1896 Home Runs Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank
Ed Delahanty	13	Philadelphia Phillies	1
Bill Joyce	13	Washington Senators
		New York Giants
Sam Thompson	12	Philadelphia Phillies	3
Roger Connor	11	St. Louis Browns	4
Fred Clarke	9	Louisville Colonels	5
Bill Dahlen	9	Chicago Colts
Jake Beckley	8	Pittsburgh Pirates	7
		New York Giants
Gene DeMontreville	8	Washington Senators
Joe Kelley	8	Baltimore Orioles
Candy LaChance	7	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	10
Tom McCreery	7	Louisville Colonels
Ed McKean	7	Cleveland Spiders
Tom Parrott	7	St. Louis Browns
Mike Tiernan	7	New York Giants
Jesse Burkett	6	Cleveland Spiders	15
Monte Cross	6	St. Louis Browns
George Davis	6	New York Giants
Herman Long	6	Boston Beaneaters
John O'Brien	6	Louisville Colonels
		Washington Senators
Elmer Smith	6	Pittsburgh Pirates
Jack Clements	5	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Jack Crooks	5	Washington Senators
		Louisville Colonels
George Decker	5	Chicago Colts
Tommy Dowd	5	St. Louis Browns
Hugh Duffy	5	Boston Beaneaters
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank

	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. 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). 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?