Hits : 1929 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
 

1929 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Lefty O'Doul 254 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Lloyd Waner 234 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Rogers Hornsby 229 Chicago Cubs 3
Bill Terry 226 New York Giants 4
Chuck Klein 219 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Babe Herman 217 Brooklyn Robins 6
Taylor Douthit 206 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Johnny Frederick 206 Brooklyn Robins  
George Sisler 205 Boston Braves 9
Fresco Thompson 202 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Paul Waner 200 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Pinky Whitney 200 Philadelphia Phillies  
Hack Wilson 198 Chicago Cubs 13
Pie Traynor 192 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Dick Bartell 184 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Kiki Cuyler 183 Chicago Cubs 16
Don Hurst 179 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Mel Ott 179 New York Giants  
Riggs Stephenson 179 Chicago Cubs  
Andy High 178 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Jim Bottomley 176 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Frankie Frisch 176 St. Louis Cardinals  
Chick Hafey 175 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Freddie Lindstrom 175 New York Giants  
Wally Gilbert 173 Brooklyn Robins 25



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.

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).

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.