Major League Baseball players who have hit 30 or more home runs before the All-Star break

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Listed below are the Major League Baseball players who have hit 30 or more home runs before the All-Star Game break. There were no MLB All-Star games prior to 1933, as the All-Star game is not played exactly at mid-season but about 90 games in (the full season is 162 games).

This list is sorted chronologically. Multiple occurrences are denoted in parentheses.

Year Player Team HR After Total
1954 Willie Mays New York Giants 31 10 41
1961 Roger Maris New York Yankees 33 28 61
1964 Harmon Killebrew Minnesota Twins 30 19 49
1969 Reggie Jackson Oakland Athletics 37 10 47
1969 Frank Howard Washington Senators 34 14 48
1969 Willie McCovey San Francisco Giants 30 15 45
1971 Willie Stargell Pittsburgh Pirates 30 18 48
1973 Willie Stargell (2) Pittsburgh Pirates 30 14 44
1976 Dave Kingman New York Mets 30 7 37
1979 Mike Schmidt Philadelphia Phillies 31 14 45
1987 Mark McGwire Oakland Athletics 33 16 49
1989 Kevin Mitchell San Francisco Giants 31 16 47
1994* Ken Griffey, Jr. Seattle Mariners 33 7 40
1994* Matt Williams San Francisco Giants 33 10 43
1994* Frank Thomas Chicago White Sox 32 6 38
1996 Brady Anderson Baltimore Orioles 30 20 50
1997 Mark McGwire (2) Oakland/St. Louis 31 27 58
1997 Ken Griffey, Jr. (2) Seattle Mariners 30 26 56
1998 Mark McGwire (3) St. Louis Cardinals 37 33 70
1998 Ken Griffey, Jr. (3) Seattle Mariners 35 21 56
1998 Sammy Sosa Chicago Cubs 33 33 66
1998 Greg Vaughn San Diego Padres 30 20 50
1999 Sammy Sosa (2) Chicago Cubs 32 31 63
1999 José Canseco Tampa Bay Devil Rays 31 3 34
2000 Mark McGwire (4) St. Louis Cardinals 30 2 32
2001 Barry Bonds San Francisco Giants 39 34 73
2001 Luis González Arizona Diamondbacks 35 22 57
2003 Barry Bonds (2) San Francisco Giants 30 15 45
2006 David Ortiz Boston Red Sox 31 23 54
2006 Jim Thome Chicago White Sox 30 12 42
2007 Alex Rodriguez New York Yankees 30 24 54
  • The 1994 season was shortened due to MLB players strike.

 

Only three players have hit 30 or more homers before the All-Star break and 30 or more homers after it in the same season:

Mark McGwire (37/33), 1998
Sammy Sosa (33/33), 1998
Sammy Sosa (32/31), 1999
Barry Bonds (39/34), 2001
Bonds holds the record of most home runs prior to the All-Star game (39), 2001
McGwire has accomplished this feat the most times (4); 1987, 1997, 1998, 2000
The San Francisco Giants hold the record for the most occurrences (6); 1954, 1969, 1989, 1994, 2001, 2003

There have been three occurrences of a player hitting 30 home runs before the break, but failing to hit more than 10 after in a non-strike season:

Dave Kingman (30/7), 1976
José Canseco (31/3), 1999
Mark McGwire (30/2), 2000
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