Hits : 1926 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1926 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Eddie Brown 201 Boston Braves 1
Kiki Cuyler 197 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Sparky Adams 193 Chicago Cubs 3
Les Bell 189 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Edd Roush 182 Cincinnati Reds 5
Pie Traynor 182 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Jim Bottomley 180 St. Louis Cardinals 7
Paul Waner 180 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Curt Walker 175 Cincinnati Reds 9
Frankie Frisch 171 New York Giants 10
Hack Wilson 170 Chicago Cubs 11
Rogers Hornsby 167 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Wally Pipp 167 Cincinnati Reds  
Hughie Critz 164 Cincinnati Reds 14
Freddie Lindstrom 164 New York Giants  
Taylor Douthit 163 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Freddy Leach 162 Philadelphia Phillies 17
Billy Southworth 162 New York Giants  
St. Louis Cardinals  
Babe Herman 158 Brooklyn Robins 19
Heinie Sand 154 Philadelphia Phillies 20
George Kelly 151 New York Giants 21
Charlie Grimm 145 Chicago Cubs 22
Bob O'Farrell 144 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Tommy Thevenow 144 St. Louis Cardinals  
George Grantham 143 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

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.

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?