"The modern* record is 50 by Ron Kittle, Edmonton, 1982." "The modern** record (which, near as I can tell, is since 1958, though there's no real reason to make that the cutoff, other than that's when MLB moved to the west coast), is 55 by Bill McNulty of Sacramento, 1974, but there's a double-asterisk attached since left field at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento was less than 250 feet," White said.
He confirmed that Lazzeri holds the PCL record with 60 home runs in 1925, but he provided a lot of great insight regarding the single-season all-time home run list. I reached out to Rob White, who has been covering the Omaha Royals, now Storm Chasers, for the Omaha World Herald for many years. Since the PCL has had several incarnations, its record book contains a number of asterisks. Graham was closing in on Tony Lazzeri's record of 60 home runs, which he hit in 1925 for Salt Lake (they played nearly a 200-game season at the time). 298/.427/.677 - earning him the PCL MVP award that season. He had hit 46 home runs by July 24 for the San Diego Padres (a Triple-A team at the time).
Jack Graham was on pace to set a new Pacific Coast League (PCL) single-season home run record in 1948 when his run came to an abrupt end due to an injury.
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