Home Runs : 1945 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
 

1945 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Vern Stephens 24 St. Louis Browns 1
Roy Cullenbine 18 Cleveland Indians 2
Detroit Tigers  
Nick Etten 18 New York Yankees  
Rudy York 18 Detroit Tigers  
Jeff Heath 15 Cleveland Indians 5
Pat Seerey 14 Cleveland Indians 6
Russ Derry 13 New York Yankees 7
Hank Greenberg 13 Detroit Tigers  
Bob Johnson 12 Boston Red Sox 9
Eddie Lake 11 Boston Red Sox 10
Charlie Keller 10 New York Yankees 11
Eddie Mayo 10 Detroit Tigers  
Mickey Rocco 10 Cleveland Indians  
Snuffy Stirnweiss 10 New York Yankees  
Frankie Hayes 9 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Cleveland Indians  
Milt Byrnes 8 St. Louis Browns 16
Harlond Clift 8 Washington Senators  
Bobby Estalella 8 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bud Metheny 8 New York Yankees  
Aaron Robinson 8 New York Yankees  
Hersh Martin 7 New York Yankees 21
George McQuinn 7 St. Louis Browns  
Dutch Meyer 7 Cleveland Indians  
Dick Siebert 7 Philadelphia Athletics  
George Binks 6 Washington Senators 25



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.

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.

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.