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Expert: - 7/15/2007


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What TEAM holds the record for most home runs hit for the season? Which season?  {My husband thinks it might be the Reds during the late '50s early '60's.]

Answer
Sally,

  Your husband is mistaken, if we're talking about the major league record. Here are the current record holders.

 AL - Seattle, 1997, 264 HRs
 NL - Houston, 2000, 249 HRs

  These records are based on a 162-game season. However, if you want to consider the 154-game season, before expansion, the Cincinnati Reds of 1956 hold the major league record with 221. So let's give your husband partial credit.

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