Grand Slams Year-by-Year Leaders for 1901 to 1950 by Baseball Almanac

Year by Year Leader for Grand Slams (1901-1950)

Ever wonder who hit the most grand slams the year you were born? How about players from your favorite team — have they ever led the league in grand slams?

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a year-by-year leaderboard in Major League grand slams (research courtesy of David Vincent) for every season from 1901 through 1950.

"As I remember it, the bases were loaded." - Garry Maddox

Grand Slams Year-By-Year Leaders '1901 to 1950' \| '1951 to Today'
Year	American League	GS	Team(s)	Year	National League	GS	Team(s)
1901	Nap Lajoie	2	Philadelphia	1901	Jimmy Sheckard	2	Brooklyn
1902	John Anderson	1	St. Louis	1902	Frank Chance	1	Chicago
	Erve Beck		Detroit
	Jimmy Collins		Boston
	Harry Davis		Philadelphia		Wid Conroy		Pittsburgh
	Nap Lajoie		Cleveland
	Herm McFarland		Baltimore
	Deacon McGuire		Detroit		Mike O'Neill		St. Louis
	Socks Seybold		Philadelphia
	Snake Wiltse		Baltimore
1903	Hobe Ferris	1	Boston	1903	Frank Bonner	1	Boston
					Roger Bresnahan		New York
					Duff Cooley		Boston
					Tommy Leach		Pittsburgh
					Dan McGann		New York
					Pat Moran		Boston
					Jimmy Sebring		Pittsburgh
					Jimmy Sheckard		Brooklyn
					Joe Stanley		Boston
1904	Harry Davis	1	Philadelphia	1904	Dave Brain	1	St. Louis
	Dave Fultz		New York		Bill Dahlen		New York
	John Ganzel		New York		Art Devlin		New York
	Danny Murphy		Philadelphia		Red Dooin		Philadelphia
	Freddy Parent		Boston		Miller Huggins		Cincinnati
	-		-		Davy Jones		Chicago
	-		-		Jack O'Neill		Chicago
1905	Sam Crawford	1	Detroit	1905	Tommy Corcoran	1	Cincinnati
	Frank LaPorte		New York		Billy Maloney		Chicago
	Joe Stanley		Washington		Sam Mertes		New York
1906	Cy Falkenberg	1	Washington	1906	Johnny Bates	1	Boston
	Charlie Jones		Washington		Ginger Beaumont		Pittsburgh
	Frank LaPorte		New York		Kitty Bransfield		Philadelphia
	-		-		Sammy Strang		New York
1907	Nap Lajoie	1	Cleveland	1907	Patsy Flaherty	1	Boston
1907	Nap Lajoie	1	Cleveland	1907	Tommy Leach	1	Pittsburgh
1908	Danny Murphy	2	Philadelphia	1908	Johnny Kling	2	Chicago
1909	Frank Baker	1	Philadelphia	1909	Beals Becker	1	Boston
					Joe Delahanty		St. Louis
					Chief Meyers		New York
					Honus Wagner		Pittsburgh
1910	Donie Bush	1	Detroit	1910	Beals Becker	1	New York
	Kid Elberfeld		Washington		Bill Collins		Boston
	Jake Stahl		Boston		George Ferguson		Boston
	Lee Tannehill		Chicago		Dick Hoblitzell		Cincinnati
	-		-		Tommy Leach		Pittsburgh
	-		-		Sherry Magee		Philadelphia
	-		-		Red Murray		New York
	-		-		Deacon Phillippe		Pittsburgh
	-		-		Chief Wilson		Pittsburgh
1911	Ty Cobb	1	Detroit	1911	Frank Schulte	4	Chicago
	Doc Gessler		Washington
	Roy Hartzell		New York
	Joe Jackson		Cleveland
	Frank LaPorte		St. Louis
	Stuffy McInnis		Philadelphia
	Ivy Olson		Cleveland
1912	Duffy Lewis	1	Boston	1912	Max Carey	1	Pittsburgh
	Eddie Onslow		Detroit		Rube Ellis		St. Louis
	Buddy Ryan		Cleveland		Fred Luderus		Philadelphia
	Jake Stahl		Boston		Chief Meyers		New York
	-		-		Art Wilson		New York
	-		-		Chief Wilson		Philadelphia
1913	Ty Cobb	1	Detroit	1913	Joe Connolly	1	Boston
	Sam Crawford		Detroit		Larry Doyle		New York
