Top 25 Hits in 2008 in the National League

Hits : 2008 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)

2008 Hits Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Hits Team Rank

Jose Reyes 204 New York Mets 1

David Wright 189 New York Mets 2

Albert Pujols 187 St. Louis Cardinals 3

Cristian Guzman 183 Washington Nationals 4

Randy Winn 183 San Francisco Giants

Derrek Lee 181 Chicago Cubs 6

Miguel Tejada 179 Houston Astros 7

Stephen Drew 178 Arizona Diamondbacks 8

Ryan Theriot 178 Chicago Cubs

Hanley Ramirez 177 Florida Marlins 10

Chase Utley 177 Philadelphia Phillies

Matt Kemp 176 Los Angeles Dodgers 12

Garrett Atkins 175 Colorado Rockies 13

Ryan Braun 174 Milwaukee Brewers 14

Jorge Cantu 174 Florida Marlins

Lance Berkman 173 Houston Astros 16

Matt Holliday 173 Colorado Rockies

Carlos Beltran 172 New York Mets 18

Adrian Gonzalez 172 San Diego Padres

James Loney 172 Los Angeles Dodgers

Brian Giles 171 San Diego Padres 21

Shane Victorino 167 Philadelphia Phillies 22

Nate McLouth 165 Pittsburgh Pirates 23

Corey Hart 164 Milwaukee Brewers 24

Skip Schumaker 163 St. Louis Cardinals 25

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).

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?

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