Home Runs : 1939 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)
 

1939 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jimmie Foxx 35 Boston Red Sox 1
Hank Greenberg 33 Detroit Tigers 2
Ted Williams 31 Boston Red Sox 3
Joe DiMaggio 30 New York Yankees 4
Joe Gordon 28 New York Yankees 5
Hal Trosky 25 Cleveland Indians 6
Bill Dickey 24 New York Yankees 7
Bob Johnson 23 Philadelphia Athletics 8
George Selkirk 21 New York Yankees 9
Frankie Hayes 20 Philadelphia Athletics 10
George McQuinn 20 St. Louis Browns  
Rudy York 20 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Cronin 19 Boston Red Sox 13
Charlie Gehringer 16 Detroit Tigers 14
Sam Chapman 15 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Harlond Clift 15 St. Louis Browns  
Babe Dahlgren 15 New York Yankees  
Joe Kuhel 15 Chicago White Sox  
Jeff Heath 14 Cleveland Indians 19
Red Rolfe 14 New York Yankees  
Jim Tabor 14 Boston Red Sox  
Ken Keltner 13 Cleveland Indians 22
Gee Walker 13 Chicago White Sox  
Bobby Doerr 12 Boston Red Sox 24
Bill Nagel 12 Philadelphia Athletics  



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.

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.