Home Runs : 1920 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)
 

1920 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth 54 New York Yankees 1
George Sisler 19 St. Louis Browns 2
Tilly Walker 17 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Happy Felsch 14 Chicago White Sox 4
Joe Jackson 12 Chicago White Sox 5
Elmer Smith 12 Cleveland Indians  
Bob Meusel 11 New York Yankees 7
Wally Pipp 11 New York Yankees  
Bobby Veach 11 Detroit Tigers  
Aaron Ward 11 New York Yankees  
Ken Williams 10 St. Louis Browns 11
Harry Heilmann 9 Detroit Tigers 12
Baby Doll Jacobson 9 St. Louis Browns  
Braggo Roth 9 Washington Senators  
Jimmy Dykes 8 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Roger Peckinpaugh 8 New York Yankees  
Tris Speaker 8 Cleveland Indians  
Ping Bodie 7 New York Yankees 18
Harry Hooper 7 Boston Red Sox  
Joe Judge 5 Washington Senators 20
Cy Perkins 5 Philadelphia Athletics  
Duffy Lewis 4 New York Yankees 22
Del Pratt 4 New York Yankees  
Wally Schang 4 Boston Red Sox  
Everett Scott 4 Boston Red Sox  



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.

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.