Home Runs : 1880 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1880 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Jim O'Rourke 6 Boston Red Caps 1
Harry Stovey 6 Worcester Ruby Legs  
Charley Jones 5 Boston Red Caps 3
Fred Dunlap 4 Cleveland Blues 4
Roger Connor 3 Troy Trojans 5
Jack Farrell 3 Providence Grays  
Paul Hines 3 Providence Grays  
John O'Rourke 3 Boston Red Caps  
Jack Burdock 2 Boston Red Caps 9
Curry Foley 2 Boston Red Caps  
Pete Gillespie 2 Troy Trojans  
George Gore 2 Chicago White Stockings  
Jack Manning 2 Cincinnati Reds  
Mike Mansell 2 Cincinnati Reds  
John Morrill 2 Boston Red Caps  
Cap Anson 1 Chicago White Stockings 16
John Clapp 1 Cincinnati Reds  
Barney Gilligan 1 Cleveland Blues  
Emil Gross 1 Providence Grays  
Frank Hankinson 1 Cleveland Blues  
Joe Hornung 1 Buffalo Bisons  
Sadie Houck 1 Boston Red Caps  
Providence Grays  
Arthur Irwin 1 Worcester Ruby Legs  
King Kelly 1 Chicago White Stockings  
Andy Leonard 1 Cincinnati Reds  



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

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.
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