Hits : 1954 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1954 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Nellie Fox 201 Chicago White Sox 1
Harvey Kuenn 201 Detroit Tigers  
Bobby Avila 189 Cleveland Indians 3
Jim Busby 187 Washington Senators 4
Minnie Minoso 182 Chicago White Sox 5
Yogi Berra 179 New York Yankees 6
Mickey Vernon 173 Washington Senators 7
Mickey Mantle 163 New York Yankees 8
Ray Boone 160 Detroit Tigers 9
Jackie Jensen 160 Boston Red Sox  
Chico Carrasquel 158 Chicago White Sox 11
Larry Doby 157 Cleveland Indians 12
Billy Goodman 148 Boston Red Sox 13
Jim Finigan 147 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Bill Tuttle 141 Detroit Tigers 15
Jim Rivera 140 Chicago White Sox 16
Al Rosen 140 Cleveland Indians  
Al Kaline 139 Detroit Tigers 18
Sammy White 139 Boston Red Sox  
Eddie Yost 138 Washington Senators 20
Irv Noren 136 New York Yankees 21
Jimmy Piersall 135 Boston Red Sox 22
Al Smith 135 Cleveland Indians  
Ted Williams 133 Boston Red Sox 24
Spook Jacobs 131 Philadelphia Athletics 25



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.

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?

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).