Hits : 1949 National League Top 25

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1949 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Stan Musial 207 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Jackie Robinson 203 Brooklyn Dodgers 2
Bobby Thomson 198 New York Giants 3
Enos Slaughter 191 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Red Schoendienst 190 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Richie Ashburn 188 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Whitey Lockman 186 New York Giants 7
Del Ennis 184 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Carl Furillo 177 Brooklyn Dodgers 9
Granny Hamner 174 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Pee Wee Reese 172 Brooklyn Dodgers 11
Gil Hodges 170 Brooklyn Dodgers 12
Ralph Kiner 170 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Ted Kluszewski 164 Cincinnati Reds 14
Duke Snider 161 Brooklyn Dodgers 15
Willard Marshall 153 New York Giants 16
Wally Westlake 148 Pittsburgh Pirates 17
Al Dark 146 Boston Braves 18
Andy Pafko 146 Chicago Cubs  
Virgil Stallcup 146 Cincinnati Reds  
Eddie Stanky 144 Boston Braves 21
Harry Walker 142 Chicago Cubs 22
Cincinnati Reds  
Grady Hatton 141 Cincinnati Reds 23
Marty Marion 140 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Hank Sauer 140 Cincinnati Reds  
Chicago Cubs  



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).

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