Top 25 Hits in 2003 in the National League

Hits : 2003 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:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson

2003 Hits Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Hits Team Rank

Albert Pujols 212 St. Louis Cardinals 1

Todd Helton 209 Colorado Rockies 2

Juan Pierre 204 Florida Marlins 3

Rafael Furcal 194 Atlanta Braves 4

Edgar Renteria 194 St. Louis Cardinals

Jason Kendall 191 Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Gary Sheffield 190 Atlanta Braves 7

Luis Castillo 187 Florida Marlins 8

Orlando Cabrera 186 Montreal Expos 9

Mark Loretta 185 San Diego Padres 10

Jay Payton 181 Colorado Rockies 11

Luis Gonzalez 176 Arizona Diamondbacks 12

Marquis Grissom 176 San Francisco Giants

Scott Podsednik 175 Milwaukee Brewers 14

Marcus Giles 174 Atlanta Braves 15

Bobby Abreu 173 Philadelphia Phillies 16

Shawn Green 171 Los Angeles Dodgers 17

Chipper Jones 169 Atlanta Braves 18

Preston Wilson 169 Colorado Rockies

Jeff Bagwell 168 Houston Astros 20

Sean Casey 167 Cincinnati Reds 21

Craig Biggio 166 Houston Astros 22

Andruw Jones 165 Atlanta Braves 23

Aramis Ramirez 165 Pittsburgh Pirates

Chicago Cubs

Jimmy Rollins 165 Philadelphia Phillies

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.

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).

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.

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