Top 25 Hits in 1901 in the National League

Hits : 1901 National League Top 25

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"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)

1901 Hits Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Hits Team Rank

Jesse Burkett 226 St. Louis Cardinals 1

Willie Keeler 202 Brooklyn Superbas 2

Jimmy Sheckard 196 Brooklyn Superbas 3

Honus Wagner 194 Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Ed Delahanty 192 Philadelphia Phillies 5

Topsy Hartsel 187 Chicago Orphans 6

Ginger Beaumont 185 Pittsburgh Pirates 7

George Van Haltren 182 New York Giants 8

Elmer Flick 180 Philadelphia Phillies 9

Jake Beckley 178 Cincinnati Reds 10

Bobby Wallace 178 St. Louis Cardinals

Gene DeMontreville 173 Boston Beaneaters 12

Fred Clarke 171 Pittsburgh Pirates 13

Sam Crawford 170 Cincinnati Reds 14

Emmet Heidrick 170 St. Louis Cardinals

Danny Green 168 Chicago Orphans 16

Kitty Bransfield 167 Pittsburgh Pirates 17

Tom Daly 164 Brooklyn Superbas 18

Patsy Donovan 161 St. Louis Cardinals 19

Claude Ritchey 160 Pittsburgh Pirates 20

Joe Kelley 151 Brooklyn Superbas 21

George Davis 148 New York Giants 22

Roy Thomas 148 Philadelphia Phillies

Dick Harley 146 Cincinnati Reds 24

Kip Selbach 145 New York Giants 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?

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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