Hits : 1914 Federal League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1914 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the Federal League

Benny Kauff 211 Indianapolis Hoosiers 1
Dutch Zwilling 185 Chicago Whales 2
Steve Evans 179 Brooklyn Tip-Tops 3
Rebel Oakes 178 Pittsburgh Rebels 4
Charlie Hanford 174 Buffalo Buffeds 5
Vin Campbell 173 Indianapolis Hoosiers 6
Bill Kenworthy 173 Kansas City Packers  
Bill McKechnie 173 Indianapolis Hoosiers  
Harry Swacina 173 Baltimore Terrapins  
Chet Chadbourne 161 Kansas City Packers 10
Vern Duncan 160 Baltimore Terrapins 11
Jimmy Esmond 160 Indianapolis Hoosiers  
Frank LaPorte 157 Indianapolis Hoosiers 13
Fred Beck 155 Chicago Whales 14
Grover Gilmore 152 Kansas City Packers 15
Benny Meyer 152 Baltimore Terrapins  
Solly Hofman 148 Brooklyn Tip-Tops 17
Al Wickland 148 Chicago Whales  
Ted Easterly 146 Kansas City Packers 19
Tex McDonald 145 Pittsburgh Rebels 20
Buffalo Buffeds  
Jack Tobin 143 St. Louis Terriers 21
George Perring 138 Kansas City Packers 22
Tex Wisterzil 137 Brooklyn Tip-Tops 23
Jimmie Savage 136 Pittsburgh Rebels 24
Baldy Louden 135 Buffalo Buffeds 25



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