Hits : 1914 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:

"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1914 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tris Speaker 193 Boston Red Sox 1
Sam Crawford 183 Detroit Tigers 2
Frank Baker 182 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Eddie Collins 181 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Stuffy McInnis 181 Philadelphia Athletics  
Eddie Foster 174 Washington Senators 6
Del Pratt 165 St. Louis Browns 7
Shano Collins 164 Chicago White Sox 8
Eddie Murphy 156 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Burt Shotton 156 St. Louis Browns  
Tilly Walker 154 St. Louis Browns 11
Joe Jackson 153 Cleveland Naps 12
Donie Bush 150 Detroit Tigers 13
Bobby Veach 146 Detroit Tigers 14
Larry Gardner 143 Boston Red Sox 15
Danny Moeller 143 Washington Senators  
Duffy Lewis 142 Boston Red Sox 17
John Leary 141 St. Louis Browns 18
George Burns 139 Detroit Tigers 19
Harry Hooper 137 Boston Red Sox 20
Chick Gandil 136 Washington Senators 21
Doc Cook 133 New York Yankees 22
Ray Demmitt 133 Detroit Tigers  
Chicago White Sox  
Buck Weaver 133 Chicago White Sox  
Fritz Maisel 131 New York Yankees 25



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?

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

Jim Thome wore number twenty-five since he first came up with the Cleveland Indians making him the franchise record holder for that particular number (Mike Garcia is second).