Home Runs : 1989 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1989 Home Runs Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Kevin Mitchell 47 San Francisco Giants 1
Howard Johnson 36 New York Mets 2
Eric Davis 34 Cincinnati Reds 3
Glenn Davis 34 Houston Astros  
Ryne Sandberg 30 Chicago Cubs 5
Darryl Strawberry 29 New York Mets 6
Jack Clark 26 San Diego Padres 7
Von Hayes 26 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bobby Bonilla 24 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Will Clark 23 San Francisco Giants 10
Andres Galarraga 23 Montreal Expos  
Kevin McReynolds 22 New York Mets 12
Andre Dawson 21 Chicago Cubs 13
Lonnie Smith 21 Atlanta Braves  
Tom Brunansky 20 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Dale Murphy 20 Atlanta Braves  
Eddie Murray 20 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Barry Bonds 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Matt Williams 18 San Francisco Giants 19
Todd Benzinger 17 Cincinnati Reds 20
Pedro Guerrero 17 St. Louis Cardinals  
Benito Santiago 16 San Diego Padres 22
Paul O'Neill 15 Cincinnati Reds 23
Dickie Thon 15 Philadelphia Phillies  
Hubie Brooks 14 Montreal Expos 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).

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.