Hits : 1965 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1965 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Pete Rose 209 Cincinnati Reds 1
Vada Pinson 204 Cincinnati Reds 2
Billy Williams 203 Chicago Cubs 3
Roberto Clemente 194 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Curt Flood 191 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Dick Allen 187 Philadelphia Phillies 6
Maury Wills 186 Los Angeles Dodgers 7
Donn Clendenon 184 Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Lou Brock 182 St. Louis Cardinals 9
Hank Aaron 181 Milwaukee Braves 10
Jim Ray Hart 177 San Francisco Giants 11
Deron Johnson 177 Cincinnati Reds  
Willie Mays 177 San Francisco Giants  
Ron Santo 173 Chicago Cubs 14
Frank Robinson 172 Cincinnati Reds 15
Tommy Harper 166 Cincinnati Reds 16
Felipe Alou 165 Milwaukee Braves 17
Joe Morgan 163 Houston Astros 18
Jesus Alou 162 San Francisco Giants 19
Ernie Banks 162 Chicago Cubs  
Johnny Callison 162 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bob Bailey 160 Pittsburgh Pirates 22
Leo Cardenas 160 Cincinnati Reds  
Cookie Rojas 158 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Bill White 157 St. Louis Cardinals 25



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.

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).