1944 Home Runs Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Home Runs	Team	Rank
Bill Nicholson	33	Chicago Cubs	1
Mel Ott	26	New York Giants	2
Ron Northey	22	Philadelphia Phillies	3
Whitey Kurowski	20	St. Louis Cardinals	4
Frank McCormick	20	Cincinnati Reds
Buster Adams	17	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Butch Nieman	16	Boston Braves	7
Danny Litwhiler	15	St. Louis Cardinals	8
Walker Cooper	13	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Tommy Holmes	13	Boston Braves
Dixie Walker	13	Brooklyn Dodgers
Phil Weintraub	13	New York Giants
Babe Dahlgren	12	Pittsburgh Pirates	13
Augie Galan	12	Brooklyn Dodgers
Stan Musial	12	St. Louis Cardinals
Ray Sanders	12	St. Louis Cardinals
Johnny Hopp	11	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Howie Schultz	11	Brooklyn Dodgers
Chuck Workman	11	Boston Braves
Bob Elliott	10	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
Ernie Lombardi	10	New York Giants
Ray Mueller	10	Cincinnati Reds
Vince DiMaggio	9	Pittsburgh Pirates	23
Buddy Kerr	9	New York Giants
Luis Olmo	9	Brooklyn Dodgers
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. 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. 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?