Before the latter half of the 1990s I could rattle off the HR list - Maris 61, Ruth 60 and 59, Foxx and Greenberg 58, Wilson 56, Kiner Mantle and Ruth 54, and Foster was the only "modern" slugger high on the list at 52. I've lost track since then but my guess would be 57 and 55.
yep.................The 40 home run mark has been equaled or bested 310 times in MLB history......just seems funny that no one's ever finished on one of those two numbers for a season