1971 Home Runs Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank
Bill Melton	33	Chicago White Sox	1
Norm Cash	32	Detroit Tigers	2
Reggie Jackson	32	Oakland Athletics
Reggie Smith	30	Boston Red Sox	4
Harmon Killebrew	28	Minnesota Twins	5
Graig Nettles	28	Cleveland Indians
Rico Petrocelli	28	Boston Red Sox
Frank Robinson	28	Baltimore Orioles
Frank Howard	26	Washington Senators	9
Bobby Murcer	25	New York Yankees	10
Sal Bando	24	Oakland Athletics	11
George Scott	24	Boston Red Sox
Willie Horton	22	Detroit Tigers	13
Tony Oliva	22	Minnesota Twins
Boog Powell	22	Baltimore Orioles
Johnny Briggs	21	Milwaukee Brewers	16
Bill Freehan	21	Detroit Tigers
Ken McMullen	21	California Angels
Brooks Robinson	20	Baltimore Orioles	19
Don Buford	19	Baltimore Orioles	20
Mike Epstein	19	Washington Senators
		Oakland Athletics
Rick Reichardt	19	Chicago White Sox
Roy White	19	New York Yankees
Leo Cardenas	18	Minnesota Twins	24
Roy Foster	18	Cleveland Indians
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank

	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. 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.