Hits : 1979 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1979 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Garry Templeton 211 St. Louis Cardinals 1
Keith Hernandez 210 St. Louis Cardinals 2
Pete Rose 208 Philadelphia Phillies 3
Steve Garvey 204 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Omar Moreno 196 Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Dave Parker 193 Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Gary Matthews 192 Atlanta Braves 7
Dave Winfield 184 San Diego Padres 8
Warren Cromartie 181 Montreal Expos 9
Lee Mazzilli 181 New York Mets  
Ivan DeJesus 180 Chicago Cubs 11
Frank Taveras 178 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
New York Mets  
Andre Dawson 176 Montreal Expos 13
Ray Knight 175 Cincinnati Reds 14
Terry Puhl 172 Houston Astros 15
Bill Russell 170 Los Angeles Dodgers 16
Bill Buckner 168 Chicago Cubs 17
Bill Madlock 167 San Francisco Giants 18
Pittsburgh Pirates  
Larry Parrish 167 Montreal Expos  
Dave Concepcion 166 Cincinnati Reds 20
Enos Cabell 164 Houston Astros 21
Jerry Royster 164 Atlanta Braves  
Bake McBride 163 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Ken Reitz 162 St. Louis Cardinals 24
Joel Youngblood 162 New York Mets  



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.

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.

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?