Hits : 1998 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:

"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1998 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Dante Bichette 219 Colorado Rockies 1
Craig Biggio 210 Houston Astros 2
Vinny Castilla 206 Colorado Rockies 3
Vladimir Guerrero 202 Montreal Expos 4
Derek Bell 198 Houston Astros 5
Sammy Sosa 198 Chicago Cubs  
Fernando Vina 198 Milwaukee Brewers  
John Olerud 197 New York Mets 8
Jeff Cirillo 194 Milwaukee Brewers 9
Doug Glanville 189 Philadelphia Phillies 10
Chipper Jones 188 Atlanta Braves 11
Tony Womack 185 Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Mark Grace 184 Chicago Cubs 13
Mike Piazza 184 Los Angeles Dodgers  
Florida Marlins  
New York Mets  
Moises Alou 182 Houston Astros 15
Brian Jordan 178 St. Louis Cardinals 16
Neifi Perez 177 Colorado Rockies 17
Jason Kendall 175 Pittsburgh Pirates 18
Scott Rolen 174 Philadelphia Phillies 19
Darryl Hamilton 173 San Francisco Giants 20
Colorado Rockies  
Mickey Morandini 172 Chicago Cubs 21
Andres Galarraga 169 Atlanta Braves 22
Barry Bonds 167 San Francisco Giants 23
Todd Helton 167 Colorado Rockies  
Cliff Floyd 166 Florida Marlins 25



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

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.

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).