Hits : 1923 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)
 

1923 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Frankie Frisch 223 New York Giants 1
Jigger Statz 209 Chicago Cubs 2
Pie Traynor 208 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Jimmy Johnston 203 Brooklyn Robins 4
Ross Youngs 200 New York Giants 5
Billy Southworth 195 Boston Braves 6
Jim Bottomley 194 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Charlie Grimm 194 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Stuffy McInnis 191 Boston Braves 9
Max Carey 188 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Cotton Tierney 187 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Philadelphia Phillies  
Pat Duncan 185 Cincinnati Reds 12
Edd Roush 185 Cincinnati Reds  
Jack Fournier 181 Brooklyn Robins 14
Irish Meusel 177 New York Giants 15
Walter Holke 175 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Bernie Friberg 174 Chicago Cubs 17
Milt Stock 174 St. Louis Cardinals  
George Kelly 172 New York Giants 19
Tony Boeckel 169 Boston Braves 20
George Burns 168 Cincinnati Reds 21
Rogers Hornsby 163 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Rabbit Maranville 161 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
George Grantham 160 Chicago Cubs 24
Cy Williams 157 Philadelphia Phillies 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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.