Home Runs : 1955 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1955 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Willie Mays 51 New York Giants 1
Ted Kluszewski 47 Cincinnati Redlegs 2
Ernie Banks 44 Chicago Cubs 3
Duke Snider 42 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Eddie Mathews 41 Milwaukee Braves 5
Wally Post 40 Cincinnati Redlegs 6
Stan Musial 33 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Roy Campanella 32 Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Del Ennis 29 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Hank Aaron 27 Milwaukee Braves 10
Gus Bell 27 Cincinnati Redlegs  
Gil Hodges 27 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Del Crandall 26 Milwaukee Braves 13
Carl Furillo 26 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Frank Thomas 25 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Rip Repulski 23 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Stan Lopata 22 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Smoky Burgess 21 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Cincinnati Redlegs  
Randy Jackson 21 Chicago Cubs  
Wally Moon 19 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Ken Boyer 18 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Dee Fondy 17 Chicago Cubs 22
Hank Thompson 17 New York Giants  
Bill Virdon 17 St. Louis Cardinals  
Willie Jones 16 Philadelphia Phillies 25



Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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.