Hits : 1941 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)
 

1941 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Cecil Travis 218 Washington Senators 1
Jeff Heath 199 Cleveland Indians 2
Joe DiMaggio 193 New York Yankees 3
Luke Appling 186 Chicago White Sox 4
Ted Williams 185 Boston Red Sox 5
Doc Cramer 180 Washington Senators 6
Sam Chapman 178 Philadelphia Athletics 7
George Case 176 Washington Senators 8
Buddy Lewis 169 Washington Senators 9
Dom DiMaggio 165 Boston Red Sox 10
Taffy Wright 165 Chicago White Sox  
Joe Gordon 162 New York Yankees 12
Joe Cronin 161 Boston Red Sox 13
Pinky Higgins 161 Detroit Tigers  
Barney McCosky 160 Detroit Tigers 15
Roy Cullenbine 159 St. Louis Browns 16
Mickey Vernon 159 Washington Senators  
Phil Rizzuto 158 New York Yankees 18
Ken Keltner 156 Cleveland Indians 19
Dick Siebert 156 Philadelphia Athletics  
Wally Judnich 155 St. Louis Browns 21
Rudy York 153 Detroit Tigers 22
Bob Johnson 152 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Charlie Keller 151 New York Yankees 24
Joe Kuhel 150 Chicago White Sox 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.

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).