Top 25 Hits in 1979 in the American League

Hits : 1979 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)

1979 Hits Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Hits Team Rank

George Brett 212 Kansas City Royals 1

Jim Rice 201 Boston Red Sox 2

Buddy Bell 200 Texas Rangers 3

Carney Lansford 188 California Angels 4

Paul Molitor 188 Milwaukee Brewers

Don Baylor 186 California Angels 6

Willie Wilson 185 Kansas City Royals 7

Cecil Cooper 182 Milwaukee Brewers 8

Willie Horton 180 Seattle Mariners 9

Ron LeFlore 180 Detroit Tigers

Alfredo Griffin 179 Toronto Blue Jays 11

Eddie Murray 179 Baltimore Orioles

Chet Lemon 177 Chicago White Sox 13

Fred Lynn 177 Boston Red Sox

Bruce Bochte 175 Seattle Mariners 15

Rick Burleson 174 Boston Red Sox 16

Ken Landreaux 172 Minnesota Twins 17

Amos Otis 170 Kansas City Royals 18

Ken Singleton 168 Baltimore Orioles 19

Roy Smalley 168 Minnesota Twins

Brian Downing 166 California Angels 21

Ruppert Jones 166 Seattle Mariners

Dan Ford 165 California Angels 23

Al Bumbry 162 Baltimore Orioles 24

Rick Bosetti 161 Toronto Blue Jays 25

Name Hits Team Rank

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?

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.

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.

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