Hits : 1904 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:

"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)
 

1904 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ginger Beaumont 185 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Jake Beckley 179 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Honus Wagner 171 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
George Browne 169 New York Giants 4
Cy Seymour 166 Cincinnati Reds 5
Kid Gleason 161 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Harry Lumley 161 Brooklyn Superbas  
Tommy Leach 149 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Ed Abbaticchio 148 Boston Beaneaters 9
Dan McGann 148 New York Giants  
John Titus 148 Philadelphia Phillies  
Doc Casey 147 Chicago Cubs 12
Sam Mertes 147 New York Giants  
Homer Smoot 146 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Fred Tenney 144 Boston Beaneaters 15
Roy Thomas 144 Philadelphia Phillies  
Claude Ritchey 143 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Jim Delahanty 142 Boston Beaneaters 18
Johnny Evers 141 Chicago Cubs 19
Phil Geier 141 Boston Beaneaters  
Frank Chance 140 Chicago Cubs 21
Bill Dahlen 140 New York Giants  
Spike Shannon 140 St. Louis Cardinals  
Charlie Babb 138 Brooklyn Superbas 24
Tommy Corcoran 133 Cincinnati Reds 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.

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).

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.