Home Runs : 1938 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1938 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Hank Greenberg 58 Detroit Tigers 1
Jimmie Foxx 50 Boston Red Sox 2
Harlond Clift 34 St. Louis Browns 3
Rudy York 33 Detroit Tigers 4
Joe DiMaggio 32 New York Yankees 5
Bob Johnson 30 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Lou Gehrig 29 New York Yankees 7
Bill Dickey 27 New York Yankees 8
Ken Keltner 26 Cleveland Indians 9
Joe Gordon 25 New York Yankees 10
Zeke Bonura 22 Washington Senators 11
Tommy Henrich 22 New York Yankees  
Jeff Heath 21 Cleveland Indians 13
Al Simmons 21 Washington Senators  
Charlie Gehringer 20 Detroit Tigers 15
Hal Trosky 19 Cleveland Indians 16
Sam Chapman 17 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Joe Cronin 17 Boston Red Sox  
Gee Walker 16 Chicago White Sox 19
Earl Averill 14 Cleveland Indians 20
Beau Bell 13 St. Louis Browns 21
Bruce Campbell 12 Cleveland Indians 22
Buddy Lewis 12 Washington Senators  
George McQuinn 12 St. Louis Browns  
Frankie Hayes 11 Philadelphia Athletics 25



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).

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.