Home Runs : 1933 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)
 

1933 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jimmie Foxx 48 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Babe Ruth 34 New York Yankees 2
Lou Gehrig 32 New York Yankees 3
Bob Johnson 21 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Tony Lazzeri 18 New York Yankees 5
Bruce Campbell 16 St. Louis Browns 6
Mickey Cochrane 15 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Dixie Walker 15 New York Yankees  
Bill Dickey 14 New York Yankees 9
Al Simmons 14 Chicago White Sox  
Pinky Higgins 13 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Charlie Gehringer 12 Detroit Tigers 12
Hank Greenberg 12 Detroit Tigers  
Earl Averill 11 Cleveland Indians 14
Joe Kuhel 11 Washington Senators  
John Stone 11 Detroit Tigers  
Sam West 11 St. Louis Browns  
Dib Williams 11 Philadelphia Athletics  
Goose Goslin 10 Washington Senators 19
Odell Hale 10 Cleveland Indians  
Roy Johnson 10 Boston Red Sox  
Red Kress 10 Chicago White Sox  
Ben Chapman 9 New York Yankees 23
Frankie Crosetti 9 New York Yankees  
Smead Jolley 9 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.

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.

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