Hits : 1925 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)
 

1925 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Al Simmons 253 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Sam Rice 227 Washington Senators 2
Harry Heilmann 225 Detroit Tigers 3
George Sisler 224 St. Louis Browns 4
Joe Sewell 204 Cleveland Indians 5
Earle Combs 203 New York Yankees 6
Bill Lamar 202 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Goose Goslin 201 Washington Senators 8
Earl Sheely 189 Chicago White Sox 9
Baby Doll Jacobson 184 St. Louis Browns 10
Bibb Falk 181 Chicago White Sox 11
Bob Meusel 181 New York Yankees  
Johnny Mostil 181 Chicago White Sox  
Marty McManus 169 St. Louis Browns 14
Tris Speaker 167 Cleveland Indians 15
Charlie Jamieson 165 Cleveland Indians 16
George Burns 164 Cleveland Indians 17
Lu Blue 163 Detroit Tigers 18
Al Wingo 163 Detroit Tigers  
Ira Flagstead 160 Boston Red Sox 20
Bucky Harris 158 Washington Senators 21
Gene Robertson 158 St. Louis Browns  
Ike Boone 157 Boston Red Sox 23
Ty Cobb 157 Detroit Tigers  
Bing Miller 151 Philadelphia Athletics 25



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 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?

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).