Home Runs : 1949 National League Top 25

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1949 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ralph Kiner 54 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Stan Musial 36 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Hank Sauer 31 Cincinnati Reds 3
Chicago Cubs  
Bobby Thomson 27 New York Giants 4
Sid Gordon 26 New York Giants 5
Del Ennis 25 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Andy Seminick 24 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Gil Hodges 23 Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Duke Snider 23 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Wally Westlake 23 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Roy Campanella 22 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Walker Cooper 20 New York Giants 12
Cincinnati Reds  
Willie Jones 19 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Carl Furillo 18 Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Johnny Mize 18 New York Giants  
Andy Pafko 18 Chicago Cubs  
Bob Elliott 17 Boston Braves 17
Pee Wee Reese 16 Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Jackie Robinson 16 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Enos Slaughter 13 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Willard Marshall 12 New York Giants 21
Dino Restelli 12 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Elbie Fletcher 11 Boston Braves 23
Grady Hatton 11 Cincinnati Reds  
Danny Litwhiler 11 Cincinnati Reds  



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).

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.