Home Runs : 1983 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1983 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Mike Schmidt 40 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Dale Murphy 36 Atlanta Braves 2
Andre Dawson 32 Montreal Expos 3
Pedro Guerrero 32 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Darrell Evans 30 San Francisco Giants 5
George Foster 28 New York Mets 6
Darryl Strawberry 26 New York Mets 7
Ron Cey 24 Chicago Cubs 8
Jody Davis 24 Chicago Cubs  
Jeffrey Leonard 21 San Francisco Giants 10
Greg Brock 20 Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Chris Chambliss 20 Atlanta Braves  
Jack Clark 20 San Francisco Giants  
Bob Horner 20 Atlanta Braves  
Dickie Thon 20 Houston Astros  
Tim Wallach 19 Montreal Expos 16
George Hendrick 18 St. Louis Cardinals 17
Jason Thompson 18 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Gary Carter 17 Montreal Expos 19
Mel Hall 17 Chicago Cubs  
Terry Kennedy 17 San Diego Padres  
Ken Landreaux 17 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Mike Marshall 17 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Gary Redus 17 Cincinnati Reds  
Joel Youngblood 17 San Francisco Giants  



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.

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

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?