1909 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Larry Doyle	172	New York Giants	1
Eddie Grant	170	Philadelphia Phillies	2
Honus Wagner	168	Pittsburgh Pirates	3
Ed Konetchy	165	St. Louis Cardinals	4
Al Burch	163	Brooklyn Superbas	5
Mike Mitchell	162	Cincinnati Reds	6
Dick Hoblitzel	159	Cincinnati Reds	7
Fred Clarke	158	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Dots Miller	156	Pittsburgh Pirates	9
Chief Wilson	155	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Kitty Bransfield	154	Philadelphia Phillies	11
Rube Ellis	154	St. Louis Cardinals
Tommy Leach	153	Pittsburgh Pirates	13
John Hummel	152	Brooklyn Superbas	14
Solly Hofman	150	Chicago Cubs	15
Red Murray	150	New York Giants
Johnny Bates	146	Boston Doves	17
		Philadelphia Phillies
John Titus	146	Philadelphia Phillies
Wildfire Schulte	142	Chicago Cubs	19
Sherry Magee	141	Philadelphia Phillies	20
Al Bridwell	140	New York Giants	21
Beals Becker	138	Boston Doves	22
George Gibson	135	Pittsburgh Pirates	23
Jimmy Sheckard	134	Chicago Cubs	24
Bill Abstein	133	Pittsburgh Pirates	25
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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. 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 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?