Top 25 Home Runs in 1971 in the National League

Home Runs : 1971 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1971 Home Runs Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Home Runs Team Rank

Willie Stargell 48 Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Hank Aaron 47 Atlanta Braves 2

Lee May 39 Cincinnati Reds 3

Deron Johnson 34 Philadelphia Phillies 4

Bobby Bonds 33 San Francisco Giants 5

Earl Williams 33 Atlanta Braves

Willie Montanez 30 Philadelphia Phillies 7

Billy Williams 28 Chicago Cubs 8

Johnny Bench 27 Cincinnati Reds 9

Nate Colbert 27 San Diego Padres

Bob Robertson 26 Pittsburgh Pirates 11

Tony Perez 25 Cincinnati Reds 12

Joe Torre 24 St. Louis Cardinals 13

Dick Allen 23 Los Angeles Dodgers 14

Ron Santo 21 Chicago Cubs 15

Dick Dietz 19 San Francisco Giants 16

Jim Hickman 19 Chicago Cubs

Rusty Staub 19 Montreal Expos

Willie Mays 18 San Francisco Giants 19

Willie McCovey 18 San Francisco Giants

Cito Gaston 17 San Diego Padres 21

Richie Hebner 17 Pittsburgh Pirates

Joe Hague 16 St. Louis Cardinals 23

Joe Pepitone 16 Chicago Cubs

Ken Henderson 15 San Francisco Giants 25

Name Home Runs Team Rank

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?

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

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).

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