Home Runs : 1966 National League Top 25

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1966 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hank Aaron 44 Atlanta Braves 1
Dick Allen 40 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Willie Mays 37 San Francisco Giants 3
Willie McCovey 36 San Francisco Giants 4
Joe Torre 36 Atlanta Braves  
Jim Ray Hart 33 San Francisco Giants 6
Willie Stargell 33 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Felipe Alou 31 Atlanta Braves 8
Ron Santo 30 Chicago Cubs 9
Roberto Clemente 29 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Billy Williams 29 Chicago Cubs  
Donn Clendenon 28 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Tom Haller 27 San Francisco Giants 13
Deron Johnson 24 Cincinnati Reds 14
Jim Lefebvre 24 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Mack Jones 23 Atlanta Braves 16
Bill White 22 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Art Shamsky 21 Cincinnati Reds 18
Leo Cardenas 20 Cincinnati Reds 19
Orlando Cepeda 20 San Francisco Giants  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Randy Hundley 19 Chicago Cubs 21
Jimmy Wynn 18 Houston Astros 22
John Bateman 17 Houston Astros 23
Lou Johnson 17 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Byron Browne 16 Chicago Cubs 25



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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.