	Birdie Cree		New York		Lee Magee		St. Louis
	Joe Jackson		Cleveland		Bill Rariden		Boston
	Roger Peckinpaugh		New York		Vic Saier		Chicago
	-		-		Cy Williams		Chicago
1914	Ray Demmitt	1	Chicago	1914	Rabbit Maranville	2	Boston
1914	Walter Johnson	1	Washington	1914	Rabbit Maranville	2	Boston
1915	Happy Felsch	1	Chicago	1915	Bob Bescher	1	St. Louis
					Gavvy Cravath		Philadelphia
					Hank Gowdy		Boston
					Dots Miller		St. Louis
					Honus Wagner		Pittsburgh
1916	George Burns	1	Detroit	1916	Bob Bescher	1	St. Louis
	Happy Felsch		Chicago		Benny Kauff		New York
	Frank Gilhooley		New York		Sherry Magee		Boston
	Marty Kavanagh		Cleveland		Red Smith		Boston
	Rube Oldring		New York		Zach Wheat		Brookyn
	Wally Schang		Philadelphia		-		-
	Elmer Smith		Cleveland		-		-
1917	Ping Bodie	1	Philadelphia	1917	Rogers Hornsby	1	St. Louis
	Ty Cobb		Detroit		Rogers Hornsby		St. Louis
	Lee Gooch		Philadelphia		Dave Robertson		New York
	Mike Menosky		Washington		Dave Robertson		New York
1918	None Hit	0	n/a	1918	Max Flack	1	Chicago
					Rogers Hornsby		St. Louis
					Marty Kavanagh		St. Louis
					Fred Luderus		Philadelphia
					Irish Meusel		Philadelphia
					Edd Roush		Cincinnati
1919	Babe Ruth	4	Boston	1919	Tommy Griffith	1	Brooklyn
					Rogers Hornsby		St. Louis
					Gene Paulette		Philadelphia
1920	Ping Bodie	2	New York	1920	George Kelly	1	New York
	Joe Jackson		Chicago
	Elmer Smith		Cleveland
1921	Shano Collins	1	Boston	1921	George Kelly	3	New York
	Bibb Falk		Chicago
	Jack Graney		Cleveland
	Bob Meusel		New York
	Howie Shanks		Washington
	George Sisler		St. Louis
	George Uhle		Cleveland
	Tilly Walker		Philadelphia
1922	Bobby Veach	2	Detroit	1922	Jack Fournier	1	St. Louis
	Ken Williams		St. Louis		Hank Gowdy		Boston
	-		-		Rogers Hornsby		St. Louis
	-		-		George Kelly		New York
	-		-		Les Mann		St. Louis
	-		-		Irish Meusel		New York
	-		-		Hack Miller		Chicago
	-		-		Johnny Mokan		Philadelphia
	-		-		Kettle Wirts		Chicago
1923	Tris Speaker	3	Cleveland	1923	Jim Bottomley	1	St. Louis
					Hod Ford		Boston
					Bernie Friberg		Chicago
					Stuffy McInnis		Boston
					Hack Miller		Chicago
					Bob O'Farrell		Chicago
					Frank Snyder		New York
					Russ Wrightstone		Philadelphia
1924	Harry Hooper	2	Chicago	1924	George Harper	2	Philadelphia
	Heinie Manush		Detroit		Travis Jackson		New York
	-		-		George Kelly		New York
1925	Joe Judge	2	Washington	1925	Jim Bottomley	3	St. Louis
1926	Bill Barrett	1	Chicago	1926	Cy Williams	2	Philadelphia
	Sammy Hale		Philadelphia
	Joe Judge		Washington
	Tony Lazzeri		New York
	Babe Ruth		New York
	Wally Schang		St. Louis
	Jack Tobin		Boston
	Ken Williams		St. Louis
	Al Wingo		Detroit
1927	Lou Gehrig	2	New York	1927	Russ Wrightstone	2	Philadelphia
1927	Babe Ruth	2	New York	1927	Russ Wrightstone	2	Philadelphia
1928	Al Simmons	2	Philadelphia	1928	Clyde Beck	1	Chicago
					Les Bell		Boston
					Del Bissonette		Brooklyn
					Jack Cummings		New York
					Charlie Hargreaves		Pittsburgh
					Harvey Hendrick		Brooklyn
					Shanty Hogan		New York
					Wattie Holm		St. Louis
					Bob O'Farrell		New York
					Riggs Stephenson		Chicago
					Bill Terry		New York
					Paul Waner		Pittsburgh
					Hack Wilson		Chicago
1929	Babe Ruth	3	New York	1929	Chuck Klein	2	Philadelphia
