Hits : 1927 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)
 

1927 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Earle Combs 231 New York Yankees 1
Lou Gehrig 218 New York Yankees 2
Harry Heilmann 201 Detroit Tigers 3
George Sisler 201 St. Louis Browns  
Goose Goslin 194 Washington Senators 5
Babe Ruth 192 New York Yankees 6
Bob Fothergill 189 Detroit Tigers 7
Joe Sewell 180 Cleveland Indians 8
Sam Rice 179 Washington Senators 9
Heinie Manush 177 Detroit Tigers 10
Tony Lazzeri 176 New York Yankees 11
George Burns 175 Cleveland Indians 12
Ty Cobb 175 Philadelphia Athletics  
Bibb Falk 175 Chicago White Sox  
Bob Meusel 174 New York Yankees 15
Alex Metzler 173 Chicago White Sox 16
Tris Speaker 171 Washington Senators 17
Homer Summa 164 Cleveland Indians 18
Charlie Gehringer 161 Detroit Tigers 19
Joe Judge 161 Washington Senators  
Bing Miller 160 St. Louis Browns 21
Bill Barrett 159 Chicago White Sox 22
Al Simmons 159 Philadelphia Athletics  
Sammy Hale 157 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Charlie Jamieson 151 Cleveland Indians 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?

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).

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.