Top 25 Home Runs in 1931 in the National League

Home Runs : 1931 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1931 Home Runs Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Home Runs Team Rank

Chuck Klein 31 Philadelphia Phillies 1

Mel Ott 29 New York Giants 2

Wally Berger 19 Boston Braves 3

Buzz Arlett 18 Philadelphia Phillies 4

Babe Herman 18 Brooklyn Robins

Johnny Frederick 17 Brooklyn Robins 6

Chick Hafey 16 St. Louis Cardinals 7

Rogers Hornsby 16 Chicago Cubs

Vince Barton 13 Chicago Cubs 9

Johnny Vergez 13 New York Giants

George Watkins 13 St. Louis Cardinals

Hack Wilson 13 Chicago Cubs

Del Bissonette 12 Brooklyn Robins 13

Shanty Hogan 12 New York Giants

Don Hurst 11 Philadelphia Phillies 15

George Grantham 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 16

Jim Bottomley 9 St. Louis Cardinals 17

Kiki Cuyler 9 Chicago Cubs

Bill Terry 9 New York Giants

Pinky Whitney 9 Philadelphia Phillies

Glenn Wright 9 Brooklyn Robins

Nick Cullop 8 Cincinnati Reds 22

Gabby Hartnett 8 Chicago Cubs

Pepper Martin 7 St. Louis Cardinals 24

Lefty O'Doul 7 Brooklyn Robins

Name Home Runs Team Rank

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

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).

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