Home Runs : 1957 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:

"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)
 

1957 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hank Aaron 44 Milwaukee Braves 1
Ernie Banks 43 Chicago Cubs 2
Duke Snider 40 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Willie Mays 35 New York Giants 4
Eddie Mathews 32 Milwaukee Braves 5
George Crowe 31 Cincinnati Redlegs 6
Stan Musial 29 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Frank Robinson 29 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Gil Hodges 27 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Hank Sauer 26 New York Giants 10
Del Ennis 24 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Wally Moon 24 St. Louis Cardinals  
Frank Thomas 23 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Wes Covington 21 Milwaukee Braves 14
Dale Long 21 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Chicago Cubs  
Ed Bailey 20 Cincinnati Redlegs 16
Wally Post 20 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Rip Repulski 20 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ken Boyer 19 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Don Hoak 19 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Walt Moryn 19 Chicago Cubs  
Stan Lopata 18 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Harry Anderson 17 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Ed Bouchee 17 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bob Speake 16 Chicago Cubs 25



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.

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.

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?