Home Runs : 1942 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1942 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ted Williams 36 Boston Red Sox 1
Chet Laabs 27 St. Louis Browns 2
Charlie Keller 26 New York Yankees 3
Joe DiMaggio 21 New York Yankees 4
Rudy York 21 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Gordon 18 New York Yankees 6
Wally Judnich 17 St. Louis Browns 7
Bobby Doerr 15 Boston Red Sox 8
Dom DiMaggio 14 Boston Red Sox 9
Les Fleming 14 Cleveland Indians  
Vern Stephens 14 St. Louis Browns  
Jimmy Bloodworth 13 Detroit Tigers 12
Tommy Henrich 13 New York Yankees  
Bob Johnson 13 Philadelphia Athletics  
George McQuinn 12 St. Louis Browns 15
Jim Tabor 12 Boston Red Sox  
Pinky Higgins 11 Detroit Tigers 17
Mike Chartak 10 New York Yankees 18
Washington Senators  
St. Louis Browns  
Jeff Heath 10 Cleveland Indians  
Ned Harris 9 Detroit Tigers 20
Mickey Vernon 9 Washington Senators  
Bobby Estalella 8 Washington Senators 22
Red Rolfe 8 New York Yankees  
Harlond Clift 7 St. Louis Browns 24
Oris Hockett 7 Cleveland Indians  



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.

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).

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