Home Runs : 1888 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1888 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jimmy Ryan 16 Chicago White Stockings 1
Roger Connor 14 New York Giants 2
Cap Anson 12 Chicago White Stockings 3
Jerry Denny 12 Indianapolis Hoosiers  
Dick Johnston 12 Boston Beaneaters  
Dan Brouthers 9 Detroit Wolverines 6
Tom Brown 9 Boston Beaneaters  
King Kelly 9 Boston Beaneaters  
Billy O'Brien 9 Washington Senators  
Mike Tiernan 9 New York Giants  
Fred Pfeffer 8 Chicago White Stockings 11
Danny Richardson 8 New York Giants  
Ned Williamson 8 Chicago White Stockings  
Ed Daily 7 Washington Senators 14
Hugh Duffy 7 Chicago White Stockings  
Marty Sullivan 7 Chicago White Stockings  
Buck Ewing 6 New York Giants 17
Hardy Richardson 6 Detroit Wolverines  
Sam Thompson 6 Detroit Wolverines  
George Wood 6 Philadelphia Phillies  
Charlie Bennett 5 Detroit Wolverines 21
Dick Buckley 5 Indianapolis Hoosiers  
Ned Hanlon 5 Detroit Wolverines  
Emmett Seery 5 Indianapolis Hoosiers  
Larry Twitchell 5 Detroit Wolverines  



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?

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