Top 25 Home Runs in 1905 in the American League

Home Runs : 1905 American League Top 25

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"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)

1905 Home Runs Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Home Runs Team Rank

Harry Davis 8 Philadelphia Athletics 1

George Stone 7 St. Louis Browns 2

Sam Crawford 6 Detroit Tigers 3

Hobe Ferris 6 Boston Americans

Danny Murphy 6 Philadelphia Athletics

Socks Seybold 6 Philadelphia Athletics

Jimmy Williams 6 New York Highlanders

Jake Stahl 5 Washington Senators 8

Jesse Burkett 4 Boston Americans 9

Jimmy Collins 4 Boston Americans

Elmer Flick 4 Cleveland Naps

Myron Grimshaw 4 Boston Americans

Charlie Hickman 4 Detroit Tigers

Washington Senators

Willie Keeler 4 New York Highlanders

Kip Selbach 4 Boston Americans

Terry Turner 4 Cleveland Naps

Hal Chase 3 New York Highlanders 17

Patsy Dougherty 3 New York Highlanders

Buck Freeman 3 Boston Americans

Emil Frisk 3 St. Louis Browns

Frank Huelsman 3 Washington Senators

John Knight 3 Philadelphia Athletics

Rabbit Nill 3 Washington Senators

Wid Conroy 2 New York Highlanders 24

Otto Hess 2 Cleveland Naps

Name Home Runs Team Rank

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

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