babe ruth has the most home runs in the american league.
babe ruth has the most home runs in the american league.
who has the most home runs in the american league?
babe ruth
williams had the best season of his career in 1922, leading the american league with 39 home runs and 155 runs batted in, as the browns finished the season one game behind the pennant-winning new york yankees. 32 of his 39 home runs were hit at home in sportsman's park. on august 7, 1922, during a game against the washington senators, he became the first player in american league history to hit two home runs in one inning. his 39 home runs topped babe ruth, who had led the league the previous four seasons, although ruth had been suspended well into the season by baseball commissioner kenesaw mountain landis for violating a curb on barnstorming. williams was one of only two players to break babe ruth's twelve-year string in which he led the american league in home runs (the other being bob meusel). also in , williams also became the first player in major league history to have 30 home runs and 30-plus stolen bases in the same season; a feat which would not be achieved again until willie mays accomplished it with the new york giants in .
ken williams (baseball)
cabrera was named the american league player of the week for the week of september 26–october 2. cabrera batted .565 (13-for-23) with six runs scored, a double, four home runs and 13 rbi over six games. cabrera finished the period first in hits, rbi, batting average, slugging percentage (1.130) and on-base percentage (.583), second in home runs and total bases (26), and tied for third in runs scored in the american league. this marked cabrera's 15th weekly honor, tying him with barry bonds for the second-most all-time. cabrera was named the american league player of the month for the period of september 1 to october 2. cabrera batted .347 (34-for-98) with 20 runs scored, four doubles, 10 home runs and 27 rbi over 26 games to claim his sixth career player of the month award. among american league leaders in september with a minimum of 80 at-bats, cabrera finished second in slugging percentage (.694), tied for second in home runs and rbi, third in on-base percentage (.443), fourth in batting average, and tied for fourth in hits and runs scored.
miguel cabrera