Hits : 1952 National League Top 25

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"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)
 

1952 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial 194 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Red Schoendienst 188 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Bobby Adams 180 Cincinnati Reds 3
Al Dark 177 New York Giants 4
Whitey Lockman 176 New York Giants 5
Richie Ashburn 173 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Del Ennis 171 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Dee Fondy 166 Chicago Cubs 8
Granny Hamner 164 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Bobby Thomson 164 New York Giants  
Duke Snider 162 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Ted Kluszewski 159 Cincinnati Reds 12
Andy Pafko 158 Brooklyn Dodgers 13
Jackie Robinson 157 Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Solly Hemus 153 St. Louis Cardinals 15
Hank Sauer 153 Chicago Cubs  
Enos Slaughter 153 St. Louis Cardinals  
Pee Wee Reese 152 Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Sid Gordon 151 Boston Braves 19
Eddie Waitkus 144 Philadelphia Phillies 20
Sam Jethroe 141 Boston Braves 21
Connie Ryan 139 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Davey Williams 137 New York Giants 23
Willie Jones 135 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Frank Baumholtz 133 Chicago Cubs 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).

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.