Home Runs : 1882 American Association 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:

"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)
 

1882 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Oscar Walker 7 St. Louis Brown Stockings 1
Pete Browning 5 Louisville Eclipse 2
Ed Swartwood 4 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 3
Guy Hecker 3 Louisville Eclipse 4
Chappy Lane 3 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Jack O'Brien 3 Philadelphia Athletics  
Billy Taylor 3 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Jack Gleason 2 St. Louis Brown Stockings 8
Mike Mansell 2 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
George Strief 2 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Joe Battin 1 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 11
Tom Brown 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Hick Carpenter 1 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Charlie Comiskey 1 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Denny Driscoll 1 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Bill Gleason 1 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Charlie Householder 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Harry Jacoby 1 Baltimore Orioles  
Jim Keenan 1 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Jack Leary 1 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Baltimore Orioles  
Bid McPhee 1 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
John Reccius 1 Louisville Eclipse  
Jimmy Say 1 Louisville Eclipse  
Philadelphia Athletics  
Lou Say 1 Philadelphia Athletics  
Nick Scharf 1 Baltimore Orioles  



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

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.

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.