Home Runs : 1902 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1902 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Socks Seybold 16 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Bill Bradley 11 Cleveland Blues 2
Buck Freeman 11 Boston Americans  
Charlie Hickman 11 Boston Americans  
Cleveland Blues  
Ed Delahanty 10 Washington Senators 5
Bill Keister 9 Washington Senators 6
Hobe Ferris 8 Boston Americans 7
Jimmy Williams 8 Baltimore Orioles  
Nap Lajoie 7 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Cleveland Blues  
Boileryard Clarke 6 Washington Senators 10
Jimmy Collins 6 Boston Americans  
Bill Coughlin 6 Washington Senators  
Harry Davis 6 Philadelphia Athletics  
Charlie Hemphill 6 Cleveland Blues  
St. Louis Browns  
Candy LaChance 6 Boston Americans  
Jimmy Ryan 6 Washington Senators  
Jesse Burkett 5 St. Louis Browns 17
Topsy Hartsel 5 Philadelphia Athletics  
John Anderson 4 St. Louis Browns 19
Jimmy Barrett 4 Detroit Tigers  
Roger Bresnahan 4 Baltimore Orioles  
Frank Isbell 4 Chicago White Stockings  
Watty Lee 4 Washington Senators  
Doc Casey 3 Detroit Tigers 24
Monte Cross 3 Philadelphia Athletics  



Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).