Question: When was the American Major League Baseball player who had the most home runs in any season born ?

text: List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders
American League
Babe Ruth was first or second in the American League in home runs for every season from 1918 through 1933 except 1922 and set the single-season home run record four times . Jimmie Foxx hit 50 home runs in 1938 but finished second in the league to Hank Greenberg who hit 58 that year . Hank Greenberg , Hall of Famer and 4-time home run champion Harmon Killebrew led the league in home runs six times for the Minnesota Twins franchise , once while the team was in Washington and five times in Minnesota . Ken Griffey , Jr. led the American League in home runs in four seasons during the 1990s , including three consecutively from 1997 to 1999 . Alex Rodriguez led the American League in home runs five times , three with the Texas Rangers and twice with the New York Yankees .
In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit so far that the batter is able to circle all the bases ending at home plate, scoring himself plus any runners already on base, with no errors by the defensive team on the play. An automatic home run is achieved by hitting the ball on the fly over the outfield fence in fair territory. More rarely, an inside-the-park home run occurs when the hitter reaches home plate while the baseball remains in play on the field. In Major League Baseball (MLB), a player in each league[L] wins the home run title each season by hitting the most home runs that year. Only home runs hit in a particular league count towards that league's seasonal lead. Mark McGwire, for example, hit 58 home runs in 1997, more than any other player that year. However, McGwire was traded from the American League's (AL) Oakland Athletics to the National League's (NL) St. Louis Cardinals midway through the season and his individual AL and NL home run totals (34 and 24, respectively) did not qualify to lead either league. The first home run champion in the National League was George Hall. In the league's inaugural 1876 season, Hall hit five home runs for the short-lived National League Philadelphia Athletics. In 1901, the American League was established and Hall of Fame second baseman Nap Lajoie led it with 14 home runs for the American League Philadelphia Athletics. Over the course of his 22-season career, Babe Ruth led the American League in home runs 12 times. Mike Schmidt and Ralph Kiner have the second and third most home run titles respectively, Schmidt with eight and Kiner with seven, all won in the National League.
Year Winner ( s ) HR Team Runner ( s ) -up 2nd HR
1901 Nap Lajoie 14 Philadelphia Athletics Buck Freeman 12
1902 Socks Seybold 16 Philadelphia Athletics Charlie Hickman Bill Bradley Buck Freeman 11
1903 Buck Freeman 13 Boston Americans Charlie Hickman 12
1904 Harry Davis 10 Philadelphia Athletics Danny Murphy Buck Freeman 7
1905 Harry Davis 8 Philadelphia Athletics George Stone 7
1906 Harry Davis 12 Philadelphia Athletics Charlie Hickman 9
1907 Harry Davis 8 Philadelphia Athletics Socks Seybold Danny Hoffman Ty Cobb 5
1908 Sam Crawford 7 Detroit Tigers Bill Hinchman 6
1909 Ty Cobb 9 Detroit Tigers Tris Speaker 7
1910 Jake Stahl 10 Boston Red Sox Ty Cobb Duffy Lewis 8
1911 Frank Baker 11 Philadelphia Athletics Tris Speaker Ty Cobb 8
1912 Frank Baker Tris Speaker 10 Philadelphia Athletics Boston Red Sox Ty Cobb 7
1913 Frank Baker 12 Philadelphia Athletics Sam Crawford 9
1914 Frank Baker 9 Philadelphia Athletics Sam Crawford 8
1915 Braggo Roth 7 Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians Rube Oldring 6
1916 Wally Pipp 12 New York Yankees Frank Baker 10
1917 Wally Pipp 9 New York Yankees Bobby Veach 8
1918 Babe Ruth Tilly Walker 11 Boston Red Sox Philadelphia Athletics Frank Baker George Burns 6
1919 Babe Ruth 29 Boston Red Sox Tilly Walker Frank Baker George Sisler 10
1920 Babe Ruth 54 New York Yankees George Sisler 19