1959 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Hank Aaron	223	Milwaukee Braves	1
Vada Pinson	205	Cincinnati Reds	2
Orlando Cepeda	192	San Francisco Giants	3
Johnny Temple	186	Cincinnati Reds	4
Eddie Mathews	182	Milwaukee Braves	5
Willie Mays	180	San Francisco Giants	6
Ernie Banks	179	Chicago Cubs	7
Don Blasingame	178	St. Louis Cardinals	8
Charlie Neal	177	Los Angeles Dodgers	9
Tony Taylor	175	Chicago Cubs	10
Ken Boyer	174	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Gus Bell	170	Cincinnati Reds	12
Frank Robinson	168	Cincinnati Reds	13
Don Hoak	166	Pittsburgh Pirates	14
Wally Moon	164	Los Angeles Dodgers	15
Dick Groat	163	Pittsburgh Pirates	16
Joe Cunningham	158	St. Louis Cardinals	17
Jim Gilliam	156	Los Angeles Dodgers	18
Bill White	156	St. Louis Cardinals
Bob Skinner	153	Pittsburgh Pirates	20
Richie Ashburn	150	Philadelphia Phillies	21
Daryl Spencer	147	San Francisco Giants	22
Gino Cimoli	145	St. Louis Cardinals	23
Ed Bouchee	142	Philadelphia Phillies	24
Bill Bruton	138	Milwaukee Braves	25
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

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