Top 25 Hits in 1945 in the National League

Hits : 1945 National League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

1945 Hits Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Hits Team Rank

Tommy Holmes 224 Boston Braves 1

Goody Rosen 197 Brooklyn Dodgers 2

Stan Hack 193 Chicago Cubs 3

Dain Clay 184 Cincinnati Reds 4

Buster Adams 182 Philadelphia Phillies 5

St. Louis Cardinals

Dixie Walker 182 Brooklyn Dodgers

Phil Cavarretta 177 Chicago Cubs 7

Augie Galan 177 Brooklyn Dodgers

George Hausmann 174 New York Giants 9

Luis Olmo 174 Brooklyn Dodgers

Don Johnson 168 Chicago Cubs 11

Emil Verban 166 St. Louis Cardinals 12

Whitey Kurowski 165 St. Louis Cardinals 13

Frank McCormick 160 Cincinnati Reds 14

Andy Pafko 159 Chicago Cubs 15

Bob Elliott 157 Pittsburgh Pirates 16

Red Schoendienst 157 St. Louis Cardinals

Jimmy Wasdell 150 Philadelphia Phillies 18

Carden Gillenwater 149 Boston Braves 19

Peanuts Lowrey 148 Chicago Cubs 20

Ray Sanders 148 St. Louis Cardinals

Jim Russell 145 Pittsburgh Pirates 22

Eddie Stanky 143 Brooklyn Dodgers 23

Chuck Workman 141 Boston Braves 24

Mel Ott 139 New York Giants 25

Name Hits Team Rank

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?

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.

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