Hits : 1904 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1904 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ginger Beaumont 185 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Jake Beckley 179 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Honus Wagner 171 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
George Browne 169 New York Giants 4
Cy Seymour 166 Cincinnati Reds 5
Kid Gleason 161 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Harry Lumley 161 Brooklyn Superbas  
Tommy Leach 149 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Ed Abbaticchio 148 Boston Beaneaters 9
Dan McGann 148 New York Giants  
John Titus 148 Philadelphia Phillies  
Doc Casey 147 Chicago Cubs 12
Sam Mertes 147 New York Giants  
Homer Smoot 146 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Fred Tenney 144 Boston Beaneaters 15
Roy Thomas 144 Philadelphia Phillies  
Claude Ritchey 143 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Jim Delahanty 142 Boston Beaneaters 18
Johnny Evers 141 Chicago Cubs 19
Phil Geier 141 Boston Beaneaters  
Frank Chance 140 Chicago Cubs 21
Bill Dahlen 140 New York Giants  
Spike Shannon 140 St. Louis Cardinals  
Charlie Babb 138 Brooklyn Superbas 24
Tommy Corcoran 133 Cincinnati Reds 25



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?

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.