Major League Baseball's home run records are ... passing Roger Maris – whose single-season mark of 61 stood from 1961 to 1998.

Here is a look at the MLB players with the most home runs in a single season in the modern era (post-1900): Barry Bonds, 73 (2001) Mark McGwire, 70 (1998) Sammy Sosa, 66 (1998) Mark McGwire ...

In the history of MLB, only 47 players have ever compiled 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a single season. Of over 20,000 ... Sammy Sosa in the summer of 1998, then-Seattle Mariners star ...