1945 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Snuffy Stirnweiss	195	New York Yankees	1
Wally Moses	168	Chicago White Sox	2
Vern Stephens	165	St. Louis Browns	3
Nick Etten	161	New York Yankees	4
Irv Hall	161	Philadelphia Athletics
Rudy York	157	Detroit Tigers	6
George Kell	154	Philadelphia Athletics	7
George Binks	153	Washington Senators	8
Dutch Meyer	153	Cleveland Indians
Dick Siebert	153	Philadelphia Athletics
Joe Kuhel	152	Washington Senators	11
Doc Cramer	149	Detroit Tigers	12
Mickey Rocco	149	Cleveland Indians
George Case	148	Washington Senators	14
Bob Johnson	148	Boston Red Sox
Johnny Dickshot	147	Chicago White Sox	16
Roy Cullenbine	146	Cleveland Indians	17
		Detroit Tigers
George Myatt	145	Washington Senators	18
Eddie Mayo	143	Detroit Tigers	19
Catfish Metkovich	140	Boston Red Sox	20
Bobby Estalella	135	Philadelphia Athletics	21
George McQuinn	134	St. Louis Browns	22
Gil Torres	133	Washington Senators	23
Eddie Lake	132	Boston Red Sox	24
Don Gutteridge	129	St. Louis Browns	25
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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. 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).