Home Runs : 1939 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1939 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Johnny Mize 28 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Mel Ott 27 New York Giants 2
Dolph Camilli 26 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Hank Leiber 24 Chicago Cubs 4
Ernie Lombardi 20 Cincinnati Reds 5
Max West 19 Boston Bees 6
Frank McCormick 18 Cincinnati Reds 7
Terry Moore 17 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Harry Danning 16 New York Giants 9
Wally Berger 14 Cincinnati Reds 10
Joe Medwick 14 St. Louis Cardinals  
Harry Craft 13 Cincinnati Reds 12
Elbie Fletcher 12 Boston Bees 13
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Gabby Hartnett 12 Chicago Cubs  
Chuck Klein 12 Philadelphia Phillies  
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Enos Slaughter 12 St. Louis Cardinals  
Zeke Bonura 11 New York Giants 17
Frank Demaree 11 New York Giants  
Lonny Frey 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Joe Marty 11 Chicago Cubs  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Cookie Lavagetto 10 Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Jo-Jo Moore 10 New York Giants  
Heinie Mueller 9 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Billy Myers 9 Cincinnati Reds  
Rip Russell 9 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.

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.