Hits : 1910 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1910 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Nap Lajoie 227 Cleveland Naps 1
Ty Cobb 194 Detroit Tigers 2
Eddie Collins 188 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Tris Speaker 183 Boston Red Sox 4
Sam Crawford 170 Detroit Tigers 5
Danny Murphy 168 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Rube Oldring 168 Philadelphia Athletics  
Frank Baker 159 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Harry Hooper 156 Boston Red Sox 9
Duffy Lewis 153 Boston Red Sox 10
Hal Chase 152 New York Highlanders 11
Clyde Milan 148 Washington Senators 12
Jake Stahl 144 Boston Red Sox 13
George Stone 144 St. Louis Browns  
George Stovall 136 Cleveland Naps 15
Birdie Cree 134 New York Highlanders 16
Heinie Wagner 134 Boston Red Sox  
Terry Turner 132 Cleveland Naps 18
Bobby Wallace 131 St. Louis Browns 19
Donie Bush 130 Detroit Tigers 20
John Knight 129 New York Highlanders 21
Harry Wolter 128 New York Highlanders 22
Jack Barry 126 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Doc Gessler 126 Washington Senators  
Bris Lord 124 Cleveland Naps 25
Philadelphia Athletics  



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 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?

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