1942 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Enos Slaughter	188	St. Louis Cardinals	1
Bill Nicholson	173	Chicago Cubs	2
Bob Elliott	166	Pittsburgh Pirates	3
Stan Hack	166	Chicago Cubs
Joe Medwick	166	Brooklyn Dodgers
Johnny Mize	165	New York Giants	6
Mel Ott	162	New York Giants	7
Danny Litwhiler	160	Philadelphia Phillies	8
Frank McCormick	156	Cincinnati Reds	9
Jimmy Brown	155	St. Louis Cardinals	10
Tommy Holmes	155	Boston Braves
Pete Reiser	149	Brooklyn Dodgers	12
Nanny Fernandez	147	Boston Braves	13
Stan Musial	147	St. Louis Cardinals
Elbie Fletcher	146	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
Billy Herman	146	Brooklyn Dodgers
Lou Novikoff	145	Chicago Cubs	17
Pee Wee Reese	144	Brooklyn Dodgers	18
Mickey Witek	144	New York Giants
Terry Moore	141	St. Louis Cardinals	20
Bert Haas	140	Cincinnati Reds	21
Lonny Frey	139	Cincinnati Reds	22
Arky Vaughan	137	Brooklyn Dodgers	23
Max Marshall	135	Cincinnati Reds	24
Marty Marion	134	St. Louis Cardinals	25
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

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