Home Runs : 1911 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1911 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Baker 11 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Ty Cobb 8 Detroit Tigers 2
Tris Speaker 8 Boston Red Sox  
Sam Crawford 7 Detroit Tigers 4
Joe Jackson 7 Cleveland Naps  
Duffy Lewis 7 Boston Red Sox  
Danny Murphy 6 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Ping Bodie 4 Chicago White Sox 8
Shano Collins 4 Chicago White Sox  
Birdie Cree 4 New York Highlanders  
Larry Gardner 4 Boston Red Sox  
Doc Gessler 4 Washington Senators  
Harry Hooper 4 Boston Red Sox  
Harry Wolter 4 New York Highlanders  
Neal Ball 3 Cleveland Naps 15
Nixey Callahan 3 Chicago White Sox  
Hal Chase 3 New York Highlanders  
Eddie Collins 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bill Cunningham 3 Washington Senators  
Jim Delahanty 3 Detroit Tigers  
Roy Hartzell 3 New York Highlanders  
Otis Johnson 3 New York Highlanders  
John Knight 3 New York Highlanders  
Joe Kutina 3 St. Louis Browns  
Bris Lord 3 Philadelphia Athletics  



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.

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.

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.