Home Runs : 1908 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1908 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Sam Crawford 7 Detroit Tigers 1
Bill Hinchman 6 Cleveland Naps 2
Harry Davis 5 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Harry Niles 5 New York Highlanders  
Boston Red Sox  
George Stone 5 St. Louis Browns  
Ty Cobb 4 Detroit Tigers 6
Topsy Hartsel 4 Philadelphia Athletics  
Danny Murphy 4 Philadelphia Athletics  
Simon Nicholls 4 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jimmy Williams 4 St. Louis Browns  
Doc Gessler 3 Boston Red Sox 11
Germany Schaefer 3 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Birmingham 2 Cleveland Naps 13
Hobe Ferris 2 St. Louis Browns  
Roy Hartzell 2 St. Louis Browns  
Charlie Hickman 2 Cleveland Naps  
Nap Lajoie 2 Cleveland Naps  
Harry Lord 2 Boston Red Sox  
Amby McConnell 2 Boston Red Sox  
Ollie Pickering 2 Washington Senators  
Claude Rossman 2 Detroit Tigers  
Jake Stahl 2 New York Highlanders  
Boston Red Sox  
George Stovall 2 Cleveland Naps  
Jack Thoney 2 Boston Red Sox  
Walter Blair 1 New York Highlanders 25



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?

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

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.