Home Runs : 1935 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1935 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jimmie Foxx 36 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Hank Greenberg 36 Detroit Tigers  
Lou Gehrig 30 New York Yankees 3
Bob Johnson 28 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Hal Trosky 26 Cleveland Indians 5
Pinky Higgins 23 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Zeke Bonura 21 Chicago White Sox 7
Earl Averill 19 Cleveland Indians 8
Charlie Gehringer 19 Detroit Tigers  
Moose Solters 18 Boston Red Sox 10
St. Louis Browns  
Ed Coleman 17 Philadelphia Athletics 11
St. Louis Browns  
Odell Hale 16 Cleveland Indians 12
Al Simmons 16 Chicago White Sox  
Pete Fox 15 Detroit Tigers 14
Bill Dickey 14 New York Yankees 15
Bill Werber 14 Boston Red Sox  
Tony Lazzeri 13 New York Yankees 17
Harlond Clift 11 St. Louis Browns 18
George Selkirk 11 New York Yankees  
Rip Radcliff 10 Chicago White Sox 20
Joe Vosmik 10 Cleveland Indians  
Sam West 10 St. Louis Browns  
Joe Cronin 9 Boston Red Sox 23
Babe Dahlgren 9 Boston Red Sox  
Goose Goslin 9 Detroit Tigers  



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.

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