Top 25 Home Runs in 2000 in the American League

Home Runs : 2000 American League Top 25

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"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)

2000 Home Runs Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Home Runs Team Rank

Troy Glaus 47 Anaheim Angels 1

Jason Giambi 43 Oakland Athletics 2

Frank Thomas 43 Chicago White Sox

Tony Batista 41 Toronto Blue Jays 4

Carlos Delgado 41 Toronto Blue Jays

David Justice 41 Cleveland Indians

New York Yankees

Alex Rodriguez 41 Seattle Mariners

Rafael Palmeiro 39 Texas Rangers 8

Manny Ramirez 38 Cleveland Indians 9

Edgar Martinez 37 Seattle Mariners 10

Jim Thome 37 Cleveland Indians

Mo Vaughn 36 Anaheim Angels 12

Garret Anderson 35 Anaheim Angels 13

Carl Everett 34 Boston Red Sox 14

Tim Salmon 34 Anaheim Angels

Jermaine Dye 33 Kansas City Royals 16

Brad Fullmer 32 Toronto Blue Jays 17

Magglio Ordonez 32 Chicago White Sox

Jose Cruz, Jr. 31 Toronto Blue Jays 19

Charles Johnson 31 Baltimore Orioles

Chicago White Sox

Bobby Higginson 30 Detroit Tigers 21

Miguel Tejada 30 Oakland Athletics

Bernie Williams 30 New York Yankees

Dean Palmer 29 Detroit Tigers 24

Mike Sweeney 29 Kansas City Royals

Name Home Runs Team Rank

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

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).

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?

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