Hits : 1937 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1937 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Beau Bell 218 St. Louis Browns 1
Joe DiMaggio 215 New York Yankees 2
Gee Walker 213 Detroit Tigers 3
Buddy Lewis 210 Washington Senators 4
Charlie Gehringer 209 Detroit Tigers 5
Pete Fox 208 Detroit Tigers 6
Wally Moses 208 Philadelphia Athletics  
Lou Gehrig 200 New York Yankees 8
Hank Greenberg 200 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Vosmik 193 St. Louis Browns 10
Rip Radcliff 190 Chicago White Sox 11
Moose Solters 190 Cleveland Indians  
Lyn Lary 187 Cleveland Indians 13
Luke Appling 182 Chicago White Sox 14
Earl Averill 182 Cleveland Indians  
Cecil Travis 181 Washington Senators 16
Red Rolfe 179 New York Yankees 17
John Stone 179 Washington Senators  
Hal Trosky 179 Cleveland Indians  
Dixie Walker 179 Chicago White Sox  
Bill Dickey 176 New York Yankees 21
Mike Kreevich 176 Chicago White Sox  
Harlond Clift 175 St. Louis Browns 23
Joe Cronin 175 Boston Red Sox  
Pinky Higgins 172 Boston Red Sox 25



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.

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).