1988 Home Runs Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank
Jose Canseco	42	Oakland Athletics	1
Fred McGriff	34	Toronto Blue Jays	2
Mark McGwire	32	Oakland Athletics	3
Gary Gaetti	28	Minnesota Twins	4
Eddie Murray	28	Baltimore Orioles
Joe Carter	27	Cleveland Indians	6
Jack Clark	27	New York Yankees
Cory Snyder	26	Cleveland Indians	8
Danny Tartabull	26	Kansas City Royals
Brian Downing	25	California Angels	10
Kent Hrbek	25	Minnesota Twins
Bo Jackson	25	Kansas City Royals
Fred Lynn	25	Baltimore Orioles
		Detroit Tigers
Dave Winfield	25	New York Yankees
George Bell	24	Toronto Blue Jays	15
George Brett	24	Kansas City Royals
Dave Henderson	24	Oakland Athletics
Ken Phelps	24	Seattle Mariners
		New York Yankees
Kirby Puckett	24	Minnesota Twins
Steve Balboni	23	Kansas City Royals	20
		Seattle Mariners
Rob Deer	23	Milwaukee Brewers
Cal Ripken, Jr.	23	Baltimore Orioles
Ruben Sierra	23	Texas Rangers
Darrell Evans	22	Detroit Tigers	24
Mike Greenwell	22	Boston Red Sox
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). 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. 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.