Hits : 1922 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 baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1922 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

George Sisler 246 St. Louis Browns 1
Ty Cobb 211 Detroit Tigers 2
Jack Tobin 207 St. Louis Browns 3
Bobby Veach 202 Detroit Tigers 4
Eddie Collins 194 Chicago White Sox 5
Ken Williams 194 St. Louis Browns  
Wally Pipp 190 New York Yankees 7
Marty McManus 189 St. Louis Browns 8
Sam Rice 187 Washington Senators 9
Chick Galloway 185 Philadelphia Athletics 10
Harry Hooper 183 Chicago White Sox 11
Charlie Jamieson 183 Cleveland Indians  
Del Pratt 183 Boston Red Sox  
Bing Miller 179 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Baby Doll Jacobson 176 St. Louis Browns 15
Lu Blue 175 Detroit Tigers 16
Joe Judge 174 Washington Senators 17
George Burns 171 Boston Red Sox 18
Joe Dugan 170 Boston Red Sox 19
New York Yankees  
Joe Sewell 167 Cleveland Indians 20
Earl Sheely 167 Chicago White Sox  
Hank Severeid 166 St. Louis Browns 22
Stuffy McInnis 164 Cleveland Indians 23
Bucky Harris 162 Washington Senators 24
Harry Heilmann 162 Detroit Tigers  



Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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.

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