Home Runs : 1959 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:

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1959 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Eddie Mathews 46 Milwaukee Braves 1
Ernie Banks 45 Chicago Cubs 2
Hank Aaron 39 Milwaukee Braves 3
Frank Robinson 36 Cincinnati Reds 4
Willie Mays 34 San Francisco Giants 5
Ken Boyer 28 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Orlando Cepeda 27 San Francisco Giants 7
Dick Stuart 27 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Joe Adcock 25 Milwaukee Braves 9
Gil Hodges 25 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Gene Freese 23 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Duke Snider 23 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Willie Kirkland 22 San Francisco Giants 13
Wally Post 22 Philadelphia Phillies  
Del Crandall 21 Milwaukee Braves 15
Vada Pinson 20 Cincinnati Reds 16
Gus Bell 19 Cincinnati Reds 17
Wally Moon 19 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Charlie Neal 19 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Don Demeter 18 Los Angeles Dodgers 20
Jerry Lynch 17 Cincinnati Reds 21
Ed Bouchee 15 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Harry Anderson 14 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Willie Jones 14 Philadelphia Phillies  
Cincinnati Reds  
Dale Long 14 Chicago Cubs  



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.

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.

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.