Cleveland Indians AL  
Babe Ruth 4 1919 Boston Red Sox AL  
Wildfire Schulte 4 1911 Chicago Cubs NL  
Rudy York 4 1938 Detroit Tigers AL  
Hank Aaron 3 1962 Milwaukee Braves NL 22
Bobby Abreu 3 2005 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Bob Allison 3 1961 Minnesota Twins AL  
Carlos Beltran 3 2006 New York Mets NL  
Adrian Beltre 3 2004 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
Wally Berger 3 1935 Boston Braves NL  
Hank Blalock 3 2004 Texas Rangers AL  
Mike Blowers 3 1993 Seattle Mariners AL  
Mike Blowers 3 1995 Seattle Mariners AL  
Bobby Bonilla 3 1997 Florida Marlins NL  
Jim Bottomley 3 1925 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Ben Broussard 3 2004 Cleveland Indians AL  
Jeff Burroughs 3 1973 Texas Rangers AL  
Rod Carew 3 1976 Minnesota Twins AL  
Jeff Conine 3 2004 Florida Marlins NL  
Del Crandall 3 1955 Milwaukee Braves NL  
Joe Crede 3 2006 Chicago White Sox AL  
Kal Daniels 3 1990 Los Angeles Dodgers NL  
Alvin Davis 3 1990 Seattle Mariners AL  
Eric Davis 3 1987 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Carlos Delgado 3 1997 Toronto Blue Jays AL  
Joe DiMaggio 3 1937 New York Yankees AL  
David Eckstein 3 2002 Anaheim Angels AL  
Darrin Fletcher 3 2000 Toronto Blue Jays AL  
Jimmie Foxx 3 1932 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Jimmie Foxx 3 1934 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Jimmie Foxx 3 1938 Boston Red Sox AL  
Jimmie Foxx 3 1940 Boston Red Sox AL  
Gene Freese 3 1959 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Lou Gehrig 3 1931 New York Yankees AL  
Dan Gladden 3 1993 Detroit Tigers AL  
Sid Gordon 3 1948 New York Giants NL  
Ben Grieve 3 2000 Oakland Athletics AL  
Ken Griffey, Jr. 3 1991 Seattle Mariners AL  
Gabe Gross 3 2007 Milwaukee Brewers NL  
Keith Hernandez 3 1977 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Bobby Higginson 3 1997 Detroit Tigers AL  
Chris Hoiles 3 1998 Baltimore Orioles AL  
Willie Horton 3 1969 Detroit Tigers AL  
Kent Hrbek 3 1985 Minnesota Twins AL  
Torii Hunter 3 2007 Minnesota Twins AL  
Reggie Jackson 3 1976 Baltimore Orioles AL  
John Jaha 3 1995 Milwaukee Brewers AL  
Bob Johnson 3 1938 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Chipper Jones 3 1997 Atlanta Braves NL  
George Kelly 3 1921 New York Giants NL  
Jeff Kent 3 1997 San Francisco Giants NL  
Ralph Kiner 3 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Jeff King 3 1996 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Dave Kingman 3 1984 Oakland Athletics AL  
Chuck Klein 3 1929 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Chuck Klein 3 1932 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Ray Knight 3 1980 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Don Lenhardt 3 1952 Boston Red Sox AL  
Detroit Tigers AL
St. Louis Browns AL
Lee May 3 1970 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Willie McCovey 3 1967 San Francisco Giants NL  
John Milner 3 1976 New York Mets NL  
Eddie Murray 3 1985 Baltimore Orioles AL  
Rafael Palmeiro 3 1999 Texas Rangers AL  
Larry Parrish 3 1982 Texas Rangers AL  
Rico Petrocelli 3 1972 Boston Red Sox AL  
Mike Piazza 3 2000 New York Mets NL  
Jorge Posada 3 2001 New York Yankees AL  
Kirby Puckett 3 1992 Minnesota Twins AL  
Manny Ramirez 3 1996 Cleveland Indians AL  
Manny Ramirez 3 2000 Cleveland Indians AL  
Manny Ramirez 3 2005 Boston Red Sox AL  
Frank Robinson 3 1962 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Alex Rodriguez 3 1996 Seattle Mariners AL  
Alex Rodriguez 3 1999 Seattle Mariners AL  
Alex Rodriguez 3 2007 New York Yankees AL  
Joe Rudi 3 1978 California Angels AL  
Joe Rudi 3 1979 California Angels AL  
Babe Ruth 3 1929 New York Yankees AL  
Chris Sabo 3 1993 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Richie Sexson 3 2005 Seattle Mariners AL  
Ruben Sierra 3 2004 New York Yankees AL  
Paul Sorrento 3 1996 Seattle Mariners AL  
Sammy Sosa 3 1998 Chicago Cubs NL 100
Tris Speaker 3 1923 Cleveland Indians AL  
Shane Spencer 3 1998 New York Yankees AL  
Mike Stanley 3 1993 New York Yankees AL  
Dick Stuart 3 1964 Boston Red Sox AL  
Danny Tartabull 3 1988 Kansas City Royals AL  
Fernando Tatis 3 1999 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Miguel Tejada 3 2001 Oakland Athletics AL  
Gene Tenace 3 1974 Oakland Athletics AL  
Jim Thome 3 1999 Cleveland Indians AL  
Andre Thornton 3 1979 Cleveland Indians AL  
John Vander Wal 3 2003 Milwaukee Brewers NL  
Mo Vaughn 3 1995 Boston Red Sox AL  
Robin Ventura 3 1999 New York Mets NL  
Pete Ward 3 1964 Chicago White Sox AL  
Vic Wertz 3 1960 Boston Red Sox AL  
Wes Westrum 3 1951 New York Giants NL  
Devon White 3 2001 Milwaukee Brewers NL  
Ted Williams 3 1955 Boston Red Sox AL  
Carl Yastrzemski 3 1969 Boston Red Sox AL  
Gus Zernial 3 1952 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Current Through End of 2007 Regular Season


Don Mattingly, who is ranked number one on the single season for grand slam list, also appears on the all time grand slam leader list, but do you know where he is ranked there?

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