Home Runs : 1982 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1982 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dave Kingman 37 New York Mets 1
Dale Murphy 36 Atlanta Braves 2
Mike Schmidt 35 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Pedro Guerrero 32 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Bob Horner 32 Atlanta Braves  
Jason Thompson 31 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Gary Carter 29 Montreal Expos 7
Tim Wallach 28 Montreal Expos 8
Jack Clark 27 San Francisco Giants 9
Ron Cey 24 Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Dusty Baker 23 Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Andre Dawson 23 Montreal Expos  
Leon Durham 22 Chicago Cubs 13
Al Oliver 22 Montreal Expos  
Terry Kennedy 21 San Diego Padres 15
Chris Chambliss 20 Atlanta Braves 16
Chili Davis 19 San Francisco Giants 17
George Hendrick 19 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Madlock 19 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Gary Matthews 19 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bo Diaz 18 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Reggie Smith 18 San Francisco Giants  
Dan Driessen 17 Cincinnati Reds 23
Darrell Evans 16 San Francisco Giants 24
Steve Garvey 16 Los Angeles Dodgers  



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.

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?

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).