Home Runs : 1919 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)
 

1919 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Gavvy Cravath 12 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Benny Kauff 10 New York Giants 2
Cy Williams 9 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Rogers Hornsby 8 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Larry Doyle 7 New York Giants 5
Max Flack 6 Chicago Cubs 6
Tommy Griffith 6 Brooklyn Robins  
Hal Chase 5 New York Giants 8
Heinie Groh 5 Cincinnati Reds  
Ernie Krueger 5 Brooklyn Robins  
Fred Luderus 5 Philadelphia Phillies  
Rabbit Maranville 5 Boston Braves  
Irish Meusel 5 Philadelphia Phillies  
Hy Myers 5 Brooklyn Robins  
Zack Wheat 5 Brooklyn Robins  
Les Mann 4 Chicago Cubs 16
Boston Braves  
Joe Riggert 4 Boston Braves  
Edd Roush 4 Cincinnati Reds  
Billy Southworth 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Casey Stengel 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Heinie Zimmerman 4 New York Giants  
George Cutshaw 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Art Fletcher 3 New York Giants  
Charlie Hollocher 3 Chicago Cubs  
Fred Merkle 3 Chicago Cubs  



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).

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

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?