1997 Home Runs Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank
Ken Griffey, Jr.	56	Seattle Mariners	1
Tino Martinez	44	New York Yankees	2
Juan Gonzalez	42	Texas Rangers	3
Jay Buhner	40	Seattle Mariners	4
Jim Thome	40	Cleveland Indians
Rafael Palmeiro	38	Baltimore Orioles	6
Frank Thomas	35	Chicago White Sox	7
Mo Vaughn	35	Boston Red Sox
Mark McGwire	34	Oakland Athletics	9
David Justice	33	Cleveland Indians	10
Tim Salmon	33	Anaheim Angels
Tony Clark	32	Detroit Tigers	12
Matt Williams	32	Cleveland Indians
Paul Sorrento	31	Seattle Mariners	14
Albert Belle	30	Chicago White Sox	15
Chili Davis	30	Kansas City Royals
Carlos Delgado	30	Toronto Blue Jays
Nomar Garciaparra	30	Boston Red Sox
Jeff King	28	Kansas City Royals	19
Edgar Martinez	28	Seattle Mariners
Jeromy Burnitz	27	Milwaukee Brewers	21
Bobby Higginson	27	Detroit Tigers
Matt Stairs	27	Oakland Athletics
Geronimo Berroa	26	Oakland Athletics	24
		Baltimore Orioles
Jose Cruz, Jr.	26	Seattle Mariners
		Toronto Blue Jays
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank

	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. 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?