Hits : 1959 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 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)
 

1959 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Hank Aaron 223 Milwaukee Braves 1
Vada Pinson 205 Cincinnati Reds 2
Orlando Cepeda 192 San Francisco Giants 3
Johnny Temple 186 Cincinnati Reds 4
Eddie Mathews 182 Milwaukee Braves 5
Willie Mays 180 San Francisco Giants 6
Ernie Banks 179 Chicago Cubs 7
Don Blasingame 178 St. Louis Cardinals 8
Charlie Neal 177 Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Tony Taylor 175 Chicago Cubs 10
Ken Boyer 174 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Gus Bell 170 Cincinnati Reds 12
Frank Robinson 168 Cincinnati Reds 13
Don Hoak 166 Pittsburgh Pirates 14
Wally Moon 164 Los Angeles Dodgers 15
Dick Groat 163 Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Joe Cunningham 158 St. Louis Cardinals 17
Jim Gilliam 156 Los Angeles Dodgers 18
Bill White 156 St. Louis Cardinals  
Bob Skinner 153 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Richie Ashburn 150 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Daryl Spencer 147 San Francisco Giants 22
Gino Cimoli 145 St. Louis Cardinals 23
Ed Bouchee 142 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Bill Bruton 138 Milwaukee Braves 25



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?

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.