Home Runs : 1983 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)
 

1983 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jim Rice 39 Boston Red Sox 1
Tony Armas 36 Boston Red Sox 2
Ron Kittle 35 Chicago White Sox 3
Eddie Murray 33 Baltimore Orioles 4
Greg Luzinski 32 Chicago White Sox 5
Dave Winfield 32 New York Yankees  
Cecil Cooper 30 Milwaukee Brewers 7
Tom Brunansky 28 Minnesota Twins 8
Jesse Barfield 27 Toronto Blue Jays 9
Lance Parrish 27 Detroit Tigers  
Cal Ripken, Jr. 27 Baltimore Orioles  
Willie Upshaw 27 Toronto Blue Jays  
Carlton Fisk 26 Chicago White Sox 13
Larry Parrish 26 Texas Rangers  
George Brett 25 Kansas City Royals 15
Chet Lemon 24 Detroit Tigers 16
Willie Aikens 23 Kansas City Royals 17
Dwight Evans 22 Boston Red Sox 18
Cliff Johnson 22 Toronto Blue Jays  
Fred Lynn 22 California Angels  
Gorman Thomas 22 Milwaukee Brewers  
Cleveland Indians  
Don Baylor 21 New York Yankees 22
Gary Gaetti 21 Minnesota Twins  
Harold Baines 20 Chicago White Sox 24
Larry Herndon 20 Detroit Tigers  



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.

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).