Best 5th seasons in MLB history
Who had the best 5th season in MLB history?
Roger Maris holds the best 5th season in home runs: 61 in 1961, and Babe Herman in 1930 in hits (241).
Home runs
| # | Player | Season | HR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Maris | 1961 | 61 |
| 2 | Cal Raleigh | 2025 | 60 |
| 3 | Cecil Fielder | 1990 | 51 |
| 4 | Todd Helton | 2001 | 49 |
| 5 | Ryan Howard | 2008 | 48 |
| 6 | Kevin Mitchell | 1989 | 47 |
| 7 | Lou Gehrig | 1927 | 47 |
| 8 | Ralph Kiner | 1950 | 47 |
| 9 | Jim Rice | 1978 | 46 |
| 10 | Juan Alberto Gonzalez | 1993 | 46 |
Hits
RBI
| # | Player | Season | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lou Gehrig | 1927 | 175 |
| 2 | Ryan Howard | 2008 | 146 |
| 3 | Todd Helton | 2001 | 146 |
| 4 | Don Hurst | 1932 | 143 |
| 5 | Roger Maris | 1961 | 142 |
| 6 | Prince Fielder | 2009 | 141 |
| 7 | Jim Rice | 1978 | 139 |
| 8 | Joe Medwick | 1936 | 138 |
| 9 | Chuck Klein | 1932 | 137 |
| 10 | Johnny Mize | 1940 | 137 |
Stolen bases
Strikeouts (pitching)
| # | Player | Season | K |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mickey Welch | 1884 | 345 |
| 2 | Sam McDowell | 1965 | 325 |
| 3 | Tim Keefe | 1884 | 317 |
| 4 | Bill Hutchison | 1892 | 316 |
| 5 | Roger Clemens | 1988 | 291 |
| 6 | Tom Seaver | 1971 | 289 |
| 7 | Pud Galvin | 1883 | 279 |
| 8 | Fergie Jenkins | 1969 | 273 |
| 9 | Ed Walsh | 1908 | 269 |
| 10 | Jacob deGrom | 2018 | 269 |
Wins (pitching)
Saves
| # | Player | Season | SV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Thigpen | 1990 | 57 |
| 2 | Eric Gagne | 2003 | 55 |
| 3 | Jeurys Familia | 2016 | 51 |
| 4 | Brian Wilson | 2010 | 48 |
| 5 | Alex Colome | 2017 | 47 |
| 6 | Craig Kimbrel | 2014 | 47 |
| 7 | Emmanuel Clase | 2024 | 47 |
| 8 | Francisco Rodriguez | 2006 | 47 |
| 9 | Jose Valverde | 2007 | 47 |
| 10 | Bryan Harvey | 1991 | 46 |
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