Home Runs : 1964 American League Top 25

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1964 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Harmon Killebrew 49 Minnesota Twins 1
Boog Powell 39 Baltimore Orioles 2
Mickey Mantle 35 New York Yankees 3
Rocky Colavito 34 Kansas City Athletics 4
Dick Stuart 33 Boston Red Sox 5
Bob Allison 32 Minnesota Twins 6
Tony Oliva 32 Minnesota Twins  
Leon Wagner 31 Cleveland Indians 8
Felix Mantilla 30 Boston Red Sox 9
Jim Gentile 28 Kansas City Athletics 10
Don Lock 28 Washington Senators  
Joe Pepitone 28 New York Yankees  
Brooks Robinson 28 Baltimore Orioles  
Roger Maris 26 New York Yankees 14
Jimmie Hall 25 Minnesota Twins 15
Tony Conigliaro 24 Boston Red Sox 16
Dick McAuliffe 24 Detroit Tigers  
Norm Cash 23 Detroit Tigers 18
Don Mincher 23 Minnesota Twins  
Pete Ward 23 Chicago White Sox  
Sam Bowens 22 Baltimore Orioles 21
Don Demeter 22 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Adcock 21 Los Angeles Angels 23
Ron Hansen 20 Chicago White Sox 24
Zoilo Versalles 20 Minnesota Twins  



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

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.

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).