1901 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Nap Lajoie	232	Philadelphia Athletics	1
John Anderson	190	Milwaukee Brewers	2
Jimmy Collins	187	Boston Americans	3
Irv Waldron	186	Milwaukee Brewers	4
		Washington Senators
Sam Dungan	179	Washington Senators	5
Ollie Pickering	169	Cleveland Blues	6
Buck Freeman	166	Boston Americans	7
Candy LaChance	166	Cleveland Blues
Cy Seymour	166	Baltimore Orioles
Dave Fultz	164	Philadelphia Athletics	10
Mike Donlin	162	Baltimore Orioles	11
Fielder Jones	162	Chicago White Stockings
Jimmy Barrett	159	Detroit Tigers	13
Tommy Dowd	159	Boston Americans
Jimmy Williams	159	Baltimore Orioles
Ducky Holmes	158	Detroit Tigers	16
Freddy Parent	158	Boston Americans
Erve Beck	156	Cleveland Blues	18
Chick Stahl	156	Boston Americans
Dummy Hoy	155	Chicago White Stockings	20
Doc Casey	153	Detroit Tigers	21
Harry Davis	152	Philadelphia Athletics	22
Bill Bradley	151	Cleveland Blues	23
John Farrell	151	Washington Senators
Sam Mertes	151	Chicago White Stockings
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. 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.