Home Runs : 1993 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1993 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Juan Gonzalez 46 Texas Rangers 1
Ken Griffey, Jr. 45 Seattle Mariners 2
Frank Thomas 41 Chicago White Sox 3
Albert Belle 38 Cleveland Indians 4
Rafael Palmeiro 37 Texas Rangers 5
Joe Carter 33 Toronto Blue Jays 6
Dean Palmer 33 Texas Rangers  
Mickey Tettleton 32 Detroit Tigers 8
Tim Salmon 31 California Angels 9
Danny Tartabull 31 New York Yankees  
Cecil Fielder 30 Detroit Tigers 11
Greg Vaughn 30 Milwaukee Brewers  
Chris Hoiles 29 Baltimore Orioles 13
Mo Vaughn 29 Boston Red Sox  
Jay Buhner 27 Seattle Mariners 15
Chili Davis 27 California Angels  
Mike Stanley 26 New York Yankees 17
Kent Hrbek 25 Minnesota Twins 18
John Olerud 24 Toronto Blue Jays 19
Cal Ripken, Jr. 24 Baltimore Orioles  
Travis Fryman 22 Detroit Tigers 21
Paul Molitor 22 Toronto Blue Jays  
Kirby Puckett 22 Minnesota Twins  
Ruben Sierra 22 Oakland Athletics  
Robin Ventura 22 Chicago White Sox  



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.