1972 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Joe Rudi	181	Oakland Athletics	1
Lou Piniella	179	Kansas City Royals	2
Bobby Murcer	171	New York Yankees	3
Rod Carew	170	Minnesota Twins	4
Carlos May	161	Chicago White Sox	5
Amos Otis	158	Kansas City Royals	6
Danny Thompson	158	Minnesota Twins
Dick Allen	156	Chicago White Sox	8
Bob Oliver	154	Kansas City Royals	9
		California Angels
George Scott	154	Milwaukee Brewers
Bert Campaneris	150	Oakland Athletics	11
John Mayberry	150	Kansas City Royals
Roy White	150	New York Yankees
Sandy Alomar	146	California Angels	14
Cesar Tovar	145	Minnesota Twins	15
Thurman Munson	143	New York Yankees	16
Aurelio Rodriguez	142	Detroit Tigers	17
Tommy Harper	141	Boston Red Sox	18
Graig Nettles	141	Cleveland Indians