Hits : 1939 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)
 

1939 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Frank McCormick 209 Cincinnati Reds 1
Joe Medwick 201 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Johnny Mize 197 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Enos Slaughter 193 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Jimmy Brown 192 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Stan Hack 191 Chicago Cubs 6
Billy Herman 191 Chicago Cubs  
Buddy Hassett 182 Boston Bees 8
Arky Vaughan 182 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Cookie Lavagetto 176 Brooklyn Dodgers 10
Bill Werber 173 Cincinnati Reds 11
Frank Demaree 170 New York Giants 12
Augie Galan 167 Chicago Cubs 13
Dolph Camilli 164 Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Harry Danning 163 New York Giants 15
Morrie Arnovich 159 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Billy Jurges 155 New York Giants 17
Debs Garms 153 Boston Bees 18
Ival Goodman 152 Cincinnati Reds 19
Jo-Jo Moore 151 New York Giants 20
Paul Waner 151 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Rip Russell 148 Chicago Cubs 22
Zeke Bonura 146 New York Giants 23
Billy Myers 143 Cincinnati Reds 24
Lonny Frey 141 Cincinnati Reds 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.

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.