Hits : 1950 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)
 

1950 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Duke Snider 199 Brooklyn Dodgers 1
Stan Musial 192 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Carl Furillo 189 Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Del Ennis 185 Philadelphia Phillies 4
Eddie Waitkus 182 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Richie Ashburn 180 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Red Schoendienst 177 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Granny Hamner 172 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Jackie Robinson 170 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Earl Torgeson 167 Boston Braves 10
Ted Kluszewski 165 Cincinnati Reds 11
Al Dark 164 New York Giants 12
Willie Jones 163 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Bob Elliott 162 Boston Braves 14
Enos Slaughter 161 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Gil Hodges 159 Brooklyn Dodgers 16
Sam Jethroe 159 Boston Braves  
Eddie Stanky 158 New York Giants 18
Whitey Lockman 157 New York Giants 19
Andy Pafko 156 Chicago Cubs 20
Dick Sisler 155 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Don Mueller 153 New York Giants 22
Ralph Kiner 149 Pittsburgh Pirates 23
Hank Sauer 148 Chicago Cubs 24
Hank Thompson 148 New York Giants  



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.

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).

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.