Era 1 & 2 Hitting Seasons |

The list of the greatest hitting seaons of era 1 and era 2 starts with the 1921 hitting season of Babe Ruth, which we consider to be the greatest of all-time.

Listed below are the top 25 hitting seasons of these combined eras1901-1935

No.	PLAYER	Pos.	Year	yr/era	Runs	H.R.	R.B.I.’s	Avg.	O.B.%	Slg.%	Points
1	Babe Ruth	OF	1921	2	177	59	171	378	512	846	5.006
2	Babe Ruth	OF	1920	2	158	54	137	376	532	847	4.962
3	Babe Ruth	OF	1923	2	151	41	131	393	545	764	4.870
4	Babe Ruth	OF	1927	2	158	60	164	356	486	772	4.860
5	Lou Gehrig	1B	1927	2	149	47	175	373	474	765	4.829
6	Jimmie Foxx	1B	1932	2	151	58	169	364	469	749	4.817
7	Babe Ruth	OF	1926	2	139	47	146	372	516	737	4.808
8	Rogers Hornsby	2B	1925	2	133	39	143	403	489	756	4.806
9	Babe Ruth	OF	1924	2	143	46	121	378	513	739	4.790
10	Babe Ruth	OF	1930	2	150	49	153	359	493	732	4.789
11	Hack Wilson	OF	1930	2	146	56	191	356	454	723	4.781
12	Babe Ruth	OF	1931	2	149	46	163	373	495	700	4.776
13	Lou Gehrig	1B	1930	2	143	41	174	379	473	721	4.771
14	Rogers Hornsby	2B	1922	2	141	42	152	401	459	722	4.763
15	Lou Gehrig	1B	1934	2	128	49	165	363	465	706	4.724
16	Chuck Klein	OF	1930	2	158	40	170	386	436	687	4.716
17	Babe Ruth	OF	1928	2	163	54	142	323	463	709	4.712
18	Rogers Hornsby	2B	1929	2	156	39	149	380	459	679	4.705
19	Al Simmons	OF	1930	2	152	36	165	381	423	708	4.700
20	Rogers Hornsby	2B	1924	2	121	25	94	424	507	696	4.696
21	Jimmie Foxx	1B	1933	2	125	48	163	356	449	703	4.691
22	Lou Gehrig	1B	1931	2	163	46	184	341	446	662	4.687
23	Babe Ruth	OF	1929	2	121	46	154	345	430	697	4.643
24	Ty Cobb	OF	1911	2	147	8	127	420	467	621	4.641
25	Babe Ruth	OF	1932	2	120	41	137	341	489	661	4.634

Compare to other Hitting Season Eras:
Era 1 and 2 | Era 3 | Era 4 | Era 5 | Era 6 | Era 7 | Era 8 | Era 9

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