1881 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Cap Anson	137	Chicago White Stockings	1
Abner Dalrymple	117	Chicago White Stockings	2
Buttercup Dickerson	116	Worcester Ruby Legs	3
Fred Dunlap	114	Cleveland Blues	4
King Kelly	114	Chicago White Stockings
Joe Start	114	Providence Grays
Roger Connor	107	Troy Trojans	7
Jim O'Rourke	105	Buffalo Bisons	8
Paul Hines	103	Providence Grays	9
Hardy Richardson	100	Buffalo Bisons	10
George Wood	100	Detroit Wolverines
Deacon White	99	Buffalo Bisons	12
Pete Hotaling	98	Worcester Ruby Legs	13
Bill Phillips	97	Cleveland Blues	14
Ezra Sutton	97	Boston Red Caps
Bob Ferguson	96	Troy Trojans	16
Curry Foley	96	Buffalo Bisons
Pete Gillespie	96	Troy Trojans
Tom York	96	Providence Grays
Tom Burns	95	Chicago White Stockings	20
Silver Flint	95	Chicago White Stockings
George Gore	92	Chicago White Stockings	22
Lon Knight	92	Detroit Wolverines
Harry Stovey	92	Worcester Ruby Legs
Ned Williamson	92	Chicago White Stockings
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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. 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). 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.