Hits : 1903 American 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
 

1903 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Patsy Dougherty 195 Boston Americans 1
Sam Crawford 184 Detroit Tigers 2
Freddy Parent 170 Boston Americans 3
Harry Bay 169 Cleveland Blues 4
Bill Bradley 168 Cleveland Blues 5
Nap Lajoie 167 Cleveland Blues 6
Jimmy Barrett 163 Detroit Tigers 7
Lave Cross 163 Philadelphia Athletics  
Buck Freeman 163 Boston Americans  
Jimmy Collins 160 Boston Americans 10
Willie Keeler 160 New York Highlanders  
John Anderson 156 St. Louis Browns 12
Socks Seybold 156 Philadelphia Athletics  
Elmer Flick 155 Cleveland Blues 14
Charlie Carr 154 Detroit Tigers 15
Danny Green 154 Chicago White Stockings  
Charlie Hickman 154 Cleveland Blues  
Fielder Jones 152 Chicago White Stockings 18
Jesse Burkett 151 St. Louis Browns 19
Kid Elberfeld 145 Detroit Tigers 20
New York Highlanders  
Ollie Pickering 144 Philadelphia Athletics 21
Danny Murphy 140 Philadelphia Athletics 22
Wid Conroy 137 New York Highlanders 23
Bobby Wallace 136 St. Louis Browns 24
Candy LaChance 134 Boston Americans 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).

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.