Top 25 Home Runs in 1929 in the National League

Home Runs : 1929 National League Top 25

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"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)

1929 Home Runs Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Home Runs Team Rank

Chuck Klein 43 Philadelphia Phillies 1

Mel Ott 42 New York Giants 2

Rogers Hornsby 39 Chicago Cubs 3

Hack Wilson 39 Chicago Cubs

Lefty O'Doul 32 Philadelphia Phillies 5

Don Hurst 31 Philadelphia Phillies 6

Jim Bottomley 29 St. Louis Cardinals 7

Chick Hafey 29 St. Louis Cardinals

Johnny Frederick 24 Brooklyn Robins 9

Babe Herman 21 Brooklyn Robins 10

Travis Jackson 21 New York Giants

Riggs Stephenson 17 Chicago Cubs 12

Kiki Cuyler 15 Chicago Cubs 13

Freddie Lindstrom 15 New York Giants

Paul Waner 15 Pittsburgh Pirates

Harvey Hendrick 14 Brooklyn Robins 16

Bill Terry 14 New York Giants

Del Bissonette 12 Brooklyn Robins 18

George Grantham 12 Pittsburgh Pirates

Charlie Grimm 10 Chicago Cubs 20

George Harper 10 Boston Braves

Andy High 10 St. Louis Cardinals

Les Bell 9 Boston Braves 23

Rube Bressler 9 Brooklyn Robins

Taylor Douthit 9 St. Louis Cardinals

Name Home Runs Team Rank

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?

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).

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.

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