Hits : 1955 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1955 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Ted Kluszewski 192 Cincinnati Redlegs 1
Hank Aaron 189 Milwaukee Braves 2
Gus Bell 188 Cincinnati Redlegs 3
Wally Post 186 Cincinnati Redlegs 4
Willie Mays 185 New York Giants 5
Don Mueller 185 New York Giants  
Richie Ashburn 180 Philadelphia Phillies 7
Stan Musial 179 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Johnny Logan 177 Milwaukee Braves 9
Ernie Banks 176 Chicago Cubs 10
Bill Bruton 175 Milwaukee Braves 11
Wally Moon 175 St. Louis Cardinals  
Del Ennis 167 Philadelphia Phillies 13
Duke Snider 166 Brooklyn Dodgers 14
Johnny Temple 165 Cincinnati Redlegs 15
Carl Furillo 164 Brooklyn Dodgers 16
Gene Baker 163 Chicago Cubs 17
Gil Hodges 158 Brooklyn Dodgers 18
Whitey Lockman 157 New York Giants 19
Pee Wee Reese 156 Brooklyn Dodgers 20
Dee Fondy 152 Chicago Cubs 21
Bill Virdon 150 St. Louis Cardinals 22
Red Schoendienst 148 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Eddie Mathews 144 Milwaukee Braves 24
Roy Campanella 142 Brooklyn Dodgers 25



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.

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?