Home Runs : 1948 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:

"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)
 

1948 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ralph Kiner 40 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Johnny Mize 40 New York Giants  
Stan Musial 39 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Hank Sauer 35 Cincinnati Reds 4
Del Ennis 30 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Sid Gordon 30 New York Giants  
Andy Pafko 26 Chicago Cubs 7
Bob Elliott 23 Boston Braves 8
Jeff Heath 20 Boston Braves 9
Bill Nicholson 19 Chicago Cubs 10
Whitey Lockman 18 New York Giants 11
Wally Westlake 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Johnny Wyrostek 17 Cincinnati Reds  
Walker Cooper 16 New York Giants 14
Bobby Thomson 16 New York Giants  
Gene Hermanski 15 Brooklyn Dodgers 16
Danny Litwhiler 14 Boston Braves 17
Cincinnati Reds  
Willard Marshall 14 New York Giants  
Eddie Miller 14 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ron Northey 13 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Andy Seminick 13 Philadelphia Phillies  
Ted Kluszewski 12 Cincinnati Reds 22
Jackie Robinson 12 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Gil Hodges 11 Brooklyn Dodgers 24
Dick Sisler 11 Philadelphia Phillies  



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.

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).