Hits : 1976 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1976 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Pete Rose 215 Cincinnati Reds 1
Willie Montanez 206 San Francisco Giants 2
Atlanta Braves  
Steve Garvey 200 Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Bill Buckner 193 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Dave Cash 189 Philadelphia Phillies 5
Ken Griffey 189 Cincinnati Reds  
Bob Watson 183 Houston Astros 7
Garry Maddox 175 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Bill Madlock 174 Chicago Cubs 9
George Foster 172 Cincinnati Reds 10
Cesar Cedeno 171 Houston Astros 11
Dave Parker 168 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Rennie Stennett 168 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Richie Zisk 168 Pittsburgh Pirates  
Gary Matthews 164 San Francisco Giants 15
Dave Concepcion 162 Cincinnati Reds 16
Greg Luzinski 162 Philadelphia Phillies  
Enos Cabell 160 Houston Astros 18
Ted Simmons 159 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Jose Cardenal 156 Chicago Cubs 20
Larry Bowa 155 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Ken Reitz 154 San Francisco Giants 22
Mike Schmidt 153 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Bill Russell 152 Los Angeles Dodgers 24
Joe Morgan 151 Cincinnati Reds 25



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?

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.