Home Runs : 1915 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1915 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Gavvy Cravath 24 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Cy Williams 13 Chicago Cubs 2
Wildfire Schulte 12 Chicago Cubs 3
Beals Becker 11 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Vic Saier 11 Chicago Cubs  
Dave Bancroft 7 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Fred Luderus 7 Philadelphia Phillies  
Honus Wagner 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Bob Fisher 5 Chicago Cubs 9
Bill Hinchman 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Doc Johnston 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Zack Wheat 5 Brooklyn Robins  
Bob Bescher 4 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Larry Doyle 4 New York Giants  
Tommy Griffith 4 Cincinnati Reds  
Fred Merkle 4 New York Giants  
George Burns 3 New York Giants 17
Max Carey 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Art Fletcher 3 New York Giants  
Heinie Groh 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Red Murray 3 New York Giants  
Chicago Cubs  
Dode Paskert 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Art Phelan 3 Chicago Cubs  
Dave Robertson 3 New York Giants  
Casey Stengel 3 Brooklyn Robins  



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.

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).