Home Runs : 1991 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)
 

1991 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Jose Canseco 44 Oakland Athletics 1
Cecil Fielder 44 Detroit Tigers  
Cal Ripken, Jr. 34 Baltimore Orioles 3
Joe Carter 33 Toronto Blue Jays 4
Frank Thomas 32 Chicago White Sox 5
Danny Tartabull 31 Kansas City Royals 6
Mickey Tettleton 31 Detroit Tigers  
Chili Davis 29 Minnesota Twins 8
Albert Belle 28 Cleveland Indians 9
Jack Clark 28 Boston Red Sox  
Dave Winfield 28 California Angels  
Jay Buhner 27 Seattle Mariners 12
Juan Gonzalez 27 Texas Rangers  
Greg Vaughn 27 Milwaukee Brewers  
Rafael Palmeiro 26 Texas Rangers 15
Rob Deer 25 Detroit Tigers 16
Dave Henderson 25 Oakland Athletics  
Ruben Sierra 25 Texas Rangers  
Matt Nokes 24 New York Yankees 19
Sam Horn 23 Baltimore Orioles 20
Kevin Maas 23 New York Yankees  
Robin Ventura 23 Chicago White Sox  
Lou Whitaker 23 Detroit Tigers  
Ken Griffey, Jr. 22 Seattle Mariners 24
Mark McGwire 22 Oakland Athletics  



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.

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

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.