Hits : 1907 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)
 

1907 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ginger Beaumont 187 Boston Doves 1
Honus Wagner 180 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Tommy Leach 166 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Sherry Magee 165 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Mike Mitchell 163 Cincinnati Reds 5
Spike Shannon 155 New York Giants 6
Fred Tenney 151 Boston Doves 7
Fred Clarke 145 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Harry Steinfeldt 144 Chicago Cubs 9
John Titus 144 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bobby Byrne 143 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Dave Brain 142 Boston Doves 12
Miller Huggins 139 Cincinnati Reds 13
Cy Seymour 139 New York Giants  
Art Devlin 136 New York Giants 15
John Ganzel 135 Cincinnati Reds 16
Tim Jordan 133 Brooklyn Superbas 17
Hans Lobert 132 Cincinnati Reds 18
Ed Abbaticchio 130 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Whitey Alperman 130 Brooklyn Superbas  
Jimmy Sheckard 129 Chicago Cubs 21
Johnny Evers 127 Chicago Cubs 22
Red Murray 127 St. Louis Cardinals  
Claude Ritchey 127 Boston Doves  
Solly Hofman 126 Chicago Cubs 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?

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).

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.