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MLB Deep Cut #24, Saturday, October 17: “Name a player who hit 50+ home runs in a season.” The prompt had 34 valid answers, and nobody played it that day. Correct answers score more the fewer people name them, so the deepest cuts are the ones worth the most.
Answers and recap (spoilers)
Nobody named
- Alex Rodriguez: Best season: 57 home runs (2002)
- Babe Ruth: Best season: 60 home runs (1927)
- Sammy Sosa: Best season: 66 home runs (1998)
- Willie Mays: Best season: 52 home runs (1965)
- Mark McGwire: Best season: 70 home runs (1998)
- Ken Griffey Jr.: Best season: 56 home runs (1998)
- Mickey Mantle: Best season: 54 home runs (1961)
- Jimmie Foxx: Best season: 58 home runs (1932)
- Barry Bonds: Best season: 73 home runs (2001)
- Jim Thome: Best season: 52 home runs (2002)
- Aaron Judge: Best season: 62 home runs (2022)
- David Ortiz: Best season: 54 home runs (2006)
- Luis Gonzalez: Best season: 57 home runs (2001)
- Andruw Jones: Best season: 51 home runs (2005)
- Ralph Kiner: Best season: 54 home runs (1949)
- George Foster: Best season: 52 home runs (1977)
- Johnny Mize: Best season: 51 home runs (1947)
- Giancarlo Stanton: Best season: 59 home runs (2017)
- Brady Anderson: Best season: 50 home runs (1996)
- Jose Bautista: Best season: 54 home runs (2010)
- Greg Vaughn: Best season: 50 home runs (1998)
- Prince Fielder: Best season: 50 home runs (2007)
- Ryan Howard: Best season: 58 home runs (2006)
- Shohei Ohtani: Best season: 55 home runs (2025)
- Roger Maris: Best season: 61 home runs (1961)
- Albert Belle: Best season: 50 home runs (1995)
- Kyle Schwarber: Best season: 56 home runs (2025)
- Cecil Fielder: Best season: 51 home runs (1990)
- Hank Greenberg: Best season: 58 home runs (1938)
- Chris Davis: Best season: 53 home runs (2013)
- Hack Wilson: Best season: 56 home runs (1930)
- Matt Olson: Best season: 54 home runs (2023)
- Pete Alonso: Best season: 53 home runs (2019)
- Cal Raleigh: Best season: 60 home runs (2025)
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