1949 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Stan Musial	207	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Jackie Robinson	203	Brooklyn Dodgers	2
Bobby Thomson	198	New York Giants	3
Enos Slaughter	191	St. Louis Cardinals	4
Red Schoendienst	190	St. Louis Cardinals	5
Richie Ashburn	188	Philadelphia Phillies	6
Whitey Lockman	186	New York Giants	7
Del Ennis	184	Philadelphia Phillies	8
Carl Furillo	177	Brooklyn Dodgers	9
Granny Hamner	174	Philadelphia Phillies	10
Pee Wee Reese	172	Brooklyn Dodgers	11
Gil Hodges	170	Brooklyn Dodgers	12
Ralph Kiner	170	Pittsburgh Pirates
Ted Kluszewski	164	Cincinnati Reds	14
Duke Snider	161	Brooklyn Dodgers	15
Willard Marshall	153	New York Giants	16
Wally Westlake	148	Pittsburgh Pirates	17
Al Dark	146	Boston Braves	18
Andy Pafko	146	Chicago Cubs
Virgil Stallcup	146	Cincinnati Reds
Eddie Stanky	144	Boston Braves	21
Harry Walker	142	Chicago Cubs	22
		Cincinnati Reds
Grady Hatton	141	Cincinnati Reds	23
Marty Marion	140	St. Louis Cardinals	24
Hank Sauer	140	Cincinnati Reds
		Chicago Cubs
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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. 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.