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1979 MLB Home Runs Leaders

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Dave Kingman led the majors with 48 home runs in 1979, 3 ahead of Mike Schmidt (45). It stands 76th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 2 times Dave Kingman led in home runs.

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Dave Kingman Led all of MLB in 1979 Dave Kingman Chicago Cubs
48 Home Runs 3 clear of Mike Schmidt
Showing Home Runs and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team HR G AB RBI SLG
1 Dave Kingman Dave Kingman CHN 48 145 532 115 .613
2 Mike Schmidt Mike Schmidt PHI 45 160 541 114 .564
3 Gorman Thomas Gorman Thomas ML4 45 156 557 123 .539
4 Jim Rice Jim Rice BOS 39 158 619 130 .596
5 Fred Lynn Fred Lynn BOS 39 147 531 122 .637
6 Don Baylor Don Baylor CAL 36 162 628 139 .530
7 Ken Singleton Ken Singleton BAL 35 159 570 111 .533
8 Dave Winfield Dave Winfield SDN 34 159 597 118 .558
9 Bob Horner Bob Horner ATL 33 121 487 98 .552
10 Willie Stargell Willie Stargell PIT 32 126 424 82 .552
11 Bobby Grich Bobby Grich CAL 30 153 534 101 .537
12 Larry Parrish Larry Parrish MON 30 153 544 82 .551
13 George Foster George Foster CIN 30 121 440 98 .561
14 Willie Horton Willie Horton SEA 29 162 646 106 .458
15 Ben Oglivie Ben Oglivie ML4 29 139 514 81 .525
16 Reggie Jackson Reggie Jackson NYA 29 131 465 89 .544
17 Steve Garvey Steve Garvey LAN 28 162 648 110 .497
18 Davey Lopes Davey Lopes LAN 28 153 582 73 .464
19 Ron Cey Ron Cey LAN 28 150 487 81 .499
20 Butch Hobson Butch Hobson BOS 28 146 528 93 .496
21 Sixto Lezcano Sixto Lezcano ML4 28 138 473 101 .573
22 Gary Matthews Gary Matthews ATL 27 156 631 90 .502
23 Mike Ivie Mike Ivie SFN 27 133 402 89 .547
24 Jack Clark Jack Clark SFN 26 143 527 86 .476
25 Andre Thornton Andre Thornton CLE 26 143 515 93 .449
26 Steve Kemp Steve Kemp DET 26 134 490 105 .543
27 Ted Simmons Ted Simmons SLN 26 123 448 87 .507
28 Eddie Murray Eddie Murray BAL 25 159 606 99 .475
29 Dave Parker Dave Parker PIT 25 158 622 94 .526
30 Andre Dawson Andre Dawson MON 25 155 639 92 .468
31 Bobby Bonds Bobby Bonds CLE 25 146 538 85 .463
32 Gary Roenicke BAL 25 133 376 64 .508
33 Roy Smalley Roy Smalley MIN 24 162 621 95 .441
34 Cecil Cooper Cecil Cooper ML4 24 150 590 106 .508
35 Bill Robinson Bill Robinson PIT 24 148 421 75 .504
36 George Brett George Brett KCA 23 154 645 107 .563
37 Dusty Baker Dusty Baker LAN 23 151 554 88 .455
38 Jim Spencer Jim Spencer NYA 23 106 295 53 .593
39 Jeff Newman OAK 22 143 516 71 .399
40 Gary Carter Gary Carter MON 22 141 505 75 .485
41 Johnny Bench Johnny Bench CIN 22 130 464 80 .459
42 Ruppert Jones Ruppert Jones SEA 21 162 622 78 .444
43 Dwight Evans Dwight Evans BOS 21 152 489 58 .456
44 Carl Yastrzemski Carl Yastrzemski BOS 21 147 518 87 .450
45 Ellis Valentine Ellis Valentine MON 21 146 548 82 .454
46 Dan Ford Dan Ford CAL 21 142 569 101 .464
47 John Mayberry John Mayberry TOR 21 137 464 74 .461
48 Champ Summers Champ Summers DET +1 21 117 306 62 .556
49 Willie Aikens Willie Aikens CAL 21 116 379 81 .493
50 Dale Murphy Dale Murphy ATL 21 104 384 57 .469
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