Top 25 Hits in 2000 in the National League

Hits : 2000 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:

"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)

2000 Hits Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Hits Team Rank

Todd Helton 216 Colorado Rockies 1

Jose Vidro 200 Montreal Expos 2

Andruw Jones 199 Atlanta Braves 3

Vladimir Guerrero 197 Montreal Expos 4

Jeff Kent 196 San Francisco Giants 5

Jeff Cirillo 195 Colorado Rockies 6

Sammy Sosa 193 Chicago Cubs 7

Luis Gonzalez 192 Arizona Diamondbacks 8

Neifi Perez 187 Colorado Rockies 9

Jason Kendall 185 Pittsburgh Pirates 10

Jeff Bagwell 183 Houston Astros 11

Bobby Abreu 182 Philadelphia Phillies 12

Luis Castillo 180 Florida Marlins 13

Chipper Jones 180 Atlanta Braves

Eric Young 180 Chicago Cubs

Edgardo Alfonzo 176 New York Mets 16

Brian Giles 176 Pittsburgh Pirates

Doug Glanville 175 Philadelphia Phillies 18

Richard Hidalgo 175 Houston Astros

Mark Grudzielanek 172 Los Angeles Dodgers 20

Eric Owens 171 San Diego Padres 21

Tony Womack 167 Arizona Diamondbacks 22

Dmitri Young 166 Cincinnati Reds 23

Shawn Green 164 Los Angeles Dodgers 24

Phil Nevin 163 San Diego Padres 25

Name Hits Team Rank

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?

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.

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