Home Runs : 1894 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1894 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hugh Duffy 18 Boston Beaneaters 1
Bill Joyce 17 Washington Senators 2
Bobby Lowe 17 Boston Beaneaters  
Bill Dahlen 15 Chicago Colts 4
Jimmy Bannon 13 Boston Beaneaters 5
Jim Canavan 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Bug Holliday 13 Cincinnati Reds  
Tommy McCarthy 13 Boston Beaneaters  
Jake Stenzel 13 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Sam Thompson 13 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ed Cartwright 12 Washington Senators 11
Bones Ely 12 St. Louis Browns  
Herman Long 12 Boston Beaneaters  
Dan Brouthers 9 Baltimore Orioles 14
Tom Brown 9 Louisville Colonels  
Jesse Burkett 8 Cleveland Spiders 16
Roger Connor 8 New York Giants  
St. Louis Browns  
Tom Daly 8 Brooklyn Bridegrooms  
George Davis 8 New York Giants  
George Decker 8 Chicago Colts  
Charlie Irwin 8 Chicago Colts  
Ed McKean 8 Cleveland Spiders  
Doggie Miller 8 St. Louis Browns  
Billy Nash 8 Boston Beaneaters  
Jack Stivetts 8 Boston Beaneaters  



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.

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.