Home Runs : 1923 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1923 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Cy Williams 41 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Jack Fournier 22 Brooklyn Robins 2
Hack Miller 20 Chicago Cubs 3
Irish Meusel 19 New York Giants 4
Rogers Hornsby 17 St. Louis Cardinals 5
George Kelly 16 New York Giants 6
Cotton Tierney 13 Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Philadelphia Phillies  
Bernie Friberg 12 Chicago Cubs 8
Frankie Frisch 12 New York Giants  
Bob O'Farrell 12 Chicago Cubs  
Pie Traynor 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Cliff Lee 11 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Bubbles Hargrave 10 Cincinnati Reds 13
Johnny Mokan 10 Philadelphia Phillies  
Jigger Statz 10 Chicago Cubs  
Clyde Barnhart 9 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Reb Russell 9 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Bottomley 8 St. Louis Cardinals 18
George Grantham 8 Chicago Cubs  
Tommy Griffith 8 Brooklyn Robins  
Gabby Hartnett 8 Chicago Cubs  
Zack Wheat 8 Brooklyn Robins  
Tony Boeckel 7 Boston Braves 23
Pat Duncan 7 Cincinnati Reds  
Charlie Grimm 7 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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?

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

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.