Best 10th seasons in MLB history
Who had the best 10th season in MLB history?
Sammy Sosa holds the best 10th season in home runs: 66 in 1998, and Matty Alou in 1969 in hits (231).
Home runs
| # | Player | Season | HR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sammy Sosa | 1998 | 66 |
| 2 | Ken Griffey Jr. | 1998 | 56 |
| 3 | David Ortiz | 2006 | 54 |
| 4 | Aaron Judge | 2025 | 53 |
| 5 | Andruw Jones | 2005 | 51 |
| 6 | Greg Vaughn | 1998 | 50 |
| 7 | Albert Belle | 1998 | 49 |
| 8 | Salvador Perez | 2021 | 48 |
| 9 | Willie Stargell | 1971 | 48 |
| 10 | Alex Rodriguez | 2003 | 47 |
Hits
| # | Player | Season | H |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matty Alou | 1969 | 231 |
| 2 | Lance Johnson | 1996 | 227 |
| 3 | Rogers Hornsby | 1924 | 227 |
| 4 | Bill Terry | 1932 | 225 |
| 5 | George Sisler | 1925 | 224 |
| 6 | Jesse Burkett | 1899 | 221 |
| 7 | Cecil Cooper | 1980 | 219 |
| 8 | Cy Seymour | 1905 | 219 |
| 9 | Heinie Manush | 1932 | 214 |
| 10 | Ichiro Suzuki | 2010 | 214 |
RBI
| # | Player | Season | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sammy Sosa | 1998 | 158 |
| 2 | Juan Alberto Gonzalez | 1998 | 157 |
| 3 | Joe DiMaggio | 1948 | 155 |
| 4 | Albert Belle | 1998 | 152 |
| 5 | Lou Gehrig | 1932 | 151 |
| 6 | Ken Griffey Jr. | 1998 | 146 |
| 7 | Vern Stephens | 1950 | 144 |
| 8 | Bret Boone | 2001 | 141 |
| 9 | Don Baylor | 1979 | 139 |
| 10 | Miguel Cabrera | 2012 | 139 |
Stolen bases
| # | Player | Season | SB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Brown | 1891 | 106 |
| 2 | Rickey Henderson | 1988 | 93 |
| 3 | Arlie Latham | 1891 | 87 |
| 4 | King Kelly | 1887 | 84 |
| 5 | Billy Hamilton | 1897 | 66 |
| 6 | Harry Stovey | 1889 | 63 |
| 7 | Dave Collins | 1984 | 60 |
| 8 | Hick Carpenter | 1888 | 59 |
| 9 | Joe Morgan | 1972 | 58 |
| 10 | Tom Goodwin | 2000 | 55 |
Strikeouts (pitching)
| # | Player | Season | K |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nolan Ryan | 1976 | 327 |
| 2 | Curt Schilling | 1997 | 319 |
| 3 | Sam McDowell | 1970 | 304 |
| 4 | Randy Johnson | 1997 | 291 |
| 5 | Bob Gibson | 1968 | 268 |
| 6 | Max Scherzer | 2017 | 268 |
| 7 | Gerrit Cole | 2022 | 257 |
| 8 | Jason Schmidt | 2004 | 251 |
| 9 | Stephen Strasburg | 2019 | 251 |
| 10 | Mickey Lolich | 1972 | 250 |
Wins (pitching)
Saves
| # | Player | Season | SV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariano Rivera | 2004 | 53 |
| 2 | Fernando Rodney | 2012 | 48 |
| 3 | Joe Nathan | 2009 | 47 |
| 4 | Eddie Guardado | 2002 | 45 |
| 5 | Todd Worrell | 1996 | 44 |
| 6 | Robb Nen | 2002 | 43 |
| 7 | Wade Davis | 2018 | 43 |
| 8 | Jeff Reardon | 1988 | 42 |
| 9 | John Wetteland | 1998 | 42 |
| 10 | Huston Street | 2014 | 41 |
Regular season only, counting stats only. A season is numbered from the first season on file for that player, so a career that began before the league’s rows start is numbered from where the data does. MLB all-time records