Home Runs : 1980 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)
 

1980 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Schmidt 48 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Bob Horner 35 Atlanta Braves 2
Dale Murphy 33 Atlanta Braves 3
Dusty Baker 29 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Gary Carter 29 Montreal Expos  
Ron Cey 28 Los Angeles Dodgers 6
Steve Garvey 26 Los Angeles Dodgers 7
George Foster 25 Cincinnati Reds 8
George Hendrick 25 St. Louis Cardinals  
Johnny Bench 24 Cincinnati Reds 10
Jerry Martin 23 Chicago Cubs 11
Jack Clark 22 San Francisco Giants 12
Mike Easler 21 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Ted Simmons 21 St. Louis Cardinals  
Darrell Evans 20 San Francisco Giants 15
Dave Winfield 20 San Diego Padres  
Greg Luzinski 19 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Gary Matthews 19 Atlanta Braves  
Chris Chambliss 18 Atlanta Braves 19
Dave Kingman 18 Chicago Cubs  
Andre Dawson 17 Montreal Expos 21
Dave Parker 17 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Gene Tenace 17 San Diego Padres  
Keith Hernandez 16 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Lee Mazzilli 16 New York Mets  



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.

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