Home Runs : 2006 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

2006 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ryan Howard 58 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Albert Pujols 49 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Alfonso Soriano 46 Washington Nationals 3
Lance Berkman 45 Houston Astros 4
Carlos Beltran 41 New York Mets 5
Andruw Jones 41 Atlanta Braves  
Adam Dunn 40 Cincinnati Reds 7
Carlos Delgado 38 New York Mets 8
Aramis Ramirez 38 Chicago Cubs  
Jason Bay 35 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Bill Hall 35 Milwaukee Brewers  
Matt Holliday 34 Colorado Rockies 12
Adam LaRoche 32 Atlanta Braves 13
Chase Utley 32 Philadelphia Phillies  
Garrett Atkins 29 Colorado Rockies 15
Pat Burrell 29 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jeff Francoeur 29 Atlanta Braves  
Prince Fielder 28 Milwaukee Brewers 18
Carlos Lee 28 Milwaukee Brewers  
Ken Griffey, Jr. 27 Cincinnati Reds 20
Jacque Jones 27 Chicago Cubs  
Dan Uggla 27 Florida Marlins  
Barry Bonds 26 San Francisco Giants 23
Eric Byrnes 26 Arizona Diamondbacks  
Miguel Cabrera 26 Florida Marlins  



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

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.

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?