Home Runs : 1911 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:

"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)
 

1911 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Baker 11 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Ty Cobb 8 Detroit Tigers 2
Tris Speaker 8 Boston Red Sox  
Sam Crawford 7 Detroit Tigers 4
Joe Jackson 7 Cleveland Naps  
Duffy Lewis 7 Boston Red Sox  
Danny Murphy 6 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Ping Bodie 4 Chicago White Sox 8
Shano Collins 4 Chicago White Sox  
Birdie Cree 4 New York Highlanders  
Larry Gardner 4 Boston Red Sox  
Doc Gessler 4 Washington Senators  
Harry Hooper 4 Boston Red Sox  
Harry Wolter 4 New York Highlanders  
Neal Ball 3 Cleveland Naps 15
Nixey Callahan 3 Chicago White Sox  
Hal Chase 3 New York Highlanders  
Eddie Collins 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bill Cunningham 3 Washington Senators  
Jim Delahanty 3 Detroit Tigers  
Roy Hartzell 3 New York Highlanders  
Otis Johnson 3 New York Highlanders  
John Knight 3 New York Highlanders  
Joe Kutina 3 St. Louis Browns  
Bris Lord 3 Philadelphia Athletics  



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.

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?