Home Runs : 1924 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1924 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth 46 New York Yankees 1
Joe Hauser 27 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Baby Doll Jacobson 19 St. Louis Browns 3
Ken Williams 18 St. Louis Browns 4
Ike Boone 13 Boston Red Sox 5
Goose Goslin 12 Washington Senators 6
Bob Meusel 12 New York Yankees  
Harry Heilmann 10 Detroit Tigers 8
Harry Hooper 10 Chicago White Sox  
Heinie Manush 9 Detroit Tigers 10
Wally Pipp 9 New York Yankees  
George Sisler 9 St. Louis Browns  
Tris Speaker 9 Cleveland Indians  
Glenn Myatt 8 Cleveland Indians 14
Al Simmons 8 Philadelphia Athletics  
Aaron Ward 8 New York Yankees  
Bill Lamar 7 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Eddie Collins 6 Chicago White Sox 18
Bibb Falk 6 Chicago White Sox  
Willie Kamm 6 Chicago White Sox  
Bing Miller 6 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ira Flagstead 5 Boston Red Sox 22
Marty McManus 5 St. Louis Browns  
Wally Schang 5 New York Yankees  
Bobby Veach 5 Boston Red Sox  



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.

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?

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).