Home Runs : 1965 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)
 

1965 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tony Conigliaro 32 Boston Red Sox 1
Norm Cash 30 Detroit Tigers 2
Willie Horton 29 Detroit Tigers 3
Leon Wagner 28 Cleveland Indians 4
Rocky Colavito 26 Cleveland Indians 5
Tom Tresh 26 New York Yankees  
Fred Whitfield 26 Cleveland Indians  
Harmon Killebrew 25 Minnesota Twins 8
Bob Allison 23 Minnesota Twins 9
Ken Harrelson 23 Kansas City Athletics  
Curt Blefary 22 Baltimore Orioles 11
Don Mincher 22 Minnesota Twins  
Lee Thomas 22 Boston Red Sox  
Max Alvis 21 Cleveland Indians 14
Frank Howard 21 Washington Senators  
Jimmie Hall 20 Minnesota Twins 16
Carl Yastrzemski 20 Boston Red Sox  
Mickey Mantle 19 New York Yankees 18
Zoilo Versalles 19 Minnesota Twins  
Clete Boyer 18 New York Yankees 20
Chuck Hinton 18 Cleveland Indians  
Al Kaline 18 Detroit Tigers  
Felix Mantilla 18 Boston Red Sox  
Ken McMullen 18 Washington Senators  
Joe Pepitone 18 New York Yankees  



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).

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.