Hits : 1923 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:

"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)
 

1923 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Charlie Jamieson 222 Cleveland Indians 1
Tris Speaker 218 Cleveland Indians 2
Harry Heilmann 211 Detroit Tigers 3
Babe Ruth 205 New York Yankees 4
Jack Tobin 202 St. Louis Browns 5
Ken Williams 198 St. Louis Browns 6
Joe Sewell 195 Cleveland Indians 7
Ty Cobb 189 Detroit Tigers 8
Sam Rice 188 Washington Senators 9
Whitey Witt 187 New York Yankees 10
Baby Doll Jacobson 183 St. Louis Browns 11
Eddie Collins 182 Chicago White Sox 12
Joe Dugan 182 New York Yankees  
George Burns 181 Boston Red Sox 14
Goose Goslin 180 Washington Senators 15
Marty McManus 180 St. Louis Browns  
Wally Pipp 173 New York Yankees 17
Homer Summa 172 Cleveland Indians 18
Wally Gerber 170 St. Louis Browns 19
Earl Sheely 169 Chicago White Sox 20
Harry Hooper 166 Chicago White Sox 21
Joe Hauser 165 Philadelphia Athletics 22
Joe Harris 162 Boston Red Sox 23
Aaron Ward 161 New York Yankees 24
Willie Kamm 159 Chicago White Sox 25



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.

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?