Top 25 Home Runs in 1953 in the National League

Home Runs : 1953 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:

"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)

1953 Home Runs Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Home Runs Team Rank

Eddie Mathews 47 Milwaukee Braves 1

Duke Snider 42 Brooklyn Dodgers 2

Roy Campanella 41 Brooklyn Dodgers 3

Ted Kluszewski 40 Cincinnati Redlegs 4

Ralph Kiner 35 Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Chicago Cubs

Gil Hodges 31 Brooklyn Dodgers 6

Gus Bell 30 Cincinnati Redlegs 7

Stan Musial 30 St. Louis Cardinals

Frank Thomas 30 Pittsburgh Pirates

Del Ennis 29 Philadelphia Phillies 10

Bobby Thomson 26 New York Giants 11

Hank Thompson 24 New York Giants 12

Al Dark 23 New York Giants 13

Steve Bilko 21 St. Louis Cardinals 14

Carl Furillo 21 Brooklyn Dodgers

Granny Hamner 21 Philadelphia Phillies

Monte Irvin 21 New York Giants

Ray Jablonski 21 St. Louis Cardinals

Jim Greengrass 20 Cincinnati Redlegs 19

Daryl Spencer 20 New York Giants

Sid Gordon 19 Milwaukee Braves 21

Randy Jackson 19 Chicago Cubs

Willie Jones 19 Philadelphia Phillies

Hank Sauer 19 Chicago Cubs

Andy Seminick 19 Cincinnati Redlegs

Name Home Runs Team Rank

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).

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?

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.

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