Top 25 Hits in 2003 in the National League

Hits : 2003 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)

2003 Hits Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Hits Team Rank

Albert Pujols 212 St. Louis Cardinals 1

Todd Helton 209 Colorado Rockies 2

Juan Pierre 204 Florida Marlins 3

Rafael Furcal 194 Atlanta Braves 4

Edgar Renteria 194 St. Louis Cardinals

Jason Kendall 191 Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Gary Sheffield 190 Atlanta Braves 7

Luis Castillo 187 Florida Marlins 8

Orlando Cabrera 186 Montreal Expos 9

Mark Loretta 185 San Diego Padres 10

Jay Payton 181 Colorado Rockies 11

Luis Gonzalez 176 Arizona Diamondbacks 12

Marquis Grissom 176 San Francisco Giants

Scott Podsednik 175 Milwaukee Brewers 14

Marcus Giles 174 Atlanta Braves 15

Bobby Abreu 173 Philadelphia Phillies 16

Shawn Green 171 Los Angeles Dodgers 17

Chipper Jones 169 Atlanta Braves 18

Preston Wilson 169 Colorado Rockies

Jeff Bagwell 168 Houston Astros 20

Sean Casey 167 Cincinnati Reds 21

Craig Biggio 166 Houston Astros 22

Andruw Jones 165 Atlanta Braves 23

Aramis Ramirez 165 Pittsburgh Pirates

Chicago Cubs

Jimmy Rollins 165 Philadelphia Phillies

Name Hits Team Rank

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.

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.

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?

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