Hits : 1938 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1938 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Joe Vosmik 201 Boston Red Sox 1
Doc Cramer 198 Boston Red Sox 2
Mel Almada 197 Washington Senators 3
St. Louis Browns  
Jimmie Foxx 197 Boston Red Sox  
Red Rolfe 196 New York Yankees 5
George McQuinn 195 St. Louis Browns 6
Joe DiMaggio 194 New York Yankees 7
Buddy Lewis 194 Washington Senators  
Cecil Travis 190 Washington Senators 9
Pete Fox 186 Detroit Tigers 10
Hal Trosky 185 Cleveland Indians 11
Wally Moses 181 Philadelphia Athletics 12
Bob Johnson 176 Philadelphia Athletics 13
Hank Greenberg 175 Detroit Tigers 14
Charlie Gehringer 174 Detroit Tigers 15
Joe Cronin 172 Boston Red Sox 16
Jeff Heath 172 Cleveland Indians  
Red Kress 171 St. Louis Browns 18
Lou Gehrig 170 New York Yankees 19
Frankie Crosetti 166 New York Yankees 20
Rip Radcliff 166 Chicago White Sox  
Ben Chapman 163 Boston Red Sox 22
Marv Owen 162 Chicago White Sox 23
Earl Averill 159 Cleveland Indians 24
Pinky Higgins 159 Boston Red Sox  



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.

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?