Home Runs : 1968 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1968 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Willie McCovey 36 San Francisco Giants 1
Dick Allen 33 Philadelphia Phillies 2
Ernie Banks 32 Chicago Cubs 3
Billy Williams 30 Chicago Cubs 4
Hank Aaron 29 Atlanta Braves 5
Ron Santo 26 Chicago Cubs 6
Jimmy Wynn 26 Houston Astros  
Willie Stargell 24 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Jim Ray Hart 23 San Francisco Giants 9
Willie Mays 23 San Francisco Giants  
Lee May 22 Cincinnati Reds 11
Roberto Clemente 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Tony Perez 18 Cincinnati Reds  
Donn Clendenon 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Orlando Cepeda 16 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Johnny Bench 15 Cincinnati Reds 16
Ed Charles 15 New York Mets  
Mike Shannon 15 St. Louis Cardinals  
Johnny Callison 14 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Cleon Jones 14 New York Mets  
Adolfo Phillips 13 Chicago Cubs 21
Art Shamsky 12 New York Mets 22
Felipe Alou 11 Atlanta Braves 23
Ron Swoboda 11 New York Mets  
Len Gabrielson 10 Los Angeles Dodgers 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.

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.