1979 Home Runs Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank
Gorman Thomas	45	Milwaukee Brewers	1
Fred Lynn	39	Boston Red Sox	2
Jim Rice	39	Boston Red Sox
Don Baylor	36	California Angels	4
Ken Singleton	35	Baltimore Orioles	5
Bobby Grich	30	California Angels	6
Willie Horton	29	Seattle Mariners	7
Reggie Jackson	29	New York Yankees
Ben Oglivie	29	Milwaukee Brewers
Butch Hobson	28	Boston Red Sox	10
Sixto Lezcano	28	Milwaukee Brewers
Steve Kemp	26	Detroit Tigers	12
Andre Thornton	26	Cleveland Indians
Bobby Bonds	25	Cleveland Indians	14
Eddie Murray	25	Baltimore Orioles
Gary Roenicke	25	Baltimore Orioles
Cecil Cooper	24	Milwaukee Brewers	17
Roy Smalley	24	Minnesota Twins
George Brett	23	Kansas City Royals	19
Jim Spencer	23	New York Yankees
Jeff Newman	22	Oakland Athletics	21
Willie Aikens	21	California Angels	22
Dwight Evans	21	Boston Red Sox
Dan Ford	21	California Angels
Ruppert Jones	21	Seattle Mariners
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank

	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). 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. 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?