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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
I thought it might be Bob Meusel based on your clue but looked it up and he hit 24 in his second season. Pretty sure it's not Lazzeri. Can't think of anyone else.
Maybe you mean Giants or Dodgers though, will think on that.
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Originally Posted by jayshum
I had no idea what the answer was, but after doing some searching, I actually found 2 players with 25 home runs in their rookie season prior to Wally Berger hitting 38 in 1930. I am not familiar with either player. The other player I found played for Detroit.
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Del Bissonette of the Dodgers in 1928.
Jay- I'll have to look again and find the Detroit player.
In 1899, Buck Freeman hit 25 in his first full season- but he had 139 PAs prior to that, which would exclude him even in the longer modern season.
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