1978 Home Runs Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank
Jim Rice	46	Boston Red Sox	1
Don Baylor	34	California Angels	2
Larry Hisle	34	Milwaukee Brewers
Andre Thornton	33	Cleveland Indians	4
Gorman Thomas	32	Milwaukee Brewers	5
Bobby Bonds	31	Chicago White Sox	6
		Texas Rangers
Rico Carty	31	Toronto Blue Jays
		Oakland Athletics
Doug DeCinces	28	Baltimore Orioles	8
Gary Alexander	27	Oakland Athletics	9
		Cleveland Indians
Reggie Jackson	27	New York Yankees
Eddie Murray	27	Baltimore Orioles
Graig Nettles	27	New York Yankees
Jason Thompson	26	Detroit Tigers	13
Lee May	25	Baltimore Orioles	14
Dwight Evans	24	Boston Red Sox	15
Rusty Staub	24	Detroit Tigers
Fred Lynn	22	Boston Red Sox	17
John Mayberry	22	Toronto Blue Jays
Amos Otis	22	Kansas City Royals
Leon Roberts	22	Seattle Mariners
Richie Zisk	22	Texas Rangers
Carlton Fisk	20	Boston Red Sox	22
Ken Singleton	20	Baltimore Orioles
Eric Soderholm	20	Chicago White Sox
Roy Smalley	19	Minnesota Twins	25
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank

	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 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.