Hits : 1934 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)
 

1934 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Paul Waner 217 Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Bill Terry 213 New York Giants 2
Ripper Collins 200 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Joe Medwick 198 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Ethan Allen 192 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Jo-Jo Moore 192 New York Giants  
Mel Ott 190 New York Giants 7
Kiki Cuyler 189 Chicago Cubs 8
Dick Bartell 187 Philadelphia Phillies 9
Arky Vaughan 186 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Jack Rothrock 184 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Wally Berger 183 Boston Braves 12
Sam Leslie 181 Brooklyn Dodgers 13
Billy Urbanski 177 Boston Braves 14
Lloyd Waner 173 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Mark Koenig 172 Cincinnati Reds 16
Frankie Frisch 168 St. Louis Cardinals 17
Johnny Moore 165 Cincinnati Reds 18
Philadelphia Phillies  
Gus Suhr 162 Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Jim Bottomley 158 Cincinnati Reds 20
Gordon Slade 158 Cincinnati Reds  
Chick Hafey 157 Cincinnati Reds 22
Buck Jordan 152 Boston Braves 23
Hal Lee 152 Boston Braves  
Lou Chiozza 147 Philadelphia Phillies 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.

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.