1879 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Paul Hines	146	Providence Grays	1
Jim O'Rourke	126	Providence Grays	2
King Kelly	120	Cincinnati Reds	3
Charley Jones	112	Boston Red Caps	4
Deacon White	110	Cincinnati Reds	5
John O'Rourke	108	Boston Red Caps	6
George Wright	107	Providence Grays	7
Tom York	106	Providence Grays	8
Cal McVey	105	Cincinnati Reds	9
John Ward	104	Providence Grays	10
Pete Hotaling	103	Cincinnati Reds	11
Mike McGeary	103	Providence Grays
Buttercup Dickerson	102	Cincinnati Reds	13
Joe Start	101	Providence Grays	14
Bill Phillips	99	Cleveland Blues	15
John Morrill	98	Boston Red Caps	16
Abner Dalrymple	97	Chicago White Stockings	17
Charlie Eden	96	Cleveland Blues	18
Orator Shafer	96	Chicago White Stockings
Sadie Houck	95	Boston Red Caps	20
Hardy Richardson	95	Buffalo Bisons
Ned Williamson	94	Chicago White Stockings	22
John Peters	93	Chicago White Stockings	23
Silver Flint	92	Chicago White Stockings	24
Ross Barnes	86	Cincinnati Reds	25
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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).