Home Runs : 1987 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
 

1987 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Andre Dawson 49 Chicago Cubs 1
Dale Murphy 44 Atlanta Braves 2
Darryl Strawberry 39 New York Mets 3
Eric Davis 37 Cincinnati Reds 4
Howard Johnson 36 New York Mets 5
Jack Clark 35 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Will Clark 35 San Francisco Giants  
Mike Schmidt 35 Philadelphia Phillies  
Kevin McReynolds 29 New York Mets 9
Juan Samuel 28 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Glenn Davis 27 Houston Astros 11
Leon Durham 27 Chicago Cubs  
Pedro Guerrero 27 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Keith Moreland 27 Chicago Cubs  
Ozzie Virgil 27 Atlanta Braves  
Kal Daniels 26 Cincinnati Reds 16
Dave Parker 26 Cincinnati Reds  
Tim Wallach 26 Montreal Expos  
Barry Bonds 25 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Chili Davis 24 San Francisco Giants 20
Nick Esasky 22 Cincinnati Reds 21
Kevin Mitchell 22 San Diego Padres  
San Francisco Giants  
Von Hayes 21 Philadelphia Phillies 23
John Shelby 21 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Andy Van Slyke 21 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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?