Top 25 Hits in 1937 in the National League

Hits : 1937 National League Top 25

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"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)

1937 Hits Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Hits Team Rank

Joe Medwick 237 St. Louis Cardinals 1

Paul Waner 219 Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Johnny Mize 204 St. Louis Cardinals 3

Frank Demaree 199 Chicago Cubs 4

Billy Herman 189 Chicago Cubs 5

Jo-Jo Moore 180 New York Giants 6

Lloyd Waner 177 Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Stan Hack 173 Chicago Cubs 8

Buddy Hassett 169 Brooklyn Dodgers 9

Pinky Whitney 166 Philadelphia Phillies 10

Hersh Martin 164 Philadelphia Phillies 11

Burgess Whitehead 164 New York Giants

Dolph Camilli 161 Philadelphia Phillies 13

Mel Ott 160 New York Giants 14

Gus Suhr 160 Pittsburgh Pirates

Gene Moore 159 Boston Bees 16

Dick Bartell 158 New York Giants 17

Al Todd 158 Pittsburgh Pirates

Tony Cuccinello 156 Boston Bees 19

Heinie Manush 155 Brooklyn Dodgers 20

Augie Galan 154 Chicago Cubs 21

Arky Vaughan 151 Pittsburgh Pirates 22

Ival Goodman 150 Cincinnati Reds 23

Jimmy Brown 145 St. Louis Cardinals 24

Woody Jensen 142 Pittsburgh Pirates 25

Name Hits Team Rank

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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).

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?

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