Top 25 Home Runs in 1980 in the American League

Home Runs : 1980 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)

1980 Home Runs Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Home Runs Team Rank

Reggie Jackson 41 New York Yankees 1

Ben Oglivie 41 Milwaukee Brewers

Gorman Thomas 38 Milwaukee Brewers 3

Tony Armas 35 Oakland Athletics 4

Eddie Murray 32 Baltimore Orioles 5

John Mayberry 30 Toronto Blue Jays 6

Cecil Cooper 25 Milwaukee Brewers 7

Tony Perez 25 Boston Red Sox

George Brett 24 Kansas City Royals 9

Lance Parrish 24 Detroit Tigers

Jim Rice 24 Boston Red Sox

Ken Singleton 24 Baltimore Orioles

Joe Charboneau 23 Cleveland Indians 13

Robin Yount 23 Milwaukee Brewers

Steve Kemp 21 Detroit Tigers 15

Jason Thompson 21 Detroit Tigers

California Angels

Willie Aikens 20 Kansas City Royals 17

Otto Velez 20 Toronto Blue Jays

Al Oliver 19 Texas Rangers 19

Richie Zisk 19 Texas Rangers

Dwight Evans 18 Boston Red Sox 21

Carlton Fisk 18 Boston Red Sox

Sixto Lezcano 18 Milwaukee Brewers

Buddy Bell 17 Texas Rangers 24

Don Money 17 Milwaukee Brewers

Name Home Runs Team Rank

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.

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

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?

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