Home Runs : 1938 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1938 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mel Ott 36 New York Giants 1
Ival Goodman 30 Cincinnati Reds 2
Johnny Mize 27 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Dolph Camilli 24 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Johnny Rizzo 23 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Joe Medwick 21 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Ernie Lombardi 19 Cincinnati Reds 7
Wally Berger 16 New York Giants 8
Cincinnati Reds  
Harry Craft 15 Cincinnati Reds 9
Vince DiMaggio 14 Boston Bees 10
Ripper Collins 13 Chicago Cubs 11
Hank Leiber 12 New York Giants 12
Billy Myers 12 Cincinnati Reds  
Ernie Koy 11 Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Jo-Jo Moore 11 New York Giants  
Gabby Hartnett 10 Chicago Cubs 16
Jimmy Ripple 10 New York Giants  
Max West 10 Boston Bees  
Dick Bartell 9 New York Giants 19
Tony Cuccinello 9 Boston Bees  
Harry Danning 9 New York Giants  
Don Gutteridge 9 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Seeds 9 New York Giants  
Frank Demaree 8 Chicago Cubs 24
Chuck Klein 8 Philadelphia Phillies  



Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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