1899 Home Runs Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank
Buck Freeman	25	Washington Senators	1
Bobby Wallace	12	St. Louis Perfectos	2
Ed Delahanty	9	Philadelphia Phillies	3
Sam Mertes	9	Chicago Orphans
Jimmy Williams	9	Pittsburgh Pirates
Jesse Burkett	7	St. Louis Perfectos	6
Dan McGann	7	Brooklyn Superbas
		Washington Senators
Chick Stahl	7	Boston Beaneaters
Honus Wagner	7	Louisville Colonels
Mike Donlin	6	St. Louis Perfectos	10
Danny Green	6	Chicago Orphans
Joe Kelley	6	Brooklyn Superbas
Nap Lajoie	6	Philadelphia Phillies
Herman Long	6	Boston Beaneaters
Jack O'Brien	6	Washington Senators
Tom O'Brien	6	New York Giants
Fred Clarke	5	Louisville Colonels	17
Jimmy Collins	5	Boston Beaneaters
Lave Cross	5	Cleveland Spiders
		St. Louis Perfectos
Tom Daly	5	Brooklyn Superbas
Hugh Duffy	5	Boston Beaneaters
Dummy Hoy	5	Louisville Colonels
Tommy Leach	5	Louisville Colonels
John Anderson	4	Brooklyn Superbas	24
Bill Dahlen	4	Brooklyn Superbas
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank

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