Home Runs : 1976 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)
 

1976 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Schmidt 38 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Dave Kingman 37 New York Mets 2
Rick Monday 32 Chicago Cubs 3
George Foster 29 Cincinnati Reds 4
Joe Morgan 27 Cincinnati Reds 5
Ron Cey 23 Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Bobby Murcer 23 San Francisco Giants  
Greg Luzinski 21 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Bill Robinson 21 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Richie Zisk 21 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Gary Matthews 20 San Francisco Giants 11
Willie Stargell 20 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Tony Perez 19 Cincinnati Reds 13
Cesar Cedeno 18 Houston Astros 14
Reggie Smith 18 St. Louis Cardinals  
Los Angeles Dodgers  
Earl Williams 17 Atlanta Braves 16
Montreal Expos  
Jimmy Wynn 17 Atlanta Braves  
Johnny Bench 16 Cincinnati Reds 18
Jerry Morales 16 Chicago Cubs  
Bob Watson 16 Houston Astros  
Dick Allen 15 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Bill Madlock 15 Chicago Cubs  
John Milner 15 New York Mets  
Hector Cruz 13 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Steve Garvey 13 Los Angeles Dodgers  



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).

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?