1963 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Carl Yastrzemski	183	Boston Red Sox	1
Pete Ward	177	Chicago White Sox	2
Albie Pearson	176	Los Angeles Angels	3
Al Kaline	172	Detroit Tigers	4
Jim Fregosi	170	Los Angeles Angels	5
Frank Malzone	169	Boston Red Sox	6
Bobby Richardson	167	New York Yankees	7
Max Alvis	165	Cleveland Indians	8
Billy Moran	164	Los Angeles Angels	9
Rich Rollins	163	Minnesota Twins	10
Rocky Colavito	162	Detroit Tigers	11
Zoilo Versalles	162	Minnesota Twins
Ed Charles	161	Kansas City Athletics	13
Jerry Lumpe	161	Kansas City Athletics
Dick Stuart	160	Boston Red Sox	15
Leon Wagner	160	Los Angeles Angels
Joe Pepitone	157	New York Yankees	17
Wayne Causey	155	Kansas City Athletics	18
Chuck Hinton	152	Washington Senators	19
Norm Siebern	151	Kansas City Athletics	20
Luis Aparicio	150	Baltimore Orioles	21
Dick McAuliffe	149	Detroit Tigers	22
Floyd Robinson	149	Chicago White Sox
Brooks Robinson	148	Baltimore Orioles	24
Vic Power	146	Minnesota Twins	25
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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). 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.