1898 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Willie Keeler	216	Baltimore Orioles	1
Jesse Burkett	213	Cleveland Spiders	2
George Van Haltren	204	New York Giants	3
Nap Lajoie	197	Philadelphia Phillies	4
Jimmy Collins	196	Boston Beaneaters	5
Duff Cooley	196	Philadelphia Phillies
Lave Cross	191	St. Louis Browns	7
Bill Everitt	190	Chicago Orphans	8
Gene DeMontreville	186	Baltimore Orioles	9
Jimmy Ryan	185	Chicago Orphans	10
Fred Clarke	184	Louisville Colonels	11
Patsy Donovan	184	Pittsburgh Pirates
Ed Delahanty	183	Philadelphia Phillies	13
Fielder Jones	181	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	14
Dummy Hoy	177	Louisville Colonels	15
John McGraw	176	Baltimore Orioles	16
Honus Wagner	176	Louisville Colonels
Hughie Jennings	175	Baltimore Orioles	18
Dusty Miller	175	Cincinnati Reds
Ed McKean	172	Cleveland Spiders	20
Hugh Duffy	169	Boston Beaneaters	21
Elmer Smith	166	Cincinnati Reds	22
Mike Griffin	161	Brooklyn Bridegrooms	23
Dan McGann	161	Baltimore Orioles
Fred Tenney	160	Boston Beaneaters	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).