Hits : 1902 American 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:

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1902 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Charlie Hickman 193 Boston Americans 1
Cleveland Blues  
Lave Cross 191 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Bill Bradley 187 Cleveland Blues 3
Ed Delahanty 178 Washington Senators 4
Buck Freeman 174 Boston Americans 5
Harry Davis 172 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Fielder Jones 171 Chicago White Stockings 7
Jesse Burkett 169 St. Louis Browns 8
Socks Seybold 165 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Chick Stahl 164 Boston Americans 10
Kip Selbach 161 Baltimore Orioles 11
Sammy Strang 158 Chicago White Stockings 12
Charlie Hemphill 157 Cleveland Blues 13
St. Louis Browns  
Freddy Parent 156 Boston Americans 14
Jimmy Williams 156 Baltimore Orioles  
Jimmy Ryan 155 Washington Senators 16
Jimmy Barrett 154 Detroit Tigers 17
Topsy Hartsel 154 Philadelphia Athletics  
Dave Fultz 153 Philadelphia Athletics 19
Candy LaChance 151 Boston Americans 20
Patsy Dougherty 150 Boston Americans 21
Danny Green 150 Chicago White Stockings  
John Anderson 149 St. Louis Browns 23
George Davis 145 Chicago White Stockings 24
Bill Keister 145 Washington Senators  



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.

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.

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?