Home Runs : 1916 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1916 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dave Robertson 12 New York Giants 1
Cy Williams 12 Chicago Cubs  
Gavvy Cravath 11 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Benny Kauff 9 New York Giants 4
Zack Wheat 9 Brooklyn Robins  
Dode Paskert 8 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Casey Stengel 8 Brooklyn Robins  
Max Carey 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Fred Merkle 7 New York Giants  
Brooklyn Robins  
Vic Saier 7 Chicago Cubs  
Bob Bescher 6 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Rogers Hornsby 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jack Smith 6 St. Louis Cardinals  
Possum Whitted 6 Philadelphia Phillies  
Heinie Zimmerman 6 Chicago Cubs  
New York Giants  
George Burns 5 New York Giants 16
Fred Luderus 5 Philadelphia Phillies  
Wildfire Schulte 5 Chicago Cubs  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Hal Chase 4 Cincinnati Reds 19
Bill Hinchman 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Rabbit Maranville 4 Boston Braves  
Bert Niehoff 4 Philadelphia Phillies  
Dave Bancroft 3 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Jake Daubert 3 Brooklyn Robins  
Larry Doyle 3 New York Giants  
Chicago Cubs  



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

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.

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.