Hits : 1919 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
 

1919 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ivy Olson 164 Brooklyn Robins 1
Rogers Hornsby 163 St. Louis Cardinals 2
George Burns 162 New York Giants 3
Edd Roush 162 Cincinnati Reds  
Irish Meusel 159 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Zack Wheat 159 Brooklyn Robins  
Hy Myers 157 Brooklyn Robins 7
Ross Youngs 152 New York Giants 8
Walter Holke 151 Boston Braves 9
Milt Stock 151 St. Louis Cardinals  
Fred Luderus 149 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Jake Daubert 148 Cincinnati Reds 12
Ed Konetchy 145 Brooklyn Robins 13
Morrie Rath 142 Cincinnati Reds 14
Heinie Groh 139 Cincinnati Reds 15
Max Flack 138 Chicago Cubs 16
Tommy Griffith 136 Brooklyn Robins 17
Benny Kauff 136 New York Giants  
Larry Kopf 136 Cincinnati Reds  
Art Fletcher 135 New York Giants 20
Fred Merkle 133 Chicago Cubs 21
Carson Bigbee 132 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Buck Herzog 130 Boston Braves 23
Chicago Cubs  
Tony Boeckel 129 Pittsburgh Pirates 24
Boston Braves  
Rabbit Maranville 128 Boston Braves 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.

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.

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).