Home Runs : 1992 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)
 

1992 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Juan Gonzalez 43 Texas Rangers 1
Mark McGwire 42 Oakland Athletics 2
Cecil Fielder 35 Detroit Tigers 3
Albert Belle 34 Cleveland Indians 4
Joe Carter 34 Toronto Blue Jays  
Rob Deer 32 Detroit Tigers 6
Mickey Tettleton 32 Detroit Tigers  
Ken Griffey, Jr. 27 Seattle Mariners 8
Jose Canseco 26 Oakland Athletics 9
Texas Rangers  
Dean Palmer 26 Texas Rangers  
Dave Winfield 26 Toronto Blue Jays  
George Bell 25 Chicago White Sox 12
Jay Buhner 25 Seattle Mariners  
Danny Tartabull 25 New York Yankees  
Mike Devereaux 24 Baltimore Orioles 15
Frank Thomas 24 Chicago White Sox  
Greg Vaughn 23 Milwaukee Brewers 17
Matt Nokes 22 New York Yankees 18
Rafael Palmeiro 22 Texas Rangers  
Brady Anderson 21 Baltimore Orioles 20
Carlos Baerga 20 Cleveland Indians 21
Travis Fryman 20 Detroit Tigers  
Chris Hoiles 20 Baltimore Orioles  
Candy Maldonado 20 Toronto Blue Jays  
Kirby Puckett 19 Minnesota Twins 25



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

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).