1942 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Johnny Pesky	205	Boston Red Sox	1
Stan Spence	203	Washington Senators	2
Joe DiMaggio	186	New York Yankees	3
Ted Williams	186	Boston Red Sox
Ken Keltner	179	Cleveland Indians	5
Dom DiMaggio	178	Boston Red Sox	6
Barney McCosky	176	Detroit Tigers	7
Joe Gordon	173	New York Yankees	8
Vern Stephens	169	St. Louis Browns	9
Mickey Vernon	168	Washington Senators	10
Doc Cramer	166	Detroit Tigers	11
George Case	164	Washington Senators	12
Don Kolloway	164	Chicago White Sox
Les Fleming	160	Cleveland Indians	14
Bob Johnson	160	Philadelphia Athletics
Charlie Keller	159	New York Yankees	16
Dick Siebert	159	Philadelphia Athletics
Bobby Doerr	158	Boston Red Sox	18
Jeff Heath	158	Cleveland Indians
Don Gutteridge	157	St. Louis Browns	20
Phil Rizzuto	157	New York Yankees
Wally Moses	156	Chicago White Sox	22
Buddy Hassett	153	New York Yankees	23
Oris Hockett	150	Cleveland Indians	24
Rudy York	150	Detroit Tigers
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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. 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? 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.