Top 25 Home Runs in 1909 in the American League

Home Runs : 1909 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1909 Home Runs Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Home Runs Team Rank

Ty Cobb 9 Detroit Tigers 1

Tris Speaker 7 Boston Red Sox 2

Sam Crawford 6 Detroit Tigers 3

Jake Stahl 6 Boston Red Sox

Danny Murphy 5 Philadelphia Athletics 5

Frank Baker 4 Philadelphia Athletics 6

Hal Chase 4 New York Highlanders

Harry Davis 4 Philadelphia Athletics

Ray Demmitt 4 New York Highlanders

Hobe Ferris 4 St. Louis Browns

Eddie Collins 3 Philadelphia Athletics 11

Clyde Engle 3 New York Highlanders

Jim Stephens 3 St. Louis Browns

Bob Unglaub 3 Washington Senators

Birdie Cree 2 New York Highlanders 15

Pat Donahue 2 Boston Red Sox

Bill Hinchman 2 Cleveland Naps

Danny Hoffman 2 St. Louis Browns

George Stovall 2 Cleveland Naps

Harry Wolter 2 Boston Red Sox

Dave Altizer 1 Chicago White Sox 21

Jimmy Austin 1 New York Highlanders

Neal Ball 1 New York Highlanders

Cleveland Naps

Jack Barry 1 Philadelphia Athletics

Joe Birmingham 1 Cleveland Naps

Name Home Runs Team Rank

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.

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).

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?

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