Sacrifice Hits Single Season National League Leaders on Baseball Almanac

Single Season Leaders for Sacrifice Hits in the National League

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 National League sacrifice hits. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"(Jimmy) Sheckard was one of a handful of Pennsylvania Dutch to play in the majors. Though chiefly remembered for his years with the Cubs, for whom he played in four World Series, Sheckard had his best years with Brooklyn." - Sportswriter Art Ahrens on BaseballLibrary.com (Jimmy Scheckard Page)

Sacrifice Hits Single Season National League Leaders 'Top 100'
Name	Sacrifice Hits	Year	Team	League	Rank
Jimmy Sheckard	46	1909	Chicago Cubs	NL	1
Kid Gleason	43	1905	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	2
Bob Fisher	42	1915	Chicago Cubs	NL	3
Otto Knabe	42	1908	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Pie Traynor	42	1928	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Otto Knabe	41	1913	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	6
Otto Knabe	40	1907	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	7
Jimmy Sheckard	40	1906	Chicago Cubs	NL
Jay Bell	39	1990	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	9
Jake Daubert	39	1919	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Jake Daubert	39	1915	Brooklyn Robins	NL
Max Flack	39	1916	Chicago Cubs	NL
Zeb Terry	39	1922	Chicago Cubs	NL
Hans Lobert	38	1911	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	14
Dick Bartell	37	1933	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	15
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
Otto Knabe	37	1910	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Freddie Maguire	37	1928	Chicago Cubs	NL
Stuffy McInnis	37	1923	Boston Braves	NL
Art Devlin	36	1907	New York Giants	NL	23
Milt Stock	36	1921	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Joe Tinker	36	1906	Chicago Cubs	NL
Harry Walker	36	1943	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Dick Bartell	35	1932	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	27
Beals Becker	35	1909	Boston Doves	NL
Jake Daubert	35	1916	Brooklyn Robins	NL
Bob Ganley	35	1906	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Kid Gleason	35	1904	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Lee Magee	35	1914	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Jimmy Sheckard	35	1907	Chicago Cubs	NL
Billy Southworth	35	1921	Boston Braves	NL
Pie Traynor	35	1927	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Charlie Deal	34	1920	Chicago Cubs	NL	36
Eddie Grant	34	1910	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Doc Johnston	34	1915	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Babe Pinelli	34	1925	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Craig Reynolds	34	1979	Houston Astros	NL
Zeb Terry	34	1921	Chicago Cubs	NL
Joe Tinker	34	1912	Chicago Cubs	NL
Adam Comorosky	33	1930	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	43
Jake Daubert	33	1914	Brooklyn Robins	NL
Jake Daubert	33	1921	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Mike Donlin	33	1908	New York Giants	NL
Dick Egan	33	1910	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Dummy Hoy	33	1896	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Travis Jackson	33	1928	New York Giants	NL
Hy Myers	33	1920	Brooklyn Robins	NL
Babe Pinelli	33	1924	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Edd Roush	33	1918	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Cy Seymour	33	1908	New York Giants	NL
Bill Sweeney	33	1912	Boston Braves	NL
Zeb Terry	33	1920	Chicago Cubs	NL
Doc Casey	32	1907	Brooklyn Superbas	NL	56
Solly Hofman	32	1909	Chicago Cubs	NL
Hans Lobert	32	1908	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Harry Steinfeldt	32	1908	Chicago Cubs	NL
Jimmy Welsh	32	1926	Boston Braves	NL
Les Bell	31	1926	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	61
Jake Daubert	31	1922	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Jake Daubert	31	1910	Brooklyn Superbas	NL
Johnny Evers	31	1914	Boston Braves	NL
Kid Gleason	31	1906	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Eddie Grant	31	1909	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Heinie Groh	31	1915	Cincinnati Reds	NL
John Hummel	31	1909	Brooklyn Superbas	NL
Doc Lavan	31	1920	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Johnny Logan	31	1956	Milwaukee Braves	NL
Freddie Maguire	31	1931	Boston Braves	NL
Roy McMillan	31	1954	Cincinnati Redlegs	NL
Mike Mowrey	31	1916	Brooklyn Robins	NL
Greasy Neale	31	1919	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Claude Ritchey	31	1898	Louisville Colonels	NL
Wildfire Schulte	31	1906	Chicago Cubs	NL
Wildfire Schulte	31	1911	Chicago Cubs	NL
Jimmy Sheckard	31	1910	Chicago Cubs	NL
Harry Steinfeldt	31	1909	Chicago Cubs	NL
Harry Steinfeldt	31	1910	Chicago Cubs	NL
John Titus	31	1908	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Dick Bartell	30	1931	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	82
Jay Bell	30	1991	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Max Carey	30	1921	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Dick Egan	30	1909	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Buck Herzog	30	1911	Boston Rustlers	NL
Buck Herzog	30	1911	New York Giants	NL
Solly Hofman	30	1910	Chicago Cubs	NL
Tom McCreery	30	1897	Louisville Colonels	NL
Tom McCreery	30	1897	New York Giants	NL
Dan McGann	30	1903	New York Giants	NL
Fritz Mollwitz	30	1918	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Dode Paskert	30	1911	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Edd Roush	30	1926	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Curt Walker	30	1926	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Possum Whitted	30	1916	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Fred Clarke	29	1910	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	95
George Cutshaw	29	1918	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
George Cutshaw	29	1916	Brooklyn Robins	NL
Charlie Deal	29	1917	Chicago Cubs	NL
Dick Egan	29	1912	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Bones Ely	29	1899	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	100
Bill Hallman	29	1901	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Dick Hoblitzel	29	1909	Cincinnati Reds	NL
Tommy Leach	29	1907	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Sherry Magee	29	1912	Philadelphia Phillies	NL
Dots Miller	29	1909	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL
Spike Shannon	29	1904	St. Louis Cardinals	NL
Fred Tenney	29	1902	Boston Beaneaters	NL
Joe Tinker	29	1905	Chicago Cubs	NL
Joe Tinker	29	1908	Chicago Cubs	NL
Name	Sacrifice Hits	Year	Team	League	Rank
Current Through 2009 Season

Did you know that the National League rookie with the most sacrifice hits in a single season is Ozzie Smith who had thirty-one (31) with San Diego in one-hundred fifty-nine (159) games played during the 1978 season?

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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 is on this page. Is either the Career Leader for Sacrifice Hits?

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