Hits : 1936 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1936 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Joe Medwick 223 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Paul Waner 218 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Frank Demaree 212 Chicago Cubs 3
Billy Herman 211 Chicago Cubs 4
Jo-Jo Moore 205 New York Giants 5
Buddy Hassett 197 Brooklyn Dodgers 6
Woody Jensen 197 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Arky Vaughan 190 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Kiki Cuyler 185 Cincinnati Reds 9
Gene Moore 185 Boston Bees  
Chuck Klein 184 Chicago Cubs 11
Philadelphia Phillies  
Gus Suhr 182 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Buck Jordan 179 Boston Bees 13
Pepper Martin 177 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Burgess Whitehead 176 New York Giants 15
Mel Ott 175 New York Giants 16
Tony Cuccinello 174 Boston Bees 17
Lou Chiozza 170 Philadelphia Phillies 18
Dolph Camilli 167 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Stan Hack 167 Chicago Cubs  
Bill Brubaker 160 Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Gus Mancuso 156 New York Giants 22
Terry Moore 156 St. Louis Cardinals  
Johnny Moore 155 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Wally Berger 154 Boston Bees 25



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?

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).