Hits : 1921 American League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1921 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Harry Heilmann 237 Detroit Tigers 1
Jack Tobin 236 St. Louis Browns 2
George Sisler 216 St. Louis Browns 3
Baby Doll Jacobson 211 St. Louis Browns 4
Bobby Veach 207 Detroit Tigers 5
Babe Ruth 204 New York Yankees 6
Whitey Witt 198 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Ty Cobb 197 Detroit Tigers 8
Bob Meusel 190 New York Yankees 9
Ken Williams 190 St. Louis Browns  
Larry Gardner 187 Cleveland Indians 11
Joe Judge 187 Washington Senators  
Sam Rice 185 Washington Senators 13
Tris Speaker 183 Cleveland Indians 14
Joe Sewell 182 Cleveland Indians 15
Ernie Johnson 181 Chicago White Sox 16
Lu Blue 180 Detroit Tigers 17
Stuffy McInnis 179 Boston Red Sox 18
Eddie Collins 177 Chicago White Sox 19
Wally Pipp 174 New York Yankees 20
Earl Sheely 171 Chicago White Sox 21
Howie Shanks 170 Washington Senators 22
Aaron Ward 170 New York Yankees  
Bucky Harris 169 Washington Senators 24
Del Pratt 169 Boston Red Sox  



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

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).