Hits : 1944 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 guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1944 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Phil Cavarretta 197 Chicago Cubs 1
Stan Musial 197 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tommy Holmes 195 Boston Braves 3
Dixie Walker 191 Brooklyn Dodgers 4
Jim Russell 181 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Johnny Hopp 177 St. Louis Cardinals 6
Frank McCormick 177 Cincinnati Reds  
Ray Sanders 177 St. Louis Cardinals  
Augie Galan 174 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Babe Dahlgren 173 Pittsburgh Pirates 10
Don Johnson 169 Chicago Cubs 11
Tony Lupien 169 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Nicholson 167 Chicago Cubs 13
Buster Adams 165 Philadelphia Phillies 14
Joe Medwick 165 New York Giants  
Ron Northey 164 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Bob Elliott 160 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Ray Mueller 159 Cincinnati Reds 18
Woody Williams 157 Cincinnati Reds 19
Johnny Barrett 153 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Whitey Kurowski 150 St. Louis Cardinals 21
Pete Coscarart 146 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Buddy Kerr 146 New York Giants  
Eric Tipton 144 Cincinnati Reds 24
Johnny Rucker 143 New York Giants 25



Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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

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.