Babe Ruth once again led the league for the fifth straight year. It was also the fourth time Ruth hit more than 50 home runs in a season, the only player to ever hit more than 50 home runs. The all-time career home run leader needs to hit just 4 more home runs to reach 300. The Giant's Hack Wilson led all rookies with 19 dingers. Once again a team from New York led the league in home runs, this time the Giants with 124.
Only three players from the 1800's, Ned Williamson, Buck Freeman, and Fred Pfeffer are still on the single season home run leaderboard.
Rogers Hornsby moved up to fourth place on the all-time home run list, with 125. In his final season Happy Felsch moved into 20th place on the all-time home run list with 89 career home runs.
Milestone Watch:
Babe Ruth needs 4 home runs to pass 300 for his career.
1923 Home Run Leaders
1) Babe Ruth - NYY - 51
2) Jim Bottomley - STL - 36
3) Joe Hauser - PHA - 32
4) Gabby Hartnett - CHN - 28
5) Ben Paschal - CHN - 25
6) Goose Goslin - WAS - 24
7) Bob Meusel - NYY - 23
8) Bing Miller - WAS - 22
9) Earl Smith - NYG - 22
10) Cy Williams - PHI - 22
1923 Rookie Home Run Leader:
Hack Wilson - NYG - 19
1923 Team Home Run Leader:
New York Giants - 124
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Single Season Home Run Leaders
1) Babe Ruth - NYY - 82 (1921)
2) Babe Ruth - NYY - 55 (1922)
3) Babe Ruth - NYY - 51 (1923)
4) Babe Ruth - NYY - 50 (1920)
5) Rogers Hornsby - SLN - 37 (1922)
6) Jim Bottomley - STL - 36 (1923)
7) Joe Hauser - PHA - 34 (1922)
8) Joe Hauser - PHA - 32 (1923)
9) Bob Meusel - NYY - 30 (1922)
10) Babe Ruth - BOS - 29 (1919)
11) George Kelly - NYG - 28 (1922)
12) Gabby Hartnett - CHN - 28 (1923)
13) Goose Goslin - WAS - 27 (1922)
14) Ned Williamson - 27 (1884)
15) Buck Freeman - 25 (1899)
16) Fred Pfeffer - 25 (1884)
17) George Sisler - SLA - 25 (1921)
18) Ben Paschal - CHN - 25 (1923)
19) Goose Goslin - WAS - 24 (1923)
20) Gavvy Cravath - 24 (1915)
21) Jim Bottomley - STL - 24 (1922)
Rookie Home Run Record - Single Season
1) Joe Hauser - PHA - 34 (1922)
2) Jim Bottomley - STL - 24 (1922)
3) Frank Parkinson - PHI - 19 (1921)
4) Hack Wilson - NYG - 19 (1923)
5) George Grantham - CHN - 18 (1922)
6) Earl Sheely - CHA - 17 (1921)
7) Bob Meusel - NYY - 16 (1920)
8) Gabby Hartnett - CHN - 16 (1922)
9) Harry Rice - SLA - 15 (1923)
10) Lew Fonseca - CIN - 14 (1921)
Single Season Team Home Run Leaders
1) New York Yankees - 159 (1921)
2) Chicago White Stockings - 142 (1884)
3) New York Yankees - 127 (1922)
4) New York Giants - 124 (1923)
5) New York Yankees - 118 (1923)
6) New York Yankees - 117 (1920)
7) Philadelphia Phillies - 112 (1923)
8) St. Louis Cardinals - 109 (1922)
9) Boston Beaneaters - 103 (1894)
10) St. Louis Cardinals - 102 (1923)
Career Home Run Leaders
1) Babe Ruth - 296 (1914-1923)
2) Roger Connor - 138 (1880-1897)
3) Sam Thompson - 127 (1885-1906)
4) Rogers Hornsby - 125 (1915-1923)
5) Harry Stovey - 122 (1880-1893)
6) Gavvy Cravath - 118 (1908-1920)
7) Jimmy Ryan - 118 (1885-1903)
8) Cy Williams - 114 (1912-1923)
9) Dan Brouthers - 106 (1879-1904)
10) Hugh Duffy - 106 (1888-1906)
11) Mike Tiernan - 106 (1887-1899)
12) Ed Delahanty - 101 (1888-1903)
13) Honus Wagner - 101 (1897-1917)
14) Cap Anson - 97 (1871-1897)
15) Sam Crawford - 97 (1899-1917)
16) Joe Jackson - 95 (1908-1923)
17) Fred Pfeffer - 94 (1882-1897)
18) Frank Schulte - 92 (1904-1918)
19) Herman Long - 91 (1889-1904)
20) Happy Felsch - 89 (1915-1923)