Hits : 1946 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:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1946 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial 228 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Dixie Walker 184 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Enos Slaughter 183 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Tommy Holmes 176 Boston Braves 4
Red Schoendienst 170 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Del Ennis 169 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Whitey Kurowski 156 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Pee Wee Reese 154 Brooklyn Dodgers 8
Johnny Wyrostek 153 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Phil Cavarretta 150 Chicago Cubs 10
Johnny Hopp 148 Boston Braves 11
Willard Marshall 144 New York Giants 12
Frank McCormick 143 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Jim Russell 143 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Bert Haas 141 Cincinnati Reds 15
Peanuts Lowrey 139 Chicago Cubs 16
Elbie Fletcher 136 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Eddie Waitkus 134 Chicago Cubs 18
Sid Gordon 132 New York Giants 19
Eddie Stanky 132 Brooklyn Dodgers  
Billy Herman 130 Brooklyn Dodgers 21
Boston Braves  
Emil Verban 130 St. Louis Cardinals  
Philadelphia Phillies  
Bob Elliott 128 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Frankie Gustine 128 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Johnny Mize 127 New York Giants 25



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.

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.