Hits : 1908 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1908 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb 188 Detroit Tigers 1
Sam Crawford 184 Detroit Tigers 2
Nap Lajoie 168 Cleveland Naps 3
Matty McIntyre 168 Detroit Tigers  
George Stone 165 St. Louis Browns 5
George Stovall 156 Cleveland Naps 6
Bob Unglaub 155 Boston Red Sox 7
Washington Senators  
Claude Rossman 154 Detroit Tigers 8
Germany Schaefer 151 Detroit Tigers 9
Hobe Ferris 150 St. Louis Browns 10
Charlie Hemphill 150 New York Highlanders  
Harry Lord 145 Boston Red Sox 12
Amby McConnell 140 Boston Red Sox 13
Danny Murphy 139 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Tom Jones 135 St. Louis Browns 15
Patsy Dougherty 134 Chicago White Sox 16
Jerry Freeman 134 Washington Senators  
Doc Gessler 134 Boston Red Sox  
Fielder Jones 134 Chicago White Sox  
Jake Stahl 134 New York Highlanders  
Boston Red Sox  
Bill Bradley 133 Cleveland Naps 21
Bob Ganley 131 Washington Senators 22
Heinie Wagner 130 Boston Red Sox 23
Harry Davis 127 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Jimmy Williams 127 St. Louis Browns  



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.

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.