Top 25 Home Runs in 1964 in the National League

Home Runs : 1964 National League Top 25

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1964 Home Runs Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Home Runs Team Rank

Willie Mays 47 San Francisco Giants 1

Billy Williams 33 Chicago Cubs 2

Johnny Callison 31 Philadelphia Phillies 3

Orlando Cepeda 31 San Francisco Giants

Jim Ray Hart 31 San Francisco Giants

Ron Santo 30 Chicago Cubs 6

Dick Allen 29 Philadelphia Phillies 7

Frank Robinson 29 Cincinnati Reds

Hank Aaron 24 Milwaukee Braves 9

Ken Boyer 24 St. Louis Cardinals

Frank Howard 24 Los Angeles Dodgers

Ernie Banks 23 Chicago Cubs 12

Eddie Mathews 23 Milwaukee Braves

Vada Pinson 23 Cincinnati Reds

Rico Carty 22 Milwaukee Braves 15

Deron Johnson 21 Cincinnati Reds 16

Willie Stargell 21 Pittsburgh Pirates

Bill White 21 St. Louis Cardinals

Walt Bond 20 Houston Colt .45s 19

Denis Menke 20 Milwaukee Braves

Charley Smith 20 New York Mets

Joe Torre 20 Milwaukee Braves

Billy Cowan 19 Chicago Cubs 23

Willie McCovey 18 San Francisco Giants 24

Joe Christopher 16 New York Mets 25

Name Home Runs Team Rank

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 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?

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.

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