30 Home Run Seasons by Jewish Players*

Rank

Player

Team

HRs

Year

1.

Hank Greenberg

Detroit Tigers

58

1938

2.

Shawn Green

Los Angeles Dodgers

49

2001

3.

Hank Greenberg

Detroit Tigers

44

1946

4.

Al "Flip" Rosen

Cleveland Indians

43

1953

5.

Shawn Green

Toronto Blue Jays

42

1999

6.

Hank Greenberg

Detroit Tigers

41

1940

7

Hank Greenberg

Detroit Tigers

40

1937

8.

Al "Flip" Rosen

Cleveland Indians

37

1950

9.

Hank Greenberg

Detroit Tigers

36

1935

10.

Shawn Green

Toronto Blue Jays

35

1998

11.

Hank Greenberg

Detroit Tigers

33

1939

12.

Sid Gordon

New York Giants

30

1948

13.

Mike "Superjew" Epstein

Washington Senators

30

1969

* As of October, 2001

Note: This list only includes players who were "raised" Jewish.

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