Best 15th seasons in MLB history
Who had the best 15th season in MLB history?
Babe Ruth holds the best 15th season in home runs: 54 in 1928, and Rogers Hornsby in 1929 in hits (229).
Home runs
| # | Player | Season | HR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babe Ruth | 1928 | 54 |
| 2 | Barry Bonds | 2000 | 49 |
| 3 | Nelson Cruz | 2019 | 41 |
| 4 | Albert Pujols | 2015 | 40 |
| 5 | Sammy Sosa | 2003 | 40 |
| 6 | Rafael Palmeiro | 2000 | 39 |
| 7 | Rogers Hornsby | 1929 | 39 |
| 8 | Lou Gehrig | 1937 | 37 |
| 9 | Mike Schmidt | 1986 | 37 |
| 10 | Willie Mays | 1966 | 37 |
Hits
| # | Player | Season | H |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers Hornsby | 1929 | 229 |
| 2 | Nap Lajoie | 1910 | 227 |
| 3 | Eddie Collins | 1920 | 224 |
| 4 | Derek Jeter | 2009 | 212 |
| 5 | Al Oliver | 1982 | 204 |
| 6 | Pete Rose | 1977 | 204 |
| 7 | Lou Gehrig | 1937 | 200 |
| 8 | Paul Molitor | 1992 | 195 |
| 9 | Adrian Beltre | 2012 | 194 |
| 10 | Sam Crawford | 1913 | 193 |
RBI
| # | Player | Season | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lou Gehrig | 1937 | 159 |
| 2 | Rogers Hornsby | 1929 | 149 |
| 3 | Babe Ruth | 1928 | 142 |
| 4 | Harry Heilmann | 1929 | 120 |
| 5 | Rafael Palmeiro | 2000 | 120 |
| 6 | Mike Schmidt | 1986 | 119 |
| 7 | Dixie Walker | 1946 | 116 |
| 8 | Edgar Martinez | 2001 | 116 |
| 9 | Vladimir Guerrero | 2010 | 115 |
| 10 | Joe Cronin | 1940 | 111 |
Stolen bases
Strikeouts (pitching)
| # | Player | Season | K |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randy Johnson | 2002 | 334 |
| 2 | Curt Schilling | 2002 | 316 |
| 3 | Justin Verlander | 2019 | 300 |
| 4 | Roger Clemens | 1998 | 271 |
| 5 | Phil Niekro | 1978 | 248 |
| 6 | Steve Carlton | 1979 | 213 |
| 7 | A.J. Burnett | 2013 | 209 |
| 8 | Charlie Morton | 2022 | 205 |
| 9 | Cy Young | 1904 | 200 |
| 10 | Zack Greinke | 2018 | 199 |
Wins (pitching)
| # | Player | Season | W |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cy Young | 1904 | 26 |
| 2 | Christy Mathewson | 1914 | 24 |
| 3 | Randy Johnson | 2002 | 24 |
| 4 | Curt Schilling | 2002 | 23 |
| 5 | Eddie Plank | 1915 | 21 |
| 6 | Justin Verlander | 2019 | 21 |
| 7 | Red Ruffing | 1938 | 21 |
| 8 | Warren Spahn | 1959 | 21 |
| 9 | Claude Osteen | 1972 | 20 |
| 10 | Jamie Moyer | 2001 | 20 |
Saves
| # | Player | Season | SV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Smoltz | 2003 | 45 |
| 2 | Francisco Rodriguez | 2016 | 44 |
| 3 | Mariano Rivera | 2009 | 44 |
| 4 | Trevor Hoffman | 2007 | 42 |
| 5 | Fernando Rodney | 2017 | 39 |
| 6 | Todd Jones | 2007 | 38 |
| 7 | Dennis Eckersley | 1989 | 33 |
| 8 | Lee Smith | 1994 | 33 |
| 9 | Rollie Fingers | 1982 | 29 |
| 10 | Kenley Jansen | 2024 | 27 |
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