Twins on historic pace to hit record number of homers in a season

July 11, 2019 at 4:35AM
Twins outfielder Max Kepler (cutout) ORG XMIT: MIN1905180016370296
Max Kepler leads the Twins with 21 HRs (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Historic pace

Only six teams in MLB history have hit more than 250 homers in a season. This year, four could pass the record of 267:

Most homers in a season

2018 N.Y. Yankees267

1997 Seattle264

2005 Texas260

1996 Baltimore257

2010 Toronto257

2016 Baltimore253

Pace for homers this season

Twins (currently 166 HRs)302

Seattle (160)275

Milwaukee (155)275

N.Y. Yankees (149)274

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