Home Runs : 1946 American League Top 25

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1946 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Hank Greenberg 44 Detroit Tigers 1
Ted Williams 38 Boston Red Sox 2
Charlie Keller 30 New York Yankees 3
Pat Seerey 26 Cleveland Indians 4
Joe DiMaggio 25 New York Yankees 5
Sam Chapman 20 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Tommy Henrich 19 New York Yankees 7
Bobby Doerr 18 Boston Red Sox 8
Rudy York 17 Boston Red Sox 9
Jeff Heath 16 Washington Senators 10
St. Louis Browns  
Chet Laabs 16 St. Louis Browns  
Aaron Robinson 16 New York Yankees  
Stan Spence 16 Washington Senators  
Roy Cullenbine 15 Detroit Tigers 14
Wally Judnich 15 St. Louis Browns  
Vern Stephens 14 St. Louis Browns 16
Ken Keltner 13 Cleveland Indians 17
Dick Wakefield 12 Detroit Tigers 18
Joe Gordon 11 New York Yankees 19
Hank Edwards 10 Cleveland Indians 20
Johnny Lindell 10 New York Yankees  
Nick Etten 9 New York Yankees 22
Les Fleming 8 Cleveland Indians 23
Eddie Lake 8 Detroit Tigers  
Mickey Vernon 8 Washington Senators  



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 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).