LEAGUE BY LEAGUE TOTALS FOR HOME RUNS

Home Run Totals for the American & National League | Baseball Almanac

Ever wonder which league has the most home runs each season? This is a comprehensive breakdown of both leagues showing the number of home runs in each league and a major league total for every season in baseball history. Research by Baseball Almanac.

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Home Runs

League-by-League Totals | 1876 - 2023

1876

-

1876

40

40

1877

-

1877

24

24

1878

-

1878

23

23

1879

-

1879

58

58

1880

-

1880

62

62

1881

-

1881

76

76

1882

-

1882

126

126

1883

-

1883

124

124

1884

-

1884

321

321

1885

-

1885

174

174

1886

-

1886

249

249

1887

-

1887

383

383

1888

-

1888

333

333

1889

-

1889

371

371

1890

-

1890

257

257

1891

-

1891

294

294

1892

-

1892

417

417

1893

-

1893

460

460

1894

-

1894

627

627

1895

-

1895

484

484

1896

-

1896

404

404

1897

-

1897

367

367

1898

-

1898

299

299

1899

-

1899

350

350

1900

-

1900

254

254

1901

228

1901

227

455

1902

258

1902

96

354

1903

184

1903

151

335

1904

155

1904

175

330

1905

156

1905

182

338

1906

137

1906

126

263

1907

104

1907

140

244

1908

116

1908

151

267

1909

109

1909

150

259

1910

147

1910

214

361

1911

198

1911

316

514

1912

156

1912

286

442

1913

159

1913

310

469

1914

148

1914

267

415

1915

160

1915

225

385

1916

144

1916

239

383

1917

133

1917

202

335

1918

96

1918

139

235

1919

240

1919

207

447

1920

369

1920

261

630

1921

477

1921

460

937

1922

525

1922

530

1,055

1923

442

1923

538

980

1924

397

1924

499

896

1925

533

1925

636

1,169

1926

424

1926

439

863

1927

439

1927

483

922

1928

483

1928

610

1,093

1929

595

1929

754

1,349

1930

673

1930

892

1,565

1931

576

1931

493

1,069

1932

707

1932

651

1,358

1933

607

1933

460

1,067

1934

688

1934

656

1,344

1935

663

1935

662

1,325

1936

758

1936

606

1,364

1937

806

1937

624

1,430

1938

864

1938

611

1,475

1939

796

1939

649

1,445

1940

883

1940

688

1,571

1941

734

1941

597

1,331

1942

533

1942

538

1,071

1943

473

1943

432

905

1944

459

1944

575

1,034

1945

430

1945

577

1,007

1946

653

1946

562

1,215

1947

679

1947

886

1,565

1948

710

1948

845

1,555

1949

769

1949

935

1,704

1950

973

1950

1,100

2,073

1951

839

1951

1,024

1,863

1952

794

1952

907

1,701

1953

879

1953

1,197

2,076

1954

823

1954

1,114

1,937

1955

961

1955

1,263

2,224

1956

1,075

1956

1,219

2,294

1957

1,024

1957

1,178

2,202

1958

1,057

1958

1,183

2,240

1959

1,091

1959

1,159

2,250

1960

1,086

1960

1,042

2,128

1961

1,534

1961

1,196

2,730

1962

1,552

1962

1,449

3,001

1963

1,489

1963

1,215

2,704

1964

1,551

1964

1,211

2,762

1965

1,370

1965

1,318

2,688

1966

1,365

1966

1,378

2,743

1967

1,197

1967

1,102

2,299

1968

1,104

1968

891

1,995

1969

1,649

1969

1,470

3,119

1970

1,746

1970

1,683

3,429

1971

1,484

1971

1,379

2,863

1972

1,175

1972

1,359

2,534

1973

1,552

1973

1,550

3,102

1974

1,369

1974

1,280

2,649

1975

1,465

1975

1,233

2,698

1976

1,122

1976

1,113

2,235

1977

2,013

1977

1,631

3,644

1978

1,680

1978

1,276

2,956

1979

2,006

1979

1,427

3,433

1980

1,844

1980

1,243

3,087

1981

1,062

1981

719

1,781

1982

2,080

1982

1,299

3,379

1983

1,903

1983

1,398

3,301

1984

1,980

1984

1,278

3,258

1985

2,178

1985

1,424

3,602

1986

2,290

1986

1,523

3,813

1987

2,634

1987

1,824

4,458

1988

1,901

1988

1,279

3,180

1989

1,718

1989

1,365

3,083

1990

1,796

1990

1,521

3,317

1991

1,953

1991

1,430

3,383

1992

1,776

1992

1,262

3,038

1993

2,074

1993

1,956

4,030

1994

1,774

1994

1,532

3,306

1995

2,164

1995

1,917

4,081

1996

2,742

1996

2,220

4,962

1997

2,477

1997

2,163

4,640

1998

2,499

1998

2,565

5,064

1999

2,635

1999

2,893

5,528

2000

2,688

2000

3,005

5,693

2001

2,506

2001

2,952

5,458

2002

2,464

2002

2,595

5,059

2003

2,506

2003

2,701

5,207

2004

2,605

2004

2,846

5,451

2005

2,437

2005

2,580

5,017

2006

2,546

2006

2,840

5,386

2007

2,252

2007

2,705

4,957

2008

2,270

2008

2,608

4,878

2009

2,560

2009

2,482

5,042

2010

2,209

2010

2,404

4,613

2011

2,271

2011

2,281

4,552

2012

2,501

2012

2,433

4,934

2013

2,504

2013

2,157

4,661

2014

2,161

2014

2,025

4,186

2015

2,633

2015

2,276

4,909

2016

2,953

2016

2,657

5,610

2017

3,170

2017

2,935

6,105

2018

2,900

2018

2,685

5,585

2019

3,478

2019

3,298

6,776

2020

1,143

2020

1,160

2,303

2021

3,059

2021

2,881

5,940

2022

2,557

2022

2,658

5,215

2023

2,925

2023

2,943

5,868

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baseball almanac fast facts

In 1961, Mickey Mantle set the single season record for home runs hit by a switch hitter when he belted fifty-four long balls with the New York Yankees.

Hank Aaron holds the Major League record for most home runs hit in a career without EVER striking out more than one hundred times in a season.

Did you know that Frank Robinson is the only member of the 500 Home Runs Club that has more regular season wins as a manager, than home runs hit in a career?