Home Runs : 1956 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1956 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Duke Snider 43 Brooklyn Dodgers 1
Joe Adcock 38 Milwaukee Braves 2
Frank Robinson 38 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Eddie Mathews 37 Milwaukee Braves 4
Willie Mays 36 New York Giants 5
Wally Post 36 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Ted Kluszewski 35 Cincinnati Redlegs 7
Gil Hodges 32 Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Stan Lopata 32 Philadelphia Phillies  
Gus Bell 29 Cincinnati Redlegs 10
Ed Bailey 28 Cincinnati Redlegs 11
Ernie Banks 28 Chicago Cubs  
Dale Long 27 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Stan Musial 27 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hank Aaron 26 Milwaukee Braves 15
Ken Boyer 26 St. Louis Cardinals  
Del Ennis 26 Philadelphia Phillies  
Frank Thomas 25 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Walt Moryn 23 Chicago Cubs 19
Bill White 22 New York Giants 20
Carl Furillo 21 Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Roy Campanella 20 Brooklyn Dodgers 22
Bobby Thomson 20 Milwaukee Braves  
Willie Jones 17 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Sandy Amoros 16 Brooklyn Dodgers 25



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 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).