Home Runs : 1912 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)
 

1912 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Baker 10 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Tris Speaker 10 Boston Red Sox  
Ty Cobb 7 Detroit Tigers 3
Duffy Lewis 6 Boston Red Sox 4
Danny Moeller 6 Washington Senators  
Guy Zinn 6 New York Highlanders  
Ping Bodie 5 Chicago White Sox 7
Harry Lord 5 Chicago White Sox  
Del Pratt 5 St. Louis Browns  
Hal Chase 4 New York Highlanders 10
Sam Crawford 4 Detroit Tigers  
Larry Gardner 3 Boston Red Sox 12
Joe Jackson 3 Cleveland Naps  
Stuffy McInnis 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jake Stahl 3 Boston Red Sox  
Amos Strunk 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jimmy Austin 2 St. Louis Browns 17
Donie Bush 2 Detroit Tigers  
Carl Cashion 2 Washington Senators  
Shano Collins 2 Chicago White Sox  
Pete Compton 2 St. Louis Browns  
Bert Daniels 2 New York Highlanders  
Ted Easterly 2 Cleveland Naps  
Chicago White Sox  
Eddie Foster 2 Washington Senators  
Chick Gandil 2 Washington Senators  



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?

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.

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.