Home Runs : 1984 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)
 

1984 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tony Armas 43 Boston Red Sox 1
Dave Kingman 35 Oakland Athletics 2
Dwayne Murphy 33 Oakland Athletics 3
Lance Parrish 33 Detroit Tigers  
Andre Thornton 33 Cleveland Indians  
Tom Brunansky 32 Minnesota Twins 6
Dwight Evans 32 Boston Red Sox  
Ron Kittle 32 Chicago White Sox  
Harold Baines 29 Chicago White Sox 9
Eddie Murray 29 Baltimore Orioles  
Steve Balboni 28 Kansas City Royals 11
Jim Rice 28 Boston Red Sox  
Don Baylor 27 New York Yankees 13
Alvin Davis 27 Seattle Mariners  
Mike Easler 27 Boston Red Sox  
Kirk Gibson 27 Detroit Tigers  
Kent Hrbek 27 Minnesota Twins  
Cal Ripken, Jr. 27 Baltimore Orioles  
George Bell 26 Toronto Blue Jays 19
Reggie Jackson 25 California Angels 20
Rich Gedman 24 Boston Red Sox 21
Ken Phelps 24 Seattle Mariners  
Greg Walker 24 Chicago White Sox  
Brian Downing 23 California Angels 24
Fred Lynn 23 California Angels  



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.

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

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.