A115380 Successive records for the number of home runs scored by a single batter in a single season of (USA) major league baseball.

5, 9, 14, 27, 29, 54, 59, 60, 61, 70, 73

Offset

1,1

Comments

Finite, current to 2005/2006 season.

Babe Ruth set four of these records (29, 54, 59 and 60).

Found on a test: http://mathtest.idiotworld.com/. Answer: http://www.rikk-cowsys.com/lofiversion/index.php/t328.html

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..11.

Infoplease, Most Home Runs in One Season (more than 45)

National Baseball Hall of Fame A Short History of the Single-Season Home Run Record

Wikipedia, Home run

Wikipedia, Progression of home run records

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A022810 A109329 A169872 * A107980 A163161 A331556

Adjacent sequences: A115377 A115378 A115379 * A115381 A115382 A115383

Keyword

fini,full,nonn

Author

Patrick St. Jean (stjeanp(AT)pat-st-jean.com) and Tkil (tkil(AT)scrye.com), Mar 07 2006

Extensions

Entry revised by N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 30 2006

Status

approved