1965 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Tony Oliva	185	Minnesota Twins	1
Zoilo Versalles	182	Minnesota Twins	2
Rocky Colavito	170	Cleveland Indians	3
Tom Tresh	168	New York Yankees	4
Jim Fregosi	167	California Angels	5
Don Buford	166	Chicago White Sox	6
Brooks Robinson	166	Baltimore Orioles
Bobby Richardson	164	New York Yankees	8
Don Wert	159	Detroit Tigers	9
Bert Campaneris	156	Kansas City Athletics	10
Carl Yastrzemski	154	Boston Red Sox	11
Floyd Robinson	153	Chicago White Sox	12
Bill Skowron	153	Chicago White Sox
Vic Davalillo	152	Cleveland Indians	14
Leon Wagner	152	Cleveland Indians
Jerry Adair	151	Baltimore Orioles	16
Max Alvis	149	Cleveland Indians	17
Jimmie Hall	149	Minnesota Twins
Frank Howard	149	Washington Senators
Felix Mantilla	147	Boston Red Sox	20
Ken McMullen	146	Washington Senators	21
Lee Thomas	141	Boston Red Sox	22
Tony Conigliaro	140	Boston Red Sox	23
Willie Horton	140	Detroit Tigers
Danny Cater	139	Chicago White Sox	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.