Home Runs Single Season Leaders For Each MLB Franchise

[key2win]

Interesting article from Yahoo. Figured I would post it here. Someone needs to sign with the Royals to set a new Home Run record. 36 Home Runs is the lowest on this list. All the other teams at least hit 40.

Home Runs Single Season Leaders for Each MLB Franchise - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

AL East
Baltimore Orioles: Brady Anderson, 50, 1996
Boston Red Sox: David Ortiz, 54, 2006
New York Yankees: Roger Maris, 61, 1961
Tampa Bay Rays: Carlos Pena, 46, 2007
Toronto Blue Jays: Jose Bautista, 54, 2010

AL Central
Chicago White Sox: Albert Belle, 49, 1998
Cleveland Indians: Jim Thome, 52, 2002
Detroit Tigers: Hank Greenberg, 58, 1938
Kansas City Royals: Steve Balboni, 36, 1985
Minnesota Twins: Harmon Killebrew, 49, 2x (1964, 1969)

AL West
Los Angeles Angels: Troy Glaus, 47, 2000
Oakland Athletics: Jimmie Foxx, 58, 1932
Seattle Mariners: Ken Griffey, Jr., 56, 2x (1997, 1998)
Texas Rangers: Alex Rodriguez, 57, 2002

NL East
Atlanta Braves: Andruw Jones, 51, 2005
Miami Marlins: Gary Sheffield, 42, 1996
New York Mets: Carlos Beltran, 41, 2006, Todd Hundley, 41, 1996
Philadelphia Phillies: Ryan Howard, 58, 2006
Washington Nationals: Alfonso Soriano, 46, 2006

NL Central
Chicago Cubs: Sammy Sosa, 66, 1998
Cincinnati Reds: George Foster, 52, 1977
Houston Astros: Jeff Bagwell, 47, 2000
Milwaukee Brewers: Prince Fielder, 50, 2007
Pittsburgh Pirates: Ralph Kiner, 54, 1949
St. Louis Cardinals: Mark McGwire, 70, 1998

NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks: Luis Gonzalez, 57, 2001
Colorado Rockies: Todd Helton, 49, 2001, Larry Walker, 49, 1997
Los Angeles Dodgers: Shawn Green, 49, 2001
San Diego Padres: Greg Vaughn, 50, 1998
San Francisco Giants: Barry Bonds, 73, 2001

[gladdyontherise]

Hosmer will break the record for the Royals, eventually.

[jsab4807]

Arizona Diamondbacks: Luis Gonzalez, 57, 2001

Still blows my mind every time I'm reminded that he actually hit 57 home runs in a season.

[gladdyontherise]

Arizona Diamondbacks: Luis Gonzalez, 57, 2001

Still blows my mind every time I'm reminded that he actually hit 57 home runs in a season.

I looked right over that. Really? That's shocking.

[bakemeister52]

Brady Anderson one big homerun season, love the article, love stats

[tndcollectables]

Did Brady's name come up in the 'riods alegations?

I know Gonzo's didn't, he never changed like some of them did.

[whitney777]

Interesting story.

[jwgreen68]

KC isn't a surprise to me at all. Who have they had in the past 20 years worth mentioning? Hosmer will hit a lot of homers in a few years but I'll bet it won't be for the Royals. KC loves to trade away talent with the excuse of helping rebuild. But it's really about not wanting to pay out big contracts. Maybe they can knock the moth balls off Balboni and prop him up for one more season.