Jim Rice hit the most home runs in 1978, with 46 homers.

Interpreted as:

most home runs by a player in 1978

	NAME	HR	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Jim Rice J. Rice	46	1978	BOS	163	677	121	213	25	15	139	58	5	126	7	5	746	406	86	1	5	7	15	.315	.370	.600	.970	141	60.3	.425	162	52
2	George Foster G. Foster	40	1978	CIN	158	604	97	170	26	7	120	70	7	138	4	4	687	330	73	0	6	16	18	.281	.360	.546	.906	114	39.8	.394	148	36.8
3	Greg Luzinski G. Luzinski	35	1978	PHI	155	540	85	143	32	2	101	100	11	135	8	7	655	284	69	0	4	15	10	.265	.388	.526	.914	113	41.6	.402	152	38.1
4	Don Baylor D. Baylor	34	1978	CAL	158	591	103	151	26	0	99	56	18	71	22	9	677	279	60	0	12	9	15	.255	.332	.472	.804	93	19.4	.356	126	20
5	Larry Hisle L. Hisle	34	1978	MIL	142	520	96	151	24	0	115	67	5	90	10	6	600	277	58	3	5	3	14	.290	.374	.533	.906	104	38.5	.403	155	37.1
6	Andre Thornton A. Thornton	33	1978	CLE	145	508	97	133	22	4	105	93	6	72	4	7	617	262	59	2	8	4	17	.262	.377	.516	.893	103	36.6	.396	150	34.5
7	Gorman Thomas G. Thomas	32	1978	MIL	137	452	70	111	24	1	86	73	2	133	3	4	536	233	57	6	3	4	6	.246	.351	.515	.866	85	27	.385	143	25.8
8	Bobby Bonds B. Bonds	31	1978	TOT	156	565	93	151	19	4	90	79	2	120	43	22	657	271	54	3	8	7	14	.267	.355	.480	.834	98	26.3	.371	133	24
9	Rico Carty R. Carty	31	1978	TOT	145	528	70	149	21	1	99	57	0	57	1	1	593	265	53	1	7	7	15	.282	.348	.502	.850	90	25.8	.375	134	22.6
10	Dave Parker D. Parker	30	1978	PIT	148	581	102	194	32	12	117	57	2	92	20	7	642	340	74	0	2	23	8	.334	.394	.585	.979	121	51.3	.424	167	47.9
11	Reggie Smith R. Smith	29	1978	LAD	128	447	82	132	27	2	93	70	1	90	12	5	531	250	58	0	13	8	5	.295	.382	.559	.942	94	36.6	.409	161	36
12	Douglas DeCinces D. DeCinces	28	1978	BAL	142	511	72	146	37	1	80	46	2	81	7	7	561	269	66	0	2	2	12	.286	.346	.526	.872	90	29.6	.388	149	30.7
13	Dave Kingman D. Kingman	28	1978	CHC	119	395	65	105	17	4	79	39	6	111	3	4	448	214	49	2	6	8	3	.266	.336	.542	.878	70	21.7	.382	131	15.5
14	Willie Stargell W. Stargell	28	1978	PIT	122	390	60	115	18	2	97	50	7	93	3	2	450	221	48	0	3	10	8	.295	.382	.567	.949	82	32.9	.415	161	30.5
15	Gary Alexander G. Alexander	27	1978	TOT	148	498	57	112	20	4	84	57	2	166	0	5	563	221	51	1	5	5	11	.225	.304	.444	.748	68	6.6	.333	109	5.5
16	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	27	1978	NYY	139	511	82	140	13	5	97	58	9	133	14	11	581	244	45	0	3	2	8	.274	.356	.477	.834	88	25.1	.375	138	25
17	Eddie Murray E. Murray	27	1978	BAL	161	610	85	174	32	3	95	70	1	97	6	5	690	293	62	1	8	7	15	.285	.356	.480	.836	103	27.9	.371	138	29.2
18	Graig Nettles G. Nettles	27	1978	NYY	159	587	81	162	23	2	93	59	6	69	1	1	662	270	52	1	9	6	20	.276	.343	.460	.803	92	20.2	.358	127	20
19	Jason Thompson J. Thompson	26	1978	DET	153	589	79	169	25	3	96	74	0	96	0	0	669	278	54	1	5	3	11	.287	.364	.472	.836	102	29	.375	133	24.5
20	Jack Clark J. Clark	25	1978	SFG	156	592	90	181	46	8	98	50	3	72	15	11	657	318	79	3	9	8	15	.306	.358	.537	.895	108	36.7	.392	149	36
21	Andre Dawson A. Dawson	25	1978	MON	157	609	84	154	24	8	72	30	12	128	28	11	660	269	57	4	5	3	7	.253	.299	.442	.740	78	6.3	.330	108	5.6
22	Lee May L. May	25	1978	BAL	148	556	56	137	16	1	80	31	1	110	5	2	590	230	42	0	2	5	18	.246	.286	.414	.700	62	-2.3	.313	98	-1.1
23	Ellis Valentine E. Valentine	25	1978	MON	151	570	75	165	35	2	76	35	2	88	13	8	612	279	62	0	5	3	9	.289	.330	.489	.820	88	21.4	.364	130	20.8
24	Dwight Evans D. Evans	24	1978	BOS	147	497	75	123	24	2	63	65	2	119	8	5	572	223	50	6	2	2	15	.247	.336	.449	.784	78	15.7	.354	115	9.3
25	Rusty Staub R. Staub	24	1978	DET	162	642	75	175	30	1	121	76	3	35	3	1	734	279	55	2	11	5	24	.273	.347	.435	.782	98	18.4	.351	116	13.5