Hits : 1932 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1932 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Chuck Klein 226 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Bill Terry 225 New York Giants 2
Lefty O'Doul 219 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Paul Waner 215 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Billy Herman 206 Chicago Cubs 5
Don Hurst 196 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Dick Bartell 189 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Riggs Stephenson 189 Chicago Cubs  
Babe Herman 188 Cincinnati Reds 9
Lloyd Waner 188 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Pinky Whitney 186 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Wally Berger 185 Boston Braves 12
Hughie Critz 182 New York Giants 13
Hal Lee 180 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Mel Ott 180 New York Giants  
Kiddo Davis 178 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Charlie Grimm 175 Chicago Cubs 17
Pie Traynor 169 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Tony Cuccinello 168 Brooklyn Dodgers 19
Tony Piet 162 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Joe Stripp 162 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Freddie Lindstrom 161 New York Giants 22
Arky Vaughan 158 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Ripper Collins 153 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Gus Suhr 153 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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.