1930	Lou Gehrig	2	New York	1930	Del Bissonette	2	Brooklyn
1931	Lou Gehrig	3	New York	1931	Rogers Hornsby	2	Chicago
1932	Jimmie Foxx	3	Philadelphia	1932	Chuck Klein	3	Philadelphia
1933	Bill Dickey	1	New York	1933	Mel Ott	2	New York
	Jimmie Foxx		Philadelphia
	Art Jorgens		New York
	Red Kress		Chicago
	Tony Lazzeri		New York
	Heinie Manush		Washington
	Red Ruffing		New York
	Dib Williams		Philadelphia
1934	Lou Gehrig	4	New York	1934	Leo Durocher	1	St. Louis
					Chuck Klein		Chicago
					Sam Leslie		Brooklyn
					Freddie Lindstrom		Pittsburgh
					Ernie Lombardi		Cincinnati
					Marty McManus		Boston
					Joe Medwick		St. Loui
					Jo-Jo Moore		New York
					Lefty O'Doul		New York
					Roy Parmelee		New York
					Harlin Pool		Cincinnati
					Tuck Stainback		Chicago
1935	Pete Fox	2	Detroit	1935	Wally Berger	3	Boston
	Lou Gehrig		New York
	Hank Greenberg		Detroit
	Bob Johnson		Philadelphia
	Al Simmons		Chicago
1936	Lou Gehrig	2	New York	1936	Wally Berger	1	Boston
	Tony Lazzeri		New York		Sammy Byrd		Cincinnati
	-		-		Phil Cavarretta		Chicago
	-		-		Ripper Collins		St. Louis
	-		-		Al Hollingsworth		Cincinnati
	-		-		Hank Leiber		New York
	-		-		Pepper Martin		St. Louis
	-		-		Johnny Mize		St. Louis
	-		-		Pinky Whitney		Philadelphia
1937	Joe DiMaggio	3	New York	1937	Dolph Camilli	2	Philadelphia
1937	Joe DiMaggio	3	New York	1937	Alex Kampouris	2	Cincinnati
1938	Rudy York	4	Detroit	1938	Gene Moore	2	Boston
1939	Pete Fox	2	Detroit	1939	Elbie Fletcher	2	Pittsburgh
	Jim Tabor		Boston		Cookie Lavagetto		Brooklyn
	Ted Williams		Boston		-		-
1940	Jimmie Foxx	3	Boston	1940	Roy Cullenbine	2	Brooklyn
					Bill Nicholson		Chicago
					Babe Young		New York
1941	Joe Cronin	2	Boston	1941	Dom Dallessandro	2	Chicago
	Dom DiMaggio		Boston		Bill Nicholson		Chicago
	Charlie Keller		St. Louis		-		-
	Jim Tabor		Boston		-		-
	Rudy York		Detroit		-		-
1942	Joe Gordon	2	New York	1942	Dolph Camilli	2	Brooklyn
	Charlie Keller		New York		Mel Ott		New York
	Chet Laabs		St. Louis		-		-
1943	Vince Castino	1	Chicago	1943	Bill Baker	1	Pittsburgh
	Joe Gordon		New York		Walker Cooper		St. Louis
	Frank Skaff		Philadelphia		Vince DiMaggio		Pittsburgh
	Rudy York		Detroit		Augie Galan		Brooklyn
	-		-		Huck Geary		Pittsburgh
	-		-		Phil Masi		Boston
	-		-		Frank McCormick		Cincinnati
	-		-		Schoolboy Rowe		Philadelphia
	-		-		Arky Vaughan		Brooklyn
1944	Frankie Hayes	2	Philadelphia	1944	Bill Nicholson	2	Chicago
	Ken Keltner		Cleveland
	Vern Stephens		St. Louis
1945	Russ Derry	2	New York	1945	Vince DiMaggio	4	Philadelphia
1945	Pat Seerey	2	Cleveland	1945	Vince DiMaggio	4	Philadelphia
1946	Ted Williams	2	Boston	1946	Buddy Blattner	1	New York
	Rudy York		Boston		Walker Cooper		New York
	-		-		Ralph Kiner		Pittsburgh
	-		-		Ernie Lombardi		New York
	-		-		Frank McCormick		Philadelphia
	-		-		Johnny Mize		New York
	-		-		Bill Nicholson		Chicago
	-		-		Ron Northey		Philadelphia
	-		-		Frank Secory		Chicago
	-		-		Andy Seminick		Philadelphia
	-		-		Dick Sisler		St. Louis
	-		-		Jim Tabor		Philadelphia
	-		-		Mickey Witek		New York
1947	Yogi Berra	2	New York	1947	Johnny Mize	2	New York
	Jeff Heath		St. Louis		Wally Westlake		Pittsburgh
	Jack Wallaesa		Chicago		-		-
1948	Tommy Henrich	4	New York	1948