Home Runs : 1940 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)
 

1940 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Hank Greenberg 41 Detroit Tigers 1
Jimmie Foxx 36 Boston Red Sox 2
Rudy York 33 Detroit Tigers 3
Joe DiMaggio 31 New York Yankees 4
Bob Johnson 31 Philadelphia Athletics  
Joe Gordon 30 New York Yankees 6
Joe Kuhel 27 Chicago White Sox 7
Hal Trosky 25 Cleveland Indians 8
Joe Cronin 24 Boston Red Sox 9
Wally Judnich 24 St. Louis Browns  
Sam Chapman 23 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Ted Williams 23 Boston Red Sox  
Bobby Doerr 22 Boston Red Sox 13
Charlie Keller 21 New York Yankees 14
Jim Tabor 21 Boston Red Sox  
Harlond Clift 20 St. Louis Browns 16
George Selkirk 19 New York Yankees 17
Johnny Berardino 16 St. Louis Browns 18
Frankie Hayes 16 Philadelphia Athletics  
George McQuinn 16 St. Louis Browns  
Ken Keltner 15 Cleveland Indians 21
Jeff Heath 14 Cleveland Indians 22
Pinky Higgins 13 Detroit Tigers 23
Gee Walker 13 Washington Senators  
Babe Dahlgren 12 New York Yankees 25



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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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).