Single Season Leaders for Sacrifice Hits

A sign of longevity, some good clutch hitting skills, and a team that can get on base in scoring position in front of you is what you can determine with this single season sacrifice hits leader board.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred (100) all-time single season leaders in Major League sacrifice hits. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.
"The greatest shortstop, that is, considering all-around ability, batting, throwing, base running, bunting, fielding and ground covering ability, to metion nothing of his fight, spirit and conscientiousness, ever to wear a Cleveland uniform will never again be seen covering two-thirds of the ground between second and third." - Ray Chapman, a Tribute By Ed Bang in The Cleveland News (April 17, 1920)
Sacrifice Hits
Single Season Leaders

'Top 100'
Ray Chapman 67 1917 Cleveland Indians AL 1
Bill Bradley 60 1908 Cleveland Naps AL 2
Jack Barry 54 1917 Boston Red Sox AL 3
Donie Bush 52 1909 Detroit Tigers AL 4
Bob Ganley 52 1908 Washington Senators AL  
Ray Chapman 50 1919 Cleveland Indians AL 6
Donie Bush 48 1920 Detroit Tigers AL 7
Joe Gedeon 48 1920 St. Louis Browns AL  
Ossie Vitt 47 1919 Boston Red Sox AL 9
Bill Bradley 46 1907 Cleveland Naps AL 10
Bucky Harris 46 1924 Washington Senators AL  
Jimmy Sheckard 46 1909 Chicago Cubs NL  
Ralph Young 46 1919 Detroit Tigers AL  
Ray Chapman 45 1913 Cleveland Naps AL 14
Stuffy McInnis 45 1920 Boston Red Sox AL  
Buck Weaver 44 1916 Chicago White Sox AL 16
Kid Gleason 43 1905 Philadelphia Phillies NL 17
Roy Grover 43 1917 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Germany Schaefer 43 1908 Detroit Tigers AL  
Bill Wambsganss 43 1921 Cleveland Indians AL  
Bob Fisher 42 1915 Chicago Cubs NL 21
Willie Keeler 42 1905 New York Highlanders AL  
Otto Knabe 42 1908 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Pie Traynor 42 1928 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Bobby Vaughn 42 1915 St. Louis Terriers FL  
Ossie Vitt 42 1915 Detroit Tigers AL  
Bill Wambsganss 42 1922 Cleveland Indians AL  
Buck Weaver 42 1915 Chicago White Sox AL  
Donie Bush 41 1921 Detroit Tigers AL 29
Washington Senators AL
Ray Chapman 41 1920 Cleveland Indians AL  
Bob Ganley 41 1909 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Washington Senators AL
Bucky Harris 41 1925 Washington Senators AL  
Otto Knabe 41 1913 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Everett Scott 41 1917 Boston Red Sox AL  
Joe Sewell 41 1929 Cleveland Indians AL  
Bert Campaneris 40 1977 Texas Rangers AL 36
Ray Chapman 40 1916 Cleveland Indians AL  
Eddie Collins 40 1919 Chicago White Sox AL  
Shano Collins 40 1915 Chicago White Sox AL  
George Davis 40 1905 Chicago White Sox AL  
Ike Davis 40 1925 Chicago White Sox AL  
Larry Gardner 40 1917 Boston Red Sox AL  
Joe Gedeon 40 1919 St. Louis Browns AL  
Mule Haas 40 1929 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Tom Jones 40 1906 St. Louis Browns AL  
Otto Knabe 40 1907 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Roger Peckinpaugh 40 1923 Washington Senators AL  
Jimmy Sheckard 40 1906 Chicago Cubs NL  
Bill Wambsganss 40 1920 Cleveland Indians AL  
Jay Bell 39 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 50
Eddie Collins 39 1916 Chicago White Sox AL  
Eddie Collins 39 1923 Chicago White Sox AL  
Jake Daubert 39 1915 Brooklyn Robins NL  
Jake Daubert 39 1919 Cincinnati Reds NL  
Max Flack 39 1916 Chicago Cubs NL  
Zeb Terry 39 1922 Chicago Cubs NL  
Chick Gandil 38 1914 Washington Senators AL 57
Hans Lobert 38 1911 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Terry Turner 38 1914 Cleveland Naps AL  
Dick Bartell 37 1933 Philadelphia Phillies NL 60
Max Carey 37 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
George Cutshaw 37 1920 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Taylor Douthit 37 1926 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Charlie Hollocher 37 1922 Chicago Cubs NL  
Willie Kamm 37 1925 Chicago White Sox AL  
Otto Knabe 37 1910 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Freddie Maguire 37 1928 Chicago Cubs NL  
Stuffy McInnis 37 1923 Boston Braves NL  
Topper Rigney 37 1922 Detroit Tigers AL  
Bill Wambsganss 37 1924 Boston Red Sox AL  
Bill Coughlin 36 1906 Detroit Tigers AL 71
Art Devlin 36 1907 New York Giants NL  
Jiggs Donahue 36 1906 Chicago White Sox AL  
Hunter Hill 36 1905 Washington Senators AL  
Fielder Jones 36 1904 Chicago White Sox AL  
Harry Lord 36 1908 Boston Red Sox AL  
Harvey McClellan 36 1923 Chicago White Sox AL  
Bill McKechnie 36 1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers FL  
Dave Shean 36 1918 Boston Red Sox AL  
Milt Stock 36 1921 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Joe Tinker 36 1906 Chicago Cubs NL  
Bobby Veach 36 1922 Detroit Tigers AL  
Harry Walker 36 1943 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Jimmy Austin 35 1915 St. Louis Browns AL 84
Dick Bartell 35 1932 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Beals Becker 35 1909 Boston Doves NL  
Ray Chapman 35 1918 Cleveland Indians AL  
Eddie Collins 35 1915 Chicago White Sox AL  
Jake Daubert 35 1916 Brooklyn Robins NL  
Dave Fultz 35 1902 Philadelphia Athletics AL  
Bob Ganley 35 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates NL  
Kid Gleason 35 1904 Philadelphia Phillies NL  
Willie Keeler 35 1906 New York Highlanders AL  
Lee Magee 35 1914 St. Louis Cardinals NL  
Stuffy McInnis 35 1921 Boston Red Sox AL  
Freddy Parent 35 1905 Boston Americans AL  
Jimmy Sheckard 35 1907 Chicago Cubs NL  
Billy Southworth 35 1921 Boston Braves NL  
Freddy Spurgeon 35 1926 Cleveland Indians AL  
Pie Traynor 35 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 100
Buck Weaver 35 1917 Chicago White Sox AL  
Current Through 2009 Season


Does the all-time sacrifice hits leader in Major League history appear on this single season leaders for sacrifice flies? How about the American League leader? National League? Click and find out today.

The American League single season record for sacrifice hits was set in 1917 by Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians. The National League single season record for sacrifice hits was set in 1909 by Jimmy Sheckard of the Chicago Cubs.

Why are ten of the top ten American League hitters? Forty eight instances in history where a player has had more than thirty-nine sacrifice hits in a season and thirty are by American League batters. Why? Share your opinion about this unique junior circuit single season sacrifice hits trend on Baseball Fever.
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