Hits : 1962 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
 

1962 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tommy Davis 230 Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Frank Robinson 208 Cincinnati Reds 2
Maury Wills 208 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Dick Groat 199 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Bill White 199 St. Louis Cardinals  
Hank Aaron 191 Milwaukee Braves 6
Orlando Cepeda 191 San Francisco Giants  
Willie Mays 189 San Francisco Giants 8
Curt Flood 188 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Billy Williams 184 Chicago Cubs 10
Johnny Callison 181 Philadelphia Phillies 11
Vada Pinson 181 Cincinnati Reds  
Ken Boyer 178 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Felipe Alou 177 San Francisco Giants 14
Leo Cardenas 173 Cincinnati Reds 15
Ken Hubbs 172 Chicago Cubs 16
Willie Davis 171 Los Angeles Dodgers 17
George Altman 170 Chicago Cubs 18
Don Demeter 169 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Roberto Clemente 168 Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Chuck Hiller 166 San Francisco Giants 21
Ernie Banks 164 Chicago Cubs 22
Bill Virdon 164 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Roman Mejias 162 Houston Colt .45s 24
Tony Taylor 162 Philadelphia Phillies  



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.

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).

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.