1879 Home Runs Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank
Charley Jones	9	Boston Red Caps	1
John O'Rourke	6	Boston Red Caps	2
Dan Brouthers	4	Troy Trojans	3
Charlie Eden	3	Cleveland Blues	4
Lew Brown	2	Providence Grays	5
		Chicago White Stockings
Buttercup Dickerson	2	Cincinnati Reds
Paul Hines	2	Providence Grays
Sadie Houck	2	Boston Red Caps
King Kelly	2	Cincinnati Reds
Pop Snyder	2	Boston Red Caps
Joe Start	2	Providence Grays
John Ward	2	Providence Grays
Ross Barnes	1	Cincinnati Reds	13
John Clapp	1	Buffalo Bisons
Ed Cogswell	1	Boston Red Caps
Mike Dorgan	1	Syracuse Stars
Jack Farrell	1	Syracuse Stars
		Providence Grays
Silver Flint	1	Chicago White Stockings
Joe Gerhardt	1	Cincinnati Reds
Pete Hotaling	1	Cincinnati Reds
Doc Kennedy	1	Cleveland Blues
Mike Mansell	1	Syracuse Stars
Bobby Mathews	1	Providence Grays
Harry McCormick	1	Syracuse Stars
Jim O'Rourke	1	Providence Grays
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. 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?