Hits : 2007 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

2007 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Matt Holliday 216 Colorado Rockies 1
Hanley Ramirez 212 Florida Marlins 2
Jimmy Rollins 212 Philadelphia Phillies  
Juan Pierre 196 Los Angeles Dodgers 4
David Wright 196 New York Mets  
Jose Reyes 191 New York Mets 6
Carlos Lee 190 Houston Astros 7
Aaron Rowand 189 Philadelphia Phillies 8
Miguel Cabrera 188 Florida Marlins 9
Jeff Francoeur 188 Atlanta Braves  
Brandon Phillips 187 Cincinnati Reds 11
Albert Pujols 185 St. Louis Cardinals 12
Freddy Sanchez 183 Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Garrett Atkins 182 Colorado Rockies 14
Adrian Gonzalez 182 San Diego Padres  
Derrek Lee 180 Chicago Cubs 16
Eric Byrnes 179 Arizona Diamondbacks 17
Todd Helton 178 Colorado Rockies 18
Randy Winn 178 San Francisco Giants  
Troy Tulowitzki 177 Colorado Rockies 20
Chase Utley 176 Philadelphia Phillies 21
Ryan Zimmerman 174 Washington Nationals 22
Chipper Jones 173 Atlanta Braves 23
Alfonso Soriano 173 Chicago Cubs  
Prince Fielder 165 Milwaukee Brewers 25



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.

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?

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.