Home Runs : 1970 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)
 

1970 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Frank Howard 44 Washington Senators 1
Harmon Killebrew 41 Minnesota Twins 2
Carl Yastrzemski 40 Boston Red Sox 3
Tony Conigliaro 36 Boston Red Sox 4
Boog Powell 35 Baltimore Orioles 5
Bill Melton 33 Chicago White Sox 6
Tommy Harper 31 Milwaukee Brewers 7
Rico Petrocelli 29 Boston Red Sox 8
Don Mincher 27 Oakland Athletics 9
Bob Oliver 27 Kansas City Royals  
Graig Nettles 26 Cleveland Indians 11
Frank Robinson 25 Baltimore Orioles 12
Jim Northrup 24 Detroit Tigers 13
Vada Pinson 24 Cleveland Indians  
Roy Foster 23 Cleveland Indians 15
Reggie Jackson 23 Oakland Athletics  
Bobby Murcer 23 New York Yankees  
Tony Oliva 23 Minnesota Twins  
Duke Sims 23 Cleveland Indians  
Bert Campaneris 22 Oakland Athletics 20
Jim Fregosi 22 California Angels  
Reggie Smith 22 Boston Red Sox  
Roy White 22 New York Yankees  
Sal Bando 20 Oakland Athletics 24
Mike Epstein 20 Washington Senators  



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.

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).

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