Top 25 Hits in 1978 in the National League

Hits : 1978 National League Top 25

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"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)

1978 Hits Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Hits Team Rank

Steve Garvey 202 Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Pete Rose 198 Cincinnati Reds 2

Enos Cabell 195 Houston Astros 3

Dave Parker 194 Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Larry Bowa 192 Philadelphia Phillies 5

Frank Taveras 182 Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Jack Clark 181 San Francisco Giants 7

Garry Templeton 181 St. Louis Cardinals

Dave Winfield 181 San Diego Padres

Warren Cromartie 180 Montreal Expos 10

Bill Russell 179 Los Angeles Dodgers 11

Jose Cruz 178 Houston Astros 12

Ken Griffey 177 Cincinnati Reds 13

Ivan DeJesus 172 Chicago Cubs 14

Garry Maddox 172 Philadelphia Phillies

Gene Richards 171 San Diego Padres 16

Dave Concepcion 170 Cincinnati Reds 17

George Foster 170 Cincinnati Reds

Terry Puhl 169 Houston Astros 19

Dave Cash 166 Montreal Expos 20

Ellis Valentine 165 Montreal Expos 21

Davey Lopes 163 Los Angeles Dodgers 22

Tony Perez 158 Montreal Expos 23

Steve Henderson 156 New York Mets 24

Willie Montanez 156 New York Mets

Name Hits Team Rank

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.

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.

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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