Hits : 1933 American League Top 25

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1933 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Heinie Manush 221 Washington Senators 1
Jimmie Foxx 204 Philadelphia Athletics 2
Charlie Gehringer 204 Detroit Tigers  
Al Simmons 200 Chicago White Sox 4
Lou Gehrig 198 New York Yankees 5
Luke Appling 197 Chicago White Sox 6
Doc Cramer 195 Philadelphia Athletics 7
Joe Kuhel 194 Washington Senators 8
Joe Cronin 186 Washington Senators 9
Earl Averill 180 Cleveland Indians 10
Pinky Higgins 178 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Ben Chapman 176 New York Yankees 12
Billy Rogell 173 Detroit Tigers 13
Mule Haas 168 Chicago White Sox 14
Evar Swanson 165 Chicago White Sox 15
Goose Goslin 163 Washington Senators 16
Fred Schulte 162 Washington Senators 17
John Stone 161 Detroit Tigers 18
Jack Burns 160 St. Louis Browns 19
Buddy Myer 160 Washington Senators  
Bruce Campbell 157 St. Louis Browns 21
Bob Johnson 155 Philadelphia Athletics 22
Sam West 155 St. Louis Browns  
Pete Fox 154 Detroit Tigers 24
Tony Lazzeri 154 New York Yankees  



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).

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.