Home Runs : 1921 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)
 

1921 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth 59 New York Yankees 1
Bob Meusel 24 New York Yankees 2
Ken Williams 24 St. Louis Browns  
Tilly Walker 23 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Harry Heilmann 19 Detroit Tigers 5
Jimmy Dykes 16 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Elmer Smith 16 Cleveland Indians  
Bobby Veach 16 Detroit Tigers  
Ty Cobb 12 Detroit Tigers 9
Cy Perkins 12 Philadelphia Athletics  
George Sisler 12 St. Louis Browns  
Earl Sheely 11 Chicago White Sox 12
Joe Dugan 10 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Frank Baker 9 New York Yankees 14
Bing Miller 9 Washington Senators  
Harry Hooper 8 Chicago White Sox 16
Roger Peckinpaugh 8 New York Yankees  
Wally Pipp 8 New York Yankees  
Jack Tobin 8 St. Louis Browns  
Patsy Gharrity 7 Washington Senators 20
Joe Judge 7 Washington Senators  
Howie Shanks 7 Washington Senators  
Frank Welch 7 Philadelphia Athletics  
Wally Schang 6 New York Yankees 24
Lu Blue 5 Detroit Tigers 25



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.

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.