Hits : 1902 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1902 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ginger Beaumont 193 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Willie Keeler 186 Brooklyn Superbas 2
Sam Crawford 185 Cincinnati Reds 3
Honus Wagner 176 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Jake Beckley 175 Cincinnati Reds 5
Cozy Dolan 166 Brooklyn Superbas 6
George Barclay 163 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Duff Cooley 162 Boston Beaneaters 8
Homer Smoot 161 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Patsy Donovan 158 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Shad Barry 156 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Fred Tenney 154 Boston Beaneaters 12
John Dobbs 147 Cincinnati Reds 13
Chicago Cubs  
Fred Clarke 145 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Tommy Leach 143 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Jimmy Slagle 143 Chicago Cubs  
Roy Thomas 143 Philadelphia Phillies  
George Browne 142 Philadelphia Phillies 18
New York Giants  
Pat Carney 141 Boston Beaneaters 19
John Farrell 141 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bill Dahlen 139 Brooklyn Superbas 21
Tommy Corcoran 136 Cincinnati Reds 22
Rudy Hulswitt 135 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Ed Gremminger 134 Boston Beaneaters 24
Harry Steinfeldt 133 Cincinnati Reds 25



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.

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).

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?