Hits : 1905 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)
 

1905 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Cy Seymour 219 Cincinnati Reds 1
Mike Donlin 216 New York Giants 2
Honus Wagner 199 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Shad Barry 182 Chicago Cubs 4
Cincinnati Reds  
Sherry Magee 180 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Roy Thomas 178 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Ed Abbaticchio 170 Boston Beaneaters 7
John Titus 169 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Homer Smoot 166 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Ernie Courtney 165 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Fred Tenney 158 Boston Beaneaters 11
George Browne 157 New York Giants 12
Fred Clarke 157 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Miller Huggins 154 Cincinnati Reds 14
Sam Mertes 154 New York Giants  
Jimmy Slagle 153 Chicago Cubs 16
Kitty Bransfield 150 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Tommy Corcoran 150 Cincinnati Reds  
Kid Gleason 150 Philadelphia Phillies  
Harry Lumley 148 Brooklyn Superbas 20
Jake Beckley 147 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Dan McGann 147 New York Giants  
Spike Shannon 146 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Billy Maloney 145 Chicago Cubs 24
Emil Batch 143 Brooklyn Superbas 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.

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.

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.