Home Runs : 1974 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1974 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Schmidt 36 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Johnny Bench 33 Cincinnati Reds 2
Jimmy Wynn 32 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Tony Perez 28 Cincinnati Reds 4
Cesar Cedeno 26 Houston Astros 5
Darrell Evans 25 Atlanta Braves 6
Willie Stargell 25 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Lee May 24 Houston Astros 8
Reggie Smith 23 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Willie McCovey 22 San Diego Padres 10
Joe Morgan 22 Cincinnati Reds  
Bobby Bonds 21 San Francisco Giants 12
Steve Garvey 21 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Hank Aaron 20 Atlanta Braves 14
Bob Bailey 20 Montreal Expos  
Dusty Baker 20 Atlanta Braves  
John Milner 20 New York Mets  
Rick Monday 20 Chicago Cubs  
Ted Simmons 20 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dave Winfield 20 San Diego Padres  
Rusty Staub 19 New York Mets 21
Ron Cey 18 Los Angeles Dodgers 22
Richie Hebner 18 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Dave Kingman 18 San Francisco Giants  
Doug Rader 17 Houston Astros 25



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.

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.

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?