Hits : 1928 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)
 

1928 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Freddie Lindstrom 231 New York Giants 1
Paul Waner 223 Pittsburgh Pirates 2
Lloyd Waner 221 Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Lance Richbourg 206 Boston Braves 4
Pie Traynor 192 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Taylor Douthit 191 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Hughie Critz 190 Cincinnati Reds 7
Del Bissonette 188 Brooklyn Robins 8
Rogers Hornsby 188 Boston Braves  
Jim Bottomley 187 St. Louis Cardinals 10
Bill Terry 185 New York Giants 11
Fresco Thompson 182 Philadelphia Phillies 12
Freddy Leach 179 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Pinky Whitney 176 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Chick Hafey 175 St. Louis Cardinals 15
George Sisler 167 Boston Braves 16
Riggs Stephenson 166 Chicago Cubs 17
Babe Herman 165 Brooklyn Robins 18
Denny Sothern 165 Philadelphia Phillies  
Les Bell 164 Boston Braves 20
Frankie Frisch 164 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hack Wilson 163 Chicago Cubs 22
Charlie Grimm 161 Chicago Cubs 23
Freddie Maguire 160 Chicago Cubs 24
Sparky Adams 149 Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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.

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).