Home Runs : 1960 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1960 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ernie Banks 41 Chicago Cubs 1
Hank Aaron 40 Milwaukee Braves 2
Eddie Mathews 39 Milwaukee Braves 3
Ken Boyer 32 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Frank Robinson 31 Cincinnati Reds 5
Willie Mays 29 San Francisco Giants 6
Joe Adcock 25 Milwaukee Braves 7
Orlando Cepeda 24 San Francisco Giants 8
Frank Howard 23 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Dick Stuart 23 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Willie Kirkland 21 San Francisco Giants 11
Frank Thomas 21 Chicago Cubs  
Vada Pinson 20 Cincinnati Reds 13
Del Crandall 19 Milwaukee Braves 14
Wally Post 19 Philadelphia Phillies  
Cincinnati Reds  
Pancho Herrera 17 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Stan Musial 17 St. Louis Cardinals  
Roberto Clemente 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Don Hoak 16 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Daryl Spencer 16 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill White 16 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Skinner 15 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Duke Snider 14 Los Angeles Dodgers 23
George Altman 13 Chicago Cubs 24
Ed Bailey 13 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.

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?