Home Runs : 1990 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1990 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cecil Fielder 51 Detroit Tigers 1
Mark McGwire 39 Oakland Athletics 2
Jose Canseco 37 Oakland Athletics 3
Fred McGriff 35 Toronto Blue Jays 4
Kelly Gruber 31 Toronto Blue Jays 5
Rickey Henderson 28 Oakland Athletics 6
Bo Jackson 28 Kansas City Royals  
Rob Deer 27 Milwaukee Brewers 8
Jesse Barfield 25 New York Yankees 9
Pete Incaviglia 24 Texas Rangers 10
Lance Parrish 24 California Angels  
Ken Griffey, Jr. 22 Seattle Mariners 12
Kent Hrbek 22 Minnesota Twins  
Candy Maldonado 22 Cleveland Indians  
George Bell 21 Toronto Blue Jays 15
Ellis Burks 21 Boston Red Sox  
Kevin Maas 21 New York Yankees  
Dave Parker 21 Milwaukee Brewers  
Cal Ripken, Jr. 21 Baltimore Orioles  
Dave Winfield 21 New York Yankees  
California Angels  
Dave Henderson 20 Oakland Athletics 21
Randy Milligan 20 Baltimore Orioles  
Carlton Fisk 18 Chicago White Sox 23
Ron Kittle 18 Chicago White Sox  
Baltimore Orioles  
Lou Whitaker 18 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).