Home Runs : 1926 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)
 

1926 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hack Wilson 21 Chicago Cubs 1
Jim Bottomley 19 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Cy Williams 18 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Les Bell 17 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Billy Southworth 16 New York Giants 5
St. Louis Cardinals  
George Kelly 13 New York Giants 6
Jack Fournier 11 Brooklyn Robins 7
Babe Herman 11 Brooklyn Robins  
Rogers Hornsby 11 St. Louis Cardinals  
Freddy Leach 11 Philadelphia Phillies  
Cliff Heathcote 10 Chicago Cubs 11
Freddie Lindstrom 9 New York Giants 12
Ray Blades 8 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Kiki Cuyler 8 Pittsburgh Pirates  
George Grantham 8 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Charlie Grimm 8 Chicago Cubs  
Gabby Hartnett 8 Chicago Cubs  
Travis Jackson 8 New York Giants  
Paul Waner 8 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Glenn Wright 8 Pittsburgh Pirates  
George Harper 7 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Heinie Mueller 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
New York Giants  
Bob O'Farrell 7 St. Louis Cardinals  
Edd Roush 7 Cincinnati Reds  
Russ Wrightstone 7 Philadelphia Phillies  



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.

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).