Hits : 1981 National League Top 25

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1981 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League
Pete Rose 140 Philadelphia Phillies 1
Bill Buckner 131 Chicago Cubs 2
Dave Concepcion 129 Cincinnati Reds 3
Dusty Baker 128 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Ken Griffey 123 Cincinnati Reds 5
George Foster 122 Cincinnati Reds 6
Steve Garvey 122 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Luis Salazar 121 San Diego Padres 8
Omar Moreno 120 Pittsburgh Pirates 9
Andre Dawson 119 Montreal Expos 10
Keith Hernandez 115 St. Louis Cardinals 11
Terry Kennedy 115 San Diego Padres  
Gene Richards 113 San Diego Padres 13
George Hendrick 112 St. Louis Cardinals 14
Mike Schmidt 112 Philadelphia Phillies  
Hubie Brooks 110 New York Mets 16
Chris Chambliss 110 Atlanta Braves  
Tom Herr 110 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ken Oberkfell 110 St. Louis Cardinals  
Warren Cromartie 109 Montreal Expos 20
Jose Cruz 109 Houston Astros  
Gary Matthews 108 Philadelphia Phillies 22
Juan Bonilla 107 San Diego Padres 23
Art Howe 107 Houston Astros  
Tony Scott 106 St. Louis Cardinals 25
Houston Astros  



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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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.
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