Best 4th seasons in MLB history
Who had the best 4th season in MLB history?
Ralph Kiner holds the best 4th season in home runs: 54 in 1949, and Ichiro Suzuki in 2004 in hits (262).
Home runs
| # | Player | Season | HR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralph Kiner | 1949 | 54 |
| 2 | Willie Mays | 1955 | 51 |
| 3 | Ryan Howard | 2007 | 47 |
| 4 | Adam Dunn | 2004 | 46 |
| 5 | Albert Pujols | 2004 | 46 |
| 6 | Jim Gentile | 1961 | 46 |
| 7 | Orlando Cepeda | 1961 | 46 |
| 8 | Shohei Ohtani | 2021 | 46 |
| 9 | Johnny Bench | 1970 | 45 |
| 10 | Pete Crow-Armstrong | 2026 | 45 |
Hits
| # | Player | Season | H |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ichiro Suzuki | 2004 | 262 |
| 2 | Wade Boggs | 1985 | 240 |
| 3 | Joe Jackson | 1911 | 233 |
| 4 | Earle Combs | 1927 | 231 |
| 5 | Tommy Davis | 1962 | 230 |
| 6 | Jim Bottomley | 1925 | 227 |
| 7 | Jose Altuve | 2014 | 225 |
| 8 | Joe Medwick | 1935 | 224 |
| 9 | Tommy Holmes | 1945 | 224 |
| 10 | Richie Ashburn | 1951 | 221 |
RBI
| # | Player | Season | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hank Greenberg | 1935 | 170 |
| 2 | Hal Trosky | 1936 | 162 |
| 3 | Tommy Davis | 1962 | 153 |
| 4 | Mel Ott | 1929 | 151 |
| 5 | Johnny Bench | 1970 | 148 |
| 6 | Todd Helton | 2000 | 147 |
| 7 | Don Mattingly | 1985 | 145 |
| 8 | Orlando Cepeda | 1961 | 142 |
| 9 | Jim Gentile | 1961 | 141 |
| 10 | Matt Holliday | 2007 | 137 |
Stolen bases
Strikeouts (pitching)
| # | Player | Season | K |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Radbourn | 1884 | 441 |
| 2 | Tim Keefe | 1883 | 361 |
| 3 | Tony Mullane | 1884 | 325 |
| 4 | John Clarkson | 1886 | 313 |
| 5 | Walter Johnson | 1910 | 313 |
| 6 | Amos Rusie | 1892 | 288 |
| 7 | Billy Taylor | 1884 | 284 |
| 8 | Tom Seaver | 1970 | 283 |
| 9 | Bob Veale | 1965 | 276 |
| 10 | Corey Kluber | 2014 | 269 |
Wins (pitching)
Saves
| # | Player | Season | SV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Gagne | 2002 | 52 |
| 2 | Craig Kimbrel | 2013 | 50 |
| 3 | Trevor Rosenthal | 2015 | 48 |
| 4 | Greg Holland | 2013 | 47 |
| 5 | Antonio Alfonseca | 2000 | 45 |
| 6 | Francisco Rodriguez | 2005 | 45 |
| 7 | Billy Koch | 2002 | 44 |
| 8 | Emmanuel Clase | 2023 | 44 |
| 9 | Jeurys Familia | 2015 | 43 |
| 10 | Joakim Soria | 2010 | 43 |
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