List of Milwaukee Brewers home run champions

The following is a list of home run champions by individual season, divided into three categories for educated comparison:

• Milwaukee Brewers Leader Batting
• Average
• American League Leader
• National League Leader

In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle all the bases ending at home plate, scoring himself and each runner who was already on base, with no errors by the defensive team on the play. The feat is typically achieved by hitting the ball over the outfield fence in fair territory without it first touching the ground, which results in an automatic home run. There is also the rarer inside-the-park home run, where the hitter circles the bases while the baseball is in play on the field. In Major League Baseball (MLB), a player in each league wins the home run title each season by hitting the most home runs that year. Only home runs hit as a member of a particular league count towards that league's seasonal lead.

Over the course of his 22-season career, Babe Ruth led the American League in home runs 12 times. Mike Schmidt and Ralph Kiner have the second and third most home run titles respectively, Schmidt with eight and Kiner with seven, all won in the National League. Kiner's seven consecutive titles from 1946 to 1952 are also the most consecutive home run titles by any player. The most recent Brewers leader was Prince Fielder in 2009, hitting 46 home runs, just one shy of the league lead 47 hit by Albert Pujols in the National League. In the American League, the league champions were Carlos Peña and Mark Teixeira, sharing the title in the AL with 39 home runs each.

Season leaders

Home run leaders by season

Season Brewer Leader HRs American League Leader HRs National League Leader HRs 1979 Gorman Thomas 45 Gorman Thomas (MIL) 45 Dave Kingman (CHC) 48 1980 Ben Oglivie 41        Ben Oglivie (MIL)        Reggie Jackson (NYY) 41 Mike Schmidt (PHI) 48 1981 Gorman Thomas 21        Bobby Grich (BAL)        Eddie Murray (BOS)        Dwight Evans (CAL)        Tony Armas (OAK) 22 Mike Schmidt (PHI) 31 1982 Gorman Thomas 39        Gorman Thomas (MIL)        Reggie Jackson (CAL) 39 Dave Kingman (NYM) 37 1983 Cecil Cooper 30 Jim Rice (BOS) 39 Mike Schmidt (PHI) 40 1984 Robin Yount 16 Tony Armas (BOS) 43        Mike Schmidt (PHI)        Dale Murphy (ATL) 36 1985 Cecil Cooper 33 Darrell Evans (DET) 40 Dale Murphy (ATL) 37 1986 Rob Deer 33 Jesse Barfield (TOR) 40 Mike Schmidt (PHI) 37 1987 Rob Deer 28 Mark McGwire (OAK) 49 Andre Dawson (CHC) 49 1988 Rob Deer 23 José Canseco (OAK) 42 Darryl Strawberry (NYM) 39 1989 Rob Deer 26 Fred McGriff (TOR) 36 Kevin Mitchell (SF) 47 1990 Rob Deer 27 Cecil Fielder (DET) 51 Ryne Sandberg (CHC) 40 1991 Greg Vaughn 27        José Canseco (OAK)        Cecil Fielder (DET) 44 Howard Johnson (NYM) 38 1992 Greg Vaughn 23 Juan González (TEX) 43 Fred McGriff (SD) 35 1993 Greg Vaughn 30 Juan González (TEX) 46 Barry Bonds (SF) 46 1994 Greg Vaughn 19 Ken Griffey, Jr. (SEA) 40 Matt Williams (SF) 43 1995 John Jaha 20 Albert Belle (CLE) 50 Dante Bichette (COL) 40 1996 John Jaha 34 Mark McGwire (OAK) 52 Andrés Galarraga (COL) 47 1997 Jeromy Burnitz 27 Ken Griffey, Jr. (SEA) 56 Larry Walker (COL) 49 1998 Jeromy Burnitz 38 Ken Griffey, Jr. (SEA) 56 Mark McGwire (STL) 70 1999 Jeromy Burnitz 33 Ken Griffey, Jr. (SEA) 48 Mark McGwire (STL) 65 2000 Geoff Jenkins 34 Troy Glaus (ANA) 47 Sammy Sosa (CHC) 50 2001 Richie Sexson 45 Alex Rodriguez (TEX) 52 Barry Bonds (SF) 73 2002 Richie Sexson 29 Alex Rodriguez (TEX) 57 Sammy Sosa (CHC) 49 2003 Richie Sexson 45 Alex Rodriguez (TEX) 47 Jim Thome (PHI) 47 2004 Geoff Jenkins 27 Manny Ramírez (BOS) 43 Adrián Beltré (LAD) 48 2005 Carlos Lee 32 Alex Rodriguez (NYY) 48 Andruw Jones (ATL) 51 2006 Bill Hall 35 David Ortiz (BOS) 54 Ryan Howard (PHI) 58 2007 Prince Fielder 50 Alex Rodriguez (NYY) 54 Prince Fielder (MIL) 50 2008 Ryan Braun 37 Miguel Cabrera (DET) 37 Ryan Howard (PHI) 48 2009 Prince Fielder 46        Carlos Peña (TB)        Mark Teixeira (NYY) 39 Albert Pujols (STL) 47 2010 Prince Fielder 32 José Bautista (TOR) 54 Albert Pujols (STL) 42