2005 Home Runs Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank
Alex Rodriguez	48	New York Yankees	1
David Ortiz	47	Boston Red Sox	2
Manny Ramirez	45	Boston Red Sox	3
Mark Teixeira	43	Texas Rangers	4
Paul Konerko	40	Chicago White Sox	5
Richie Sexson	39	Seattle Mariners	6
Alfonso Soriano	36	Texas Rangers	7
Gary Sheffield	34	New York Yankees	8
Travis Hafner	33	Cleveland Indians	9
Jason Giambi	32	New York Yankees	10
Vladimir Guerrero	32	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Jermaine Dye	31	Chicago White Sox	12
David Dellucci	29	Texas Rangers	13
Jorge Cantu	28	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	14
Vernon Wells	28	Toronto Blue Jays
Eric Chavez	27	Oakland Athletics	16
Melvin Mora	27	Baltimore Orioles
Jay Gibbons	26	Baltimore Orioles	18
Miguel Tejada	26	Baltimore Orioles
Hank Blalock	25	Texas Rangers	20
Kevin Mench	25	Texas Rangers
Jhonny Peralta	24	Cleveland Indians	22
Michael Young	24	Texas Rangers
Casey Blake	23	Cleveland Indians	24
Carl Everett	23	Chicago White Sox
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank

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