Hits : 1934 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 key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1934 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Charlie Gehringer 214 Detroit Tigers 1
Lou Gehrig 210 New York Yankees 2
Hal Trosky 206 Cleveland Indians 3
Doc Cramer 202 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Hank Greenberg 201 Detroit Tigers 5
Bill Werber 200 Boston Red Sox 6
Heinie Manush 194 Washington Senators 7
Al Simmons 192 Chicago White Sox 8
Bill Knickerbocker 188 Cleveland Indians 9
Earl Averill 187 Cleveland Indians 10
Goose Goslin 187 Detroit Tigers  
Roy Johnson 182 Boston Red Sox 12
Ben Chapman 181 New York Yankees 13
Jimmie Foxx 180 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Pinky Higgins 179 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Marv Owen 179 Detroit Tigers  
Billy Rogell 175 Detroit Tigers 17
Odell Hale 170 Cleveland Indians 18
Bob Johnson 168 Philadelphia Athletics 19
Eric McNair 168 Philadelphia Athletics  
Ray Pepper 168 St. Louis Browns  
Buddy Myer 160 Washington Senators 22
Jack Burns 157 St. Louis Browns 23
Sam West 157 St. Louis Browns  
Fred Schulte 156 Washington Senators 25



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.

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).

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?