Hits : 1983 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
 

1983 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Jose Cruz 189 Houston Astros 1
Andre Dawson 189 Montreal Expos  
Rafael Ramirez 185 Atlanta Braves 3
Al Oliver 184 Montreal Expos 4
Tim Raines 183 Montreal Expos 5
Dale Murphy 178 Atlanta Braves 6
Dickie Thon 177 Houston Astros 7
Mookie Wilson 176 New York Mets 8
Bill Buckner 175 Chicago Cubs 9
Steve Sax 175 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Pedro Guerrero 174 Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Willie McGee 172 St. Louis Cardinals 12
George Hendrick 168 St. Louis Cardinals 13
Ryne Sandberg 165 Chicago Cubs 14
Tony Pena 163 Pittsburgh Pirates 15
Johnny Ray 163 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Keith Moreland 161 Chicago Cubs 17
Ron Cey 160 Chicago Cubs 18
Keith Hernandez 160 St. Louis Cardinals  
New York Mets  
Lonnie Smith 158 St. Louis Cardinals 20
Terry Kennedy 156 San Diego Padres 21
Tim Wallach 156 Montreal Expos  
Brett Butler 154 Atlanta Braves 23
Ray Knight 154 Houston Astros  
Dave Parker 154 Pittsburgh Pirates  



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.

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.