1944 Home Runs Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank
Nick Etten	22	New York Yankees	1
Vern Stephens	20	St. Louis Browns	2
Johnny Lindell	18	New York Yankees	3
Stan Spence	18	Washington Senators
Rudy York	18	Detroit Tigers
Bob Johnson	17	Boston Red Sox	6
Roy Cullenbine	16	Cleveland Indians	7
Bobby Doerr	15	Boston Red Sox	8
Pat Seerey	15	Cleveland Indians
Bud Metheny	14	New York Yankees	10
Frankie Hayes	13	Philadelphia Athletics	11
Ken Keltner	13	Cleveland Indians
Mickey Rocco	13	Cleveland Indians
Jim Tabor	13	Boston Red Sox
Dick Wakefield	12	Detroit Tigers	15
George McQuinn	11	St. Louis Browns	16
Hal Trosky	10	Chicago White Sox	17
Hersh Martin	9	New York Yankees	18
Catfish Metkovich	9	Boston Red Sox
Snuffy Stirnweiss	8	New York Yankees	20
Bobby Estalella	7	Philadelphia Athletics	21
Pinky Higgins	7	Detroit Tigers
Mark Christman	6	St. Louis Browns	23
Gene Moore	6	St. Louis Browns
Dick Siebert	6	Philadelphia Athletics
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank

	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? 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).