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1956 MLB Home Runs Leaders

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Mickey Mantle led the majors with 52 home runs in 1956, 9 ahead of Duke Snider (43). It stands 37th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 4 times Mickey Mantle led in home runs.

Showing Home Runs and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team HR G AB RBI SLG
1 Mickey Mantle Mickey Mantle NYA 52 150 533 130 .705
2 Duke Snider Duke Snider BRO 43 151 542 101 .598
3 Frank Robinson Frank Robinson CIN 38 152 572 83 .558
4 Joe Adcock Joe Adcock ML1 38 137 454 103 .597
5 Eddie Mathews Eddie Mathews ML1 37 151 552 95 .518
6 Willie Mays Willie Mays NY1 36 152 578 84 .557
7 Wally Post Wally Post CIN 36 143 539 83 .506
8 Ted Kluszewski Ted Kluszewski CIN 35 138 517 102 .536
9 Gil Hodges Gil Hodges BRO 32 153 550 87 .507
10 Stan Lopata Stan Lopata PHI 32 146 535 95 .535
11 Vic Wertz Vic Wertz CLE 32 136 481 106 .509
12 Yogi Berra Yogi Berra NYA 30 140 521 105 .534
13 Roy Sievers Roy Sievers WS1 29 152 550 95 .467
14 Gus Bell Gus Bell CIN 29 150 603 84 .501
15 Charlie Maxwell Charlie Maxwell DET 28 141 500 87 .534
16 Ernie Banks Ernie Banks CHN 28 139 538 85 .530
17 Ed Bailey Ed Bailey CIN 28 118 383 75 .551
18 Stan Musial Stan Musial SLN 27 156 594 109 .522
19 Al Kaline Al Kaline DET 27 153 617 128 .530
20 Dale Long Dale Long PIT 27 148 517 91 .485
21 Jim Lemon Jim Lemon WS1 27 146 538 96 .502
22 Hank Aaron Hank Aaron ML1 26 153 609 92 .558
23 Del Ennis Del Ennis PHI 26 153 630 95 .430
24 Ken Boyer Ken Boyer SLN 26 150 595 98 .494
25 Hank Bauer Hank Bauer NYA 26 147 539 84 .445
26 Frank Thomas Frank Thomas PIT 25 157 588 80 .461
27 Ray Boone Ray Boone DET 25 131 481 81 .518
28 Larry Doby Larry Doby CHA 24 140 504 102 .466
29 Ted Williams Ted Williams BOS 24 136 400 82 .605
30 Walt Moryn Walt Moryn CHN 23 147 529 67 .478
31 Bill Skowron Bill Skowron NYA 23 134 464 90 .528
32 Bill White Bill White NY1 22 138 508 59 .459
33 Minnie Miñoso Minnie Miñoso CHA 21 151 545 88 .525
34 Carl Furillo Carl Furillo BRO 21 149 523 83 .467
35 Harry Simpson Harry Simpson KC1 21 141 543 105 .490
36 Gus Triandos Gus Triandos BAL 21 131 452 88 .462
37 Rocky Colavito Rocky Colavito CLE 21 101 322 65 .531
38 Jackie Jensen Jackie Jensen BOS 20 151 578 97 .497
39 Bobby Thomson Bobby Thomson ML1 20 142 451 74 .408
40 Roy Campanella Roy Campanella BRO 20 124 388 73 .394
41 Hector Lopez Hector Lopez KC1 18 151 561 69 .428
42 Willie Jones Willie Jones PHI 17 149 520 78 .429
43 Wally Moon Wally Moon SLN 16 149 540 68 .469
44 Al Smith Al Smith CLE 16 141 526 71 .433
45 Sandy Amoros Sandy Amoros BRO 16 114 292 58 .517
46 Del Crandall Del Crandall ML1 16 112 311 48 .450
47 Gus Zernial Gus Zernial KC1 16 109 272 44 .445
48 Dick Gernert Dick Gernert BOS 16 106 306 68 .484
49 Johnny Logan Johnny Logan ML1 15 148 545 46 .431
50 Ray Jablonski Ray Jablonski CIN 15 130 407 66 .432
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