Home Runs : 1986 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1986 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jesse Barfield 40 Toronto Blue Jays 1
Dave Kingman 35 Oakland Athletics 2
Gary Gaetti 34 Minnesota Twins 3
Jose Canseco 33 Oakland Athletics 4
Rob Deer 33 Milwaukee Brewers  
Don Baylor 31 Boston Red Sox 6
George Bell 31 Toronto Blue Jays  
Don Mattingly 31 New York Yankees  
Kirby Puckett 31 Minnesota Twins  
Pete Incaviglia 30 Texas Rangers 10
Steve Balboni 29 Kansas City Royals 11
Joe Carter 29 Cleveland Indians  
Darrell Evans 29 Detroit Tigers  
Kent Hrbek 29 Minnesota Twins  
Kirk Gibson 28 Detroit Tigers 15
Rickey Henderson 28 New York Yankees  
Mike Pagliarulo 28 New York Yankees  
Larry Parrish 28 Texas Rangers  
Jim Presley 27 Seattle Mariners 19
Doug DeCinces 26 California Angels 20
Dwight Evans 26 Boston Red Sox  
Cal Ripken, Jr. 25 Baltimore Orioles 22
Danny Tartabull 25 Seattle Mariners  
Ken Phelps 24 Seattle Mariners 24
Cory Snyder 24 Cleveland Indians  



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).

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.