Home Runs : 1954 National League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1954 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ted Kluszewski 49 Cincinnati Redlegs 1
Gil Hodges 42 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Willie Mays 41 New York Giants 3
Hank Sauer 41 Chicago Cubs  
Eddie Mathews 40 Milwaukee Braves 5
Duke Snider 40 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Stan Musial 35 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Jim Greengrass 27 Cincinnati Redlegs 8
Hank Thompson 26 New York Giants 9
Del Ennis 25 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Joe Adcock 23 Milwaukee Braves 11
Frank Thomas 23 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ralph Kiner 22 Chicago Cubs 13
Del Crandall 21 Milwaukee Braves 14
Al Dark 20 New York Giants 15
Ernie Banks 19 Chicago Cubs 16
Roy Campanella 19 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Carl Furillo 19 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Monte Irvin 19 New York Giants  
Randy Jackson 19 Chicago Cubs  
Rip Repulski 19 St. Louis Cardinals  
Wally Post 18 Cincinnati Redlegs 22
Gus Bell 17 Cincinnati Redlegs 23
Whitey Lockman 16 New York Giants 24
Dusty Rhodes 15 New York Giants 25



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

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.

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).