Hits : 1962 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1962 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Bobby Richardson 209 New York Yankees 1
Jerry Lumpe 193 Kansas City Athletics 2
Brooks Robinson 192 Baltimore Orioles 3
Carl Yastrzemski 191 Boston Red Sox 4
Floyd Robinson 187 Chicago White Sox 5
Billy Moran 186 Los Angeles Angels 6
Rich Rollins 186 Minnesota Twins  
Norm Siebern 185 Kansas City Athletics 8
Pete Runnels 183 Boston Red Sox 9
Tom Tresh 178 New York Yankees 10
Vic Power 177 Minnesota Twins 11
Frank Malzone 175 Boston Red Sox 12
Tito Francona 169 Cleveland Indians 13
Lee Thomas 169 Los Angeles Angels  
Lenny Green 168 Minnesota Twins 15
Chuck Hinton 168 Washington Senators  
Eddie Bressoud 166 Boston Red Sox 17
Nellie Fox 166 Chicago White Sox  
Rocky Colavito 164 Detroit Tigers 19
Leon Wagner 164 Los Angeles Angels  
Albie Pearson 160 Los Angeles Angels 21
Bill Bruton 156 Detroit Tigers 22
Joe Cunningham 155 Chicago White Sox 23
Bernie Allen 154 Minnesota Twins 24
Clete Boyer 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).

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.