Home Runs : 1949 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)
 

1949 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ralph Kiner 54 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Stan Musial 36 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Hank Sauer 31 Cincinnati Reds 3
Chicago Cubs  
Bobby Thomson 27 New York Giants 4
Sid Gordon 26 New York Giants 5
Del Ennis 25 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Andy Seminick 24 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Gil Hodges 23 Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Duke Snider 23 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Wally Westlake 23 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Roy Campanella 22 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Walker Cooper 20 New York Giants 12
Cincinnati Reds  
Willie Jones 19 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Carl Furillo 18 Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Johnny Mize 18 New York Giants  
Andy Pafko 18 Chicago Cubs  
Bob Elliott 17 Boston Braves 17
Pee Wee Reese 16 Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Jackie Robinson 16 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Enos Slaughter 13 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Willard Marshall 12 New York Giants 21
Dino Restelli 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Elbie Fletcher 11 Boston Braves 23
Grady Hatton 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Danny Litwhiler 11 Cincinnati Reds  



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.

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.