Home Runs : 1912 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)
 

1912 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Heinie Zimmerman 14 Chicago Cubs 1
Wildfire Schulte 12 Chicago Cubs 2
Gavvy Cravath 11 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Fred Merkle 11 New York Giants  
Chief Wilson 11 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Larry Doyle 10 New York Giants 6
Fred Luderus 10 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ben Houser 8 Boston Braves 8
Ed Konetchy 8 St. Louis Cardinals  
Zack Wheat 8 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Honus Wagner 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Beals Becker 6 New York Giants 12
Steve Evans 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Sherry Magee 6 Philadelphia Phillies  
Chief Meyers 6 New York Giants  
Jimmy Archer 5 Chicago Cubs 16
Max Carey 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
John Hummel 5 Brooklyn Dodgers  
John Titus 5 Philadelphia Phillies  
Boston Braves  
Bob Bescher 4 Cincinnati Reds 20
Rube Ellis 4 St. Louis Cardinals  
George Jackson 4 Boston Braves  
Jay Kirke 4 Boston Braves  
Dots Miller 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Mike Mitchell 4 Cincinnati Reds  



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?

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.