Home Runs : 1914 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1914 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Baker 9 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Sam Crawford 8 Detroit Tigers 2
Jack Fournier 6 Chicago White Sox 3
Tilly Walker 6 St. Louis Browns  
George Burns 5 Detroit Tigers 5
Del Pratt 5 St. Louis Browns  
Marty Kavanagh 4 Detroit Tigers 7
Howie Shanks 4 Washington Senators  
Tris Speaker 4 Boston Red Sox  
Jimmy Walsh 4 New York Yankees  
Philadelphia Athletics  
Gus Williams 4 St. Louis Browns  
Ping Bodie 3 Chicago White Sox 12
Shano Collins 3 Chicago White Sox  
Chick Gandil 3 Washington Senators  
Larry Gardner 3 Boston Red Sox  
Joe Jackson 3 Cleveland Naps  
Walter Johnson 3 Washington Senators  
Eddie Murphy 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Rube Oldring 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Roger Peckinpaugh 3 New York Yankees  
Wally Schang 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ray Chapman 2 Cleveland Naps 22
Ty Cobb 2 Detroit Tigers  
Eddie Collins 2 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ray Demmitt 2 Detroit Tigers  
Chicago White Sox  



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.

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.