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).
[edit] The list
This list is sorted chronologically. Multiple occurrences are denoted in parentheses.
- The 1994 season was shortened due to MLB players strike.
[edit] Notes
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:
| 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 |
