1997 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the National League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Tony Gwynn	220	San Diego Padres	1
Larry Walker	208	Colorado Rockies	2
Mike Piazza	201	Los Angeles Dodgers	3
Craig Biggio	191	Houston Astros	4
Andres Galarraga	191	Colorado Rockies
Raul Mondesi	191	Los Angeles Dodgers
Vinny Castilla	186	Colorado Rockies	7
Tony Womack	178	Pittsburgh Pirates	8
Mark Grace	177	Chicago Cubs	9
Mark Grudzielanek	177	Montreal Expos
Chipper Jones	176	Atlanta Braves	11
Eric Young	174	Colorado Rockies	12
		Los Angeles Dodgers
Dante Bichette	173	Colorado Rockies	13
Edgar Renteria	171	Florida Marlins	14
Delino DeShields	169	St. Louis Cardinals	15
Bobby Bonilla	167	Florida Marlins	16
Eric Karros	167	Los Angeles Dodgers
Kenny Lofton	164	Atlanta Braves	18
Edgardo Alfonzo	163	New York Mets	19
Mickey Morandini	163	Philadelphia Phillies
Jeff Bagwell	162	Houston Astros	21
Mike Lansing	161	Montreal Expos	22
Sammy Sosa	161	Chicago Cubs
Jeff Blauser	160	Atlanta Braves	24
Rondell White	160	Montreal Expos
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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). 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.