What If Negro League Legends Had the Stats to Rewrite Baseball History?
2. 224 – Barry Bonds, 2002 San Francisco Giants (198 in 143 games)
3. 187 – Barry Bonds, 2001 San Francisco Giants (177 in 153 games)
4. 181 – Babe Ruth, 1923 New York Yankees (170 in 152 games)
T-5. 169 – Mark McGwire, 1998 St. Louis Cardinals (162 in 155 games)
T-5. 169 – Ted Williams, 1949 Boston Red Sox (162 in 155 games)

7. 168 – Ted Williams, 1946 Boston Red Sox (156 in 150 games)
8. 168 – Ted Williams, 1947 Boston Red Sox (162 in 156 games)
9. 162 – Henry Kimbro, 1948 Baltimore Elite Giants (59 in 59 NN2 games)
10. 161 – Eddie Yost, 1956 Washington Nationals (151 in 152 games)
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