Hits : 1882 American Association 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1882 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Hick Carpenter 120 Cincinnati Red Stockings 1
Pete Browning 109 Louisville Eclipse 2
Ed Swartwood 107 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 3
Joe Sommer 102 Cincinnati Red Stockings 4
Bill Gleason 100 St. Louis Brown Stockings 5
Mike Mansell 96 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 6
John Peters 96 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Jimmy Wolf 95 Louisville Eclipse 8
Guy Hecker 94 Louisville Eclipse 9
Juice Latham 92 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Chick Fulmer 91 Cincinnati Red Stockings 11
Pop Snyder 90 Cincinnati Red Stockings 12
Jud Birchall 89 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Harry Wheeler 86 Cincinnati Red Stockings 14
Jack Gleason 84 St. Louis Brown Stockings 15
Billy Taylor 84 Pittsburgh Alleghenys  
Charlie Comiskey 80 St. Louis Brown Stockings 17
Ed Whiting 80 Baltimore Orioles  
Jack Leary 79 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 19
Baltimore Orioles  
Charlie Householder 78 Baltimore Orioles 20
Tony Mullane 78 Louisville Eclipse  
Dan Sullivan 78 Louisville Eclipse  
Oscar Walker 76 St. Louis Brown Stockings 23
Jack O'Brien 73 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Bid McPhee 71 Cincinnati Red Stockings 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

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.