1956 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Harvey Kuenn	196	Detroit Tigers	1
Al Kaline	194	Detroit Tigers	2
Nellie Fox	192	Chicago White Sox	3
Mickey Mantle	188	New York Yankees	4
Jackie Jensen	182	Boston Red Sox	5
Pete Runnels	179	Washington Senators	6
Jimmy Piersall	176	Boston Red Sox	7
Minnie Minoso	172	Chicago White Sox	8
Vic Power	164	Kansas City Athletics	9
Charlie Maxwell	163	Detroit Tigers	10
Harry Simpson	159	Kansas City Athletics	11
Yogi Berra	155	New York Yankees	12
Hector Lopez	153	Kansas City Athletics	13
Ray Boone	148	Detroit Tigers	14
Jim Lemon	146	Washington Senators	15
Al Smith	144	Cleveland Indians	16
Bill Skowron	143	New York Yankees	17
Luis Aparicio	142	Chicago White Sox	18
Billy Klaus	141	Boston Red Sox	19
Roy Sievers	139	Washington Senators	20
Bill Tuttle	138	Detroit Tigers	21
Ted Williams	138	Boston Red Sox
Bob Nieman	137	Chicago White Sox	23
		Baltimore Orioles
Gil McDougald	136	New York Yankees	24
Larry Doby	135	Chicago White Sox	25
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

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