Hits : 1991 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
 

1991 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Terry Pendleton 187 Atlanta Braves 1
Brett Butler 182 Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Chris Sabo 175 Cincinnati Reds 3
Bobby Bonilla 174 Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Felix Jose 173 St. Louis Cardinals 5
Will Clark 170 San Francisco Giants 6
Steve Finley 170 Houston Astros  
Ryne Sandberg 170 Chicago Cubs  
Mark Grace 169 Chicago Cubs 9
Tony Gwynn 168 San Diego Padres 10
Jay Bell 164 Pittsburgh Pirates 11
Jeff Bagwell 163 Houston Astros 12
Craig Biggio 161 Houston Astros 13
Juan Samuel 161 Los Angeles Dodgers  
George Bell 159 Chicago Cubs 15
John Kruk 158 Philadelphia Phillies 16
Matt Williams 158 San Francisco Giants  
Todd Zeile 158 St. Louis Cardinals  
Ozzie Smith 157 St. Louis Cardinals 19
Willie McGee 155 San Francisco Giants 20
Benito Santiago 155 San Diego Padres  
Andre Dawson 153 Chicago Cubs 22
Tony Fernandez 152 San Diego Padres 23
Hal Morris 152 Cincinnati Reds  
Eddie Murray 150 Los Angeles Dodgers 25



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

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.