1970 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Tony Oliva	204	Minnesota Twins	1
Alex Johnson	202	California Angels	2
Cesar Tovar	195	Minnesota Twins	3
Carl Yastrzemski	186	Boston Red Sox	4
Roy White	180	New York Yankees	5
Tommy Harper	179	Milwaukee Brewers	6
Amos Otis	176	Kansas City Royals	7
Reggie Smith	176	Boston Red Sox
Danny Cater	175	New York Yankees	9
Luis Aparicio	173	Chicago White Sox	10
Horace Clarke	172	New York Yankees	11
Sandy Alomar	169	California Angels	12
Bert Campaneris	168	Oakland Athletics	13
Brooks Robinson	168	Baltimore Orioles
Jim Fregosi	167	California Angels	15
Ed Brinkman	164	Washington Senators	16
Vada Pinson	164	Cleveland Indians
Lou Piniella	163	Kansas City Royals	18
Frank Howard	160	Washington Senators	19
Bob Oliver	159	Kansas City Royals	20
Carlos May	158	Chicago White Sox	21
Felipe Alou	156	Oakland Athletics	22
Boog Powell	156	Baltimore Orioles
Rico Petrocelli	152	Boston Red Sox	24
Aurelio Rodriguez	152	California Angels
		Washington Senators
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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. 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).