Home Runs : 1910 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1910 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Fred Beck 10 Boston Doves 1
Wildfire Schulte 10 Chicago Cubs  
Jake Daubert 8 Brooklyn Superbas 3
Larry Doyle 8 New York Giants  
John Flynn 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Sherry Magee 6 Philadelphia Phillies  
John Hummel 5 Brooklyn Superbas 7
Mike Mitchell 5 Cincinnati Reds  
Jimmy Sheckard 5 Chicago Cubs  
Bill Sweeney 5 Boston Doves  
Bob Bescher 4 Cincinnati Reds 11
Vin Campbell 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Rube Ellis 4 St. Louis Cardinals  
Dick Hoblitzel 4 Cincinnati Reds  
Tommy Leach 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Fred Merkle 4 New York Giants  
Red Murray 4 New York Giants  
Honus Wagner 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Chief Wilson 4 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Bates 3 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Beals Becker 3 New York Giants  
Kitty Bransfield 3 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Collins 3 Boston Doves  
George Gibson 3 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Buck Herzog 3 Boston Doves  



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.

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?

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.