Hits : 1987 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
 

1987 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Tony Gwynn 218 San Diego Padres 1
Pedro Guerrero 184 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Ozzie Smith 182 St. Louis Cardinals 3
Vince Coleman 180 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Andre Dawson 178 Chicago Cubs 5
Juan Samuel 178 Philadelphia Phillies  
Bill Doran 177 Houston Astros 7
Willie McGee 177 St. Louis Cardinals  
Tim Wallach 177 Montreal Expos  
Tim Raines 175 Montreal Expos 10
Steve Sax 171 Los Angeles Dodgers 11
Keith Hernandez 170 New York Mets 12
Kevin Bass 168 Houston Astros 13
Andres Galarraga 168 Montreal Expos  
Billy Hatcher 167 Houston Astros 15
Dale Murphy 167 Atlanta Braves  
Terry Pendleton 167 St. Louis Cardinals  
Andy Van Slyke 165 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Mitch Webster 165 Montreal Expos  
Benito Santiago 164 San Diego Padres 20
Will Clark 163 San Francisco Giants 21
Kevin McReynolds 163 New York Mets  
Milt Thompson 159 Philadelphia Phillies 23
Von Hayes 154 Philadelphia Phillies 24
Dion James 154 Atlanta Braves  



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.

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 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?