Hits : 1908 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1908 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb 188 Detroit Tigers 1
Sam Crawford 184 Detroit Tigers 2
Nap Lajoie 168 Cleveland Naps 3
Matty McIntyre 168 Detroit Tigers  
George Stone 165 St. Louis Browns 5
George Stovall 156 Cleveland Naps 6
Bob Unglaub 155 Boston Red Sox 7
Washington Senators  
Claude Rossman 154 Detroit Tigers 8
Germany Schaefer 151 Detroit Tigers 9
Hobe Ferris 150 St. Louis Browns 10
Charlie Hemphill 150 New York Highlanders  
Harry Lord 145 Boston Red Sox 12
Amby McConnell 140 Boston Red Sox 13
Danny Murphy 139 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Tom Jones 135 St. Louis Browns 15
Patsy Dougherty 134 Chicago White Sox 16
Jerry Freeman 134 Washington Senators  
Doc Gessler 134 Boston Red Sox  
Fielder Jones 134 Chicago White Sox  
Jake Stahl 134 New York Highlanders  
Boston Red Sox  
Bill Bradley 133 Cleveland Naps 21
Bob Ganley 131 Washington Senators 22
Heinie Wagner 130 Boston Red Sox 23
Harry Davis 127 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Jimmy Williams 127 St. Louis Browns  



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?

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