Home Runs : 1930 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1930 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Babe Ruth 49 New York Yankees 1
Lou Gehrig 41 New York Yankees 2
Jimmie Foxx 37 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Goose Goslin 37 Washington Senators  
St. Louis Browns  
Al Simmons 36 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Ed Morgan 26 Cleveland Indians 6
Carl Reynolds 22 Chicago White Sox 7
Dale Alexander 20 Detroit Tigers 8
Earl Averill 19 Cleveland Indians 9
Charlie Gehringer 16 Detroit Tigers 10
Smead Jolley 16 Chicago White Sox  
Red Kress 16 St. Louis Browns  
Earl Webb 16 Boston Red Sox  
Joe Cronin 13 Washington Senators 14
Phil Todt 11 Boston Red Sox 15
Max Bishop 10 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Ben Chapman 10 New York Yankees  
Mickey Cochrane 10 Philadelphia Athletics  
Joe Judge 10 Washington Senators  
Bill Akers 9 Detroit Tigers 20
Dave Harris 9 Chicago White Sox  
Washington Senators  
Johnny Hodapp 9 Cleveland Indians  
Tony Lazzeri 9 New York Yankees  
Heinie Manush 9 St. Louis Browns  
Washington Senators  
Marty McManus 9 Detroit Tigers  



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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).

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.