Top 25 Hits in 1970 in the National League

Hits : 1970 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1970 Hits Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Hits Team Rank

Pete Rose 205 Cincinnati Reds 1

Billy Williams 205 Chicago Cubs

Joe Torre 203 St. Louis Cardinals 3

Lou Brock 202 St. Louis Cardinals 4

Matty Alou 201 Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Bobby Bonds 200 San Francisco Giants 6

Wes Parker 196 Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Cito Gaston 186 San Diego Padres 8

Tony Perez 186 Cincinnati Reds

Bobby Tolan 186 Cincinnati Reds

Felix Millan 183 Atlanta Braves 11

Tommie Agee 182 New York Mets 12

Willie Davis 181 Los Angeles Dodgers 13

Johnny Bench 177 Cincinnati Reds 14

Rico Carty 175 Atlanta Braves 15

Orlando Cepeda 173 Atlanta Braves 16

Denis Menke 171 Houston Astros 17

Glenn Beckert 170 Chicago Cubs 18

Don Kessinger 168 Chicago Cubs 19

Ken Henderson 163 San Francisco Giants 20

Jose Cardenal 162 St. Louis Cardinals 21

Jim Hickman 162 Chicago Cubs

Manny Sanguillen 158 Pittsburgh Pirates 23

Ollie Brown 156 San Diego Padres 24

Rusty Staub 156 Montreal Expos

Name Hits Team Rank

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?

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