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who's got the most home runs in the american league?
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williams had the best season of his career in 1922, leading the american league with 39 home runs and 155 runs batted in, as the browns finished the season one game behind the pennant-winning new york yankees. 32 of his 39 home runs were hit at home in sportsman's park. on august 7, 1922, during a game against the washington senators, he became the first player in american league history to hit two home runs in one inning. his 39 home runs topped babe ruth, who had led the league the previous four seasons, although ruth had been suspended well into the season by baseball commissioner kenesaw mountain landis for violating a curb on barnstorming. williams was one of only two players to break babe ruth's twelve-year string in which he led the american league in home runs (the other being bob meusel). also in , williams also became the first player in major league history to have 30 home runs and 30-plus stolen bases in the same season; a feat which would not be achieved again until willie mays accomplished it with the new york giants in .
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