League by League Totals for Grand Slams

Ever wonder which league has the most grand slams each season? This is a comprehensive breakdown of both leagues showing the number of grand slams in each league and a major league total for every season since 1901.

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Grand Slams

League By League Totals

American League National League A.L. + N.L. Year
7 5 12 1901
9 3 12 1902
1 9 10 1903
5 7 12 1904
3 3 6 1905
3 4 7 1906
1 2 3 1907
4 4 8 1908
1 4 5 1909
4 9 13 1910
7 15 22 1911
4 6 10 1912
5 6 11 1913
2 7 9 1914
1 5 6 1915
7 5 12 1916
4 2 6 1917
0 6 6 1918
8 3 11 1919
11 1 12 1920
8 13 21 1921
13 9 22 1922
11 8 19 1923
12 13 25 1924
11 21 32 1925
9 10 19 1926
14 13 27 1927
14 13 27 1928
13 30 43 1929
14 14 28 1930
9 9 18 1931
21 13 34 1932
8 14 22 1933
25 12 37 1934
25 19 44 1935
13 9 22 1936
20 17 37 1937
37 17 54 1938
19 12 31 1939
30 24 54 1940
25 21 46 1941
11 17 28 1942
4 9 13 1943
15 11 26 1944
16 20 36 1945
16 13 29 1946
18 26 44 1947
25 24 49 1948
20 30 50 1949
33 35 68 1950
23 30 53 1951
25 31 56 1952
21 25 46 1953
24 24 48 1954
26 30 56 1955
22 27 49 1956
21 17 38 1957
22 23 45 1958
29 23 52 1959
26 25 51 1960
48 29 77 1961
31 37 68 1962
32 27 59 1963
29 23 52 1964
23 21 44 1965
26 22 48 1966
20 19 39 1967
23 16 39 1968
32 41 73 1969
38 50 88 1970
29 26 55 1971
26 25 51 1972
39 38 77 1973
38 38 76 1974
29 24 53 1975
23 29 52 1976
33 47 80 1977
47 35 82 1978
50 31 81 1979
39 28 67 1980
20 14 34 1981
48 23 71 1982
40 38 78 1983
51 26 77 1984
51 43 94 1985
50 32 82 1986
55 45 100 1987
40 21 61 1988
40 31 71 1989
38 34 72 1990
54 35 89 1991
52 32 84 1992
57 41 98 1993
43 31 74 1994
75 48 123 1995
81 60 141 1996
64 55 119 1997
63 57 120 1998
79 60 139 1999
89 87 176 2000
61 73 134 2001
60 65 125 2002
63 60 123 2003
70 63 133 2004

64

68

132

2005

77 57 134

2006

70 66 136

2007

72

52

124

2008

56 81 137 2009
64 60 124 2010
46 52 98 2011
45 56 101 2012

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American League National League A.L. + N.L. Year

League By League Grand Slams Totals



Did you know that grand slam records during a career, single season, and game can be found in Baseball Almanac's grand slam record book?

Do you know how many players in Major League history have hit two grand slams during the same inning? Only one player has hit a grand slam in each end of a doubleheader. Both of these feats and a lot more are on our site.

1924 was the first season where both leagues were in the double digits, 1938 was the first season were the Major League total broke fifty and 1987 was the first season where the Major League total broke one-hundred.

     

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