Home Runs : 1985 National League Top 25

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"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1985 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dale Murphy 37 Atlanta Braves 1
Dave Parker 34 Cincinnati Reds 2
Pedro Guerrero 33 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Mike Schmidt 33 Philadelphia Phillies  
Gary Carter 32 New York Mets 5
Darryl Strawberry 29 New York Mets 6
Mike Marshall 28 Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Bob Horner 27 Atlanta Braves 8
Ryne Sandberg 26 Chicago Cubs 9
Andre Dawson 23 Montreal Expos 10
Ron Cey 22 Chicago Cubs 11
Jack Clark 22 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tim Wallach 22 Montreal Expos  
Greg Brock 21 Los Angeles Dodgers 14
Leon Durham 21 Chicago Cubs  
Nick Esasky 21 Cincinnati Reds  
George Foster 21 New York Mets  
Carmelo Martinez 21 San Diego Padres  
Glenn Davis 20 Houston Astros 19
Bob Brenly 19 San Francisco Giants 20
Juan Samuel 19 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ozzie Virgil 19 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jody Davis 17 Chicago Cubs 23
Steve Garvey 17 San Diego Padres  
Terry Harper 17 Atlanta Braves  



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.

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