When was the last time? Surely, it can't be back in Babe Ruth's day!

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Originally Posted by clydepepper

Now that some research has been done, I did some myself:


Well. Ruth actually led by 35 in 1921 too 59-24 over teammate Bob Meusel.


...and double digits have been reached four time since Foster in 1977:


Kevin Mitchell had 11 more than Howard Johnson in 1989
Cecil Fielder had 11 more than Ryne Sandberg in 1990
Albert Belle had 10 more than Frank Thomas, Dante Bichette and Jay Buhner in 1995
and
Jose Baustista had 12 more than Albert Pujols in 2010.



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Thanks for correcting my shoddy research. Pretty absurd that Babe Ruth led the league by 35 home runs in consecutive years!