June 2017 set a record for total home runs in a month for the major leagues. Players delivered 1101 home runs, obliterating the previous record of 1069 from May of 2000.
| Month | Season | Home Runs | HRPct |
| June | 2017 | 1101 | 3.5 |
| May | 2000 | 1069 | 3.4 |
| May | 2017 | 1060 | 3.3 |
| August | 2016 | 1053 | 3.3 |
| August | 2004 | 1033 | 3.2 |
| June | 2016 | 1012 | 3.2 |
| June | 2001 | 995 | 3.1 |
| June | 2000 | 982 | 3.1 |
| May | 1999 | 980 | 3.0 |
| August | 2009 | 978 | 3.0 |
Four of those top ten seasons came in the last two years, so we are back to PED ERA home run levels, without a lot of positive PED tests. The optimistic take is that PEDs showed how far players could go, and they would have reached that level eventually.
Of course, since we are measuring total home runs, all of those record will occur since 1998, the year the league expanded to 30 teams. In terms of HRPct, June 2017 is still the highest month on the list. I thought we might see some months from 1993 to 1997 in there, but the highest month with less than 30 teams playing was May 1987. That month produced 811 home runs, 3.0% of PA. This June was a monster month.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2scFE9v
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