Hits : 1876 National 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1876 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ross Barnes 138 Chicago White Stockings 1
John Peters 111 Chicago White Stockings 2
Cap Anson 110 Chicago White Stockings 3
Cal McVey 107 Chicago White Stockings 4
Deacon White 104 Chicago White Stockings 5
Dick Higham 102 Hartford Dark Blues 6
Jim O'Rourke 102 Boston Red Caps  
Paul Hines 101 Chicago White Stockings 8
George Wright 100 Boston Red Caps 9
George Hall 98 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Jim Devlin 94 Louisville Grays 11
John Clapp 91 St. Louis Brown Stockings 12
Lip Pike 91 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Al Spalding 91 Chicago White Stockings  
Jack Remsen 89 Hartford Dark Blues 15
Levi Meyerle 87 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Tim Murnane 87 Boston Red Caps  
Joe Battin 85 St. Louis Brown Stockings 18
Andy Leonard 85 Boston Red Caps  
John Glenn 84 Chicago White Stockings 20
Bob Ferguson 82 Hartford Dark Blues 21
Jack Burdock 80 Hartford Dark Blues 22
Wes Fisler 80 Philadelphia Athletics  
Charley Jones 79 Cincinnati Red Stockings 24
Tom Carey 78 Hartford Dark Blues 25



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.

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.