Home Runs : 1908 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
 

1908 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tim Jordan 12 Brooklyn Superbas 1
Honus Wagner 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Red Murray 7 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Mike Donlin 6 New York Giants 4
Joe Tinker 6 Chicago Cubs  
Ed Konetchy 5 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Tommy Leach 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Cy Seymour 5 New York Giants  
John Hummel 4 Brooklyn Superbas 9
Johnny Kling 4 Chicago Cubs  
Hans Lobert 4 Cincinnati Reds  
Harry Lumley 4 Brooklyn Superbas  
Kitty Bransfield 3 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Bill Dahlen 3 Boston Doves  
John Kane 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Billy Maloney 3 Brooklyn Superbas  
Chief Wilson 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ginger Beaumont 2 Boston Doves 18
Al Burch 2 Brooklyn Superbas  
Frank Chance 2 Chicago Cubs  
Fred Clarke 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Doc Crandall 2 New York Giants  
Art Devlin 2 New York Giants  
Mickey Doolan 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
George Gibson 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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.