Most home runs by a pitcher:
37 Wes Ferrell PH=1
35 Warren Spahn, Bob Lemon PH=2
34 Red Ruffing PH=2
33 Earl Wilson PH=2
29 Don Drysdale
24 Bob Gibson, Carlos Zambrano, John Clarkson
23 Walter Johnson PH=1
21 Jack Stivetts plus 14 playing other positions
20 Milt Pappas, Dizzy Trout
19 Jack Harshman plus 2 playing first
18 Cy Young
17 Madison Bumgarner active leader
16 Jim Kaat, Mike Hampton, Jim Tobin (PH), Schoolboy Rowe (PH=2)
15 Lefty Grove, Don Newcombe, Rick Wise, Don Caldwell, Joe Nuxhall, Early Wynn (PH=2), Gary Peters (PH=4), Pedro Ramos, Dick Donovan, Claude Passeau, Hal Shuimacher, Jouett Meekin.
Babe Ruth only hit 14 home runs while he was pitching. Phil Niekro hit seven. Maddux and Smoltz five. Glavine only hit one home run. In 1966 Tony Cloninger hit two grand slams in one game, and hit five for the year, but only eleven in his career.
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