Hits : 1913 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:

"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)
 

1913 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Gavvy Cravath 179 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Jake Daubert 178 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
George Burns 173 New York Giants 3
Max Carey 172 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Hans Lobert 172 Philadelphia Phillies  
Zack Wheat 161 Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Art Fletcher 160 New York Giants 7
Red Smith 160 Brooklyn Dodgers  
George Cutshaw 158 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Dots Miller 158 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Rebel Oakes 158 St. Louis Cardinals  
Jim Viox 156 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Fred Luderus 154 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Chief Wilson 154 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Otto Knabe 150 Philadelphia Phillies 15
Vic Saier 150 Chicago Cubs  
Fred Merkle 147 New York Giants 17
Tillie Shafer 146 New York Giants 18
Sherry Magee 144 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Dick Hoblitzel 143 Cincinnati Reds 20
Hap Myers 143 Boston Braves  
Lee Magee 142 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Rabbit Maranville 141 Boston Braves 23
Heinie Zimmerman 140 Chicago Cubs 24
Ed Konetchy 139 St. Louis Cardinals 25



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 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?

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