Home Runs : 1908 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1908 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tim Jordan 12 Brooklyn Superbas 1
Honus Wagner 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Red Murray 7 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Mike Donlin 6 New York Giants 4
Joe Tinker 6 Chicago Cubs  
Ed Konetchy 5 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Tommy Leach 5 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Cy Seymour 5 New York Giants  
John Hummel 4 Brooklyn Superbas 9
Johnny Kling 4 Chicago Cubs  
Hans Lobert 4 Cincinnati Reds  
Harry Lumley 4 Brooklyn Superbas  
Kitty Bransfield 3 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Bill Dahlen 3 Boston Doves  
John Kane 3 Cincinnati Reds  
Billy Maloney 3 Brooklyn Superbas  
Chief Wilson 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ginger Beaumont 2 Boston Doves 18
Al Burch 2 Brooklyn Superbas  
Frank Chance 2 Chicago Cubs  
Fred Clarke 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Doc Crandall 2 New York Giants  
Art Devlin 2 New York Giants  
Mickey Doolan 2 Philadelphia Phillies  
George Gibson 2 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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.