Home Runs : 1906 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)
 

1906 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tim Jordan 12 Brooklyn Superbas 1
Harry Lumley 9 Brooklyn Superbas 2
Cy Seymour 8 Cincinnati Reds 3
New York Giants  
Wildfire Schulte 7 Chicago Cubs 4
Johnny Bates 6 Boston Beaneaters 5
Sherry Magee 6 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dave Brain 5 Boston Beaneaters 7
Admiral Schlei 4 Cincinnati Reds 8
Sammy Strang 4 New York Giants  
Whitey Alperman 3 Brooklyn Superbas 10
Frank Chance 3 Chicago Cubs  
Mike Grady 3 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Nealon 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Harry Steinfeldt 3 Chicago Cubs  
Harry Arndt 2 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Ginger Beaumont 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Art Devlin 2 New York Giants  
Bill Duggleby 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
Solly Hofman 2 Chicago Cubs  
Johnny Kling 2 Chicago Cubs  
Honus Wagner 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Shad Barry 1 Cincinnati Reds 22
St. Louis Cardinals  
Pug Bennett 1 St. Louis Cardinals  
Frank Bowerman 1 New York Giants  
Kitty Bransfield 1 Philadelphia Phillies  



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

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.