Top 25 Home Runs in 1996 in the American League

Home Runs : 1996 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)

1996 Home Runs Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Home Runs Team Rank

Mark McGwire 52 Oakland Athletics 1

Brady Anderson 50 Baltimore Orioles 2

Ken Griffey, Jr. 49 Seattle Mariners 3

Albert Belle 48 Cleveland Indians 4

Juan Gonzalez 47 Texas Rangers 5

Jay Buhner 44 Seattle Mariners 6

Mo Vaughn 44 Boston Red Sox

Frank Thomas 40 Chicago White Sox 8

Cecil Fielder 39 Detroit Tigers 9

New York Yankees

Rafael Palmeiro 39 Baltimore Orioles

Dean Palmer 38 Texas Rangers 11

Jim Thome 38 Cleveland Indians

Geronimo Berroa 36 Oakland Athletics 13

Alex Rodriguez 36 Seattle Mariners

Ed Sprague 36 Toronto Blue Jays

Terry Steinbach 35 Oakland Athletics 16

John Jaha 34 Milwaukee Brewers 17

Robin Ventura 34 Chicago White Sox

Manny Ramirez 33 Cleveland Indians 19

Greg Vaughn 31 Milwaukee Brewers 20

Joe Carter 30 Toronto Blue Jays 21

Tim Salmon 30 California Angels

Bernie Williams 29 New York Yankees 23

Bobby Bonilla 28 Baltimore Orioles 24

Jose Canseco 28 Boston Red Sox

Name Home Runs Team Rank

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.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.

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