Hits : 1877 National 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)
 

1877 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Deacon White 103 Boston Red Caps 1
Cal McVey 98 Chicago White Stockings 2
Jim O'Rourke 96 Boston Red Caps 3
John Cassidy 95 Hartford Dark Blues 4
Joe Start 90 Hartford Dark Blues 5
George Hall 87 Louisville Grays 6
Cap Anson 86 Chicago White Stockings 7
John Peters 84 Chicago White Stockings 8
Mike Dorgan 82 St. Louis Brown Stockings 9
John Clapp 81 St. Louis Brown Stockings 10
Juice Latham 81 Louisville Grays  
Jack Manning 80 Cincinnati Red Stockings 12
George Wright 80 Boston Red Caps  
Andy Leonard 78 Boston Red Caps 14
Lip Pike 78 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Joe Gerhardt 76 Louisville Grays 16
Charley Jones 75 Cincinnati Red Stockings 17
Chicago White Stockings  
Orator Shafer 74 Louisville Grays 18
Ezra Sutton 74 Boston Red Caps  
Paul Hines 73 Chicago White Stockings 20
John Morrill 73 Boston Red Caps  
Jack Burdock 72 Hartford Dark Blues 22
Jim Devlin 72 Louisville Grays  
Tom Carey 70 Hartford Dark Blues 24
Bill Hague 70 Louisville Grays  



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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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?