Best 8th seasons in MLB history
Who had the best 8th season in MLB history?
Babe Ruth holds the best 8th season in home runs: 59 in 1921, and Bill Terry in 1930 in hits (254).
Home runs
| # | Player | Season | HR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babe Ruth | 1921 | 59 |
| 2 | Giancarlo Stanton | 2017 | 59 |
| 3 | Jimmie Foxx | 1932 | 58 |
| 4 | Hack Wilson | 1930 | 56 |
| 5 | Shohei Ohtani | 2025 | 55 |
| 6 | Matt Olson | 2023 | 54 |
| 7 | Alex Rodriguez | 2001 | 52 |
| 8 | Ken Griffey Jr. | 1996 | 49 |
| 9 | Ted Kluszewski | 1954 | 49 |
| 10 | Albert Belle | 1996 | 48 |
Hits
| # | Player | Season | H |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Terry | 1930 | 254 |
| 2 | Rogers Hornsby | 1922 | 250 |
| 3 | George Sisler | 1922 | 246 |
| 4 | Earl Averill | 1936 | 232 |
| 5 | Ty Cobb | 1912 | 226 |
| 6 | Lou Gehrig | 1930 | 220 |
| 7 | George Kell | 1950 | 218 |
| 8 | Rod Carew | 1974 | 218 |
| 9 | Willie Keeler | 1899 | 216 |
| 10 | Adrian Gonzalez | 2011 | 213 |
RBI
| # | Player | Season | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hack Wilson | 1930 | 190 |
| 2 | Lou Gehrig | 1930 | 174 |
| 3 | Babe Ruth | 1921 | 171 |
| 4 | Jimmie Foxx | 1932 | 169 |
| 5 | Ted Williams | 1949 | 159 |
| 6 | Rogers Hornsby | 1922 | 152 |
| 7 | Miguel Tejada | 2004 | 150 |
| 8 | Albert Belle | 1996 | 148 |
| 9 | Juan Alberto Gonzalez | 1996 | 144 |
| 10 | Vinny Castilla | 1998 | 144 |
Stolen bases
Strikeouts (pitching)
| # | Player | Season | K |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nolan Ryan | 1974 | 367 |
| 2 | Bob Feller | 1946 | 348 |
| 3 | Pedro Martinez | 1999 | 313 |
| 4 | Steve Carlton | 1972 | 310 |
| 5 | Chris Sale | 2017 | 308 |
| 6 | Mike Scott | 1986 | 306 |
| 7 | J.R. Richard | 1978 | 303 |
| 8 | Clayton Kershaw | 2015 | 301 |
| 9 | Randy Johnson | 1995 | 294 |
| 10 | Rube Waddell | 1905 | 287 |
Wins (pitching)
Saves
| # | Player | Season | SV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rod Beck | 1998 | 51 |
| 2 | Jim Johnson | 2013 | 50 |
| 3 | Mark Melancon | 2016 | 47 |
| 4 | Duane Ward | 1993 | 45 |
| 5 | Armando Benitez | 2001 | 43 |
| 6 | Heath Bell | 2011 | 43 |
| 7 | John Wetteland | 1996 | 43 |
| 8 | Mitch Williams | 1993 | 43 |
| 9 | Trevor Hoffman | 2000 | 43 |
| 10 | Jeff Shaw | 1997 | 42 |
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