1943 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Stan Musial	220	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Mickey Witek	195	New York Giants	2
Billy Herman	193	Brooklyn Dodgers	3
Bill Nicholson	188	Chicago Cubs	4
Arky Vaughan	186	Brooklyn Dodgers	5
Bob Elliott	183	Pittsburgh Pirates	6
Lou Klein	180	St. Louis Cardinals	7
Tommy Holmes	170	Boston Braves	8
Harry Walker	166	St. Louis Cardinals	9
Ron Northey	163	Philadelphia Phillies	10
Dixie Walker	163	Brooklyn Dodgers
Phil Cavarretta	154	Chicago Cubs	12
Elbie Fletcher	154	Pittsburgh Pirates
Lonny Frey	154	Cincinnati Reds
Stan Hack	154	Chicago Cubs
Chuck Workman	153	Boston Braves	16
Whitey Kurowski	150	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Babe Dahlgren	146	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Vince DiMaggio	144	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Walker Cooper	143	St. Louis Cardinals	20
Frank McCormick	143	Cincinnati Reds
Augie Galan	142	Brooklyn Dodgers	22
Eric Tipton	142	Cincinnati Reds
Peanuts Lowrey	140	Chicago Cubs	24
Joe Medwick	138	Brooklyn Dodgers	25
		New York Giants
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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.