Home Runs : 1932 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)
 

1932 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jimmie Foxx 58 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Babe Ruth 41 New York Yankees 2
Al Simmons 35 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Lou Gehrig 34 New York Yankees 4
Earl Averill 32 Cleveland Indians 5
Mickey Cochrane 23 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Charlie Gehringer 19 Detroit Tigers 7
Smead Jolley 18 Chicago White Sox 8
Boston Red Sox  
Eric McNair 18 Philadelphia Athletics  
Goose Goslin 17 St. Louis Browns 10
John Stone 17 Detroit Tigers  
Bill Dickey 15 New York Yankees 12
Tony Lazzeri 15 New York Yankees  
Bruce Campbell 14 Chicago White Sox 14
St. Louis Browns  
Roy Johnson 14 Detroit Tigers  
Boston Red Sox  
Heinie Manush 14 Washington Senators  
Jack Burns 11 St. Louis Browns 17
Red Kress 11 St. Louis Browns  
Chicago White Sox  
Joe Sewell 11 New York Yankees  
Ben Chapman 10 New York Yankees 20
Joe Vosmik 10 Cleveland Indians  
Earle Combs 9 New York Yankees 22
Carl Reynolds 9 Washington Senators  
Billy Rogell 9 Detroit Tigers  
Fred Schulte 9 St. Louis Browns  



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.

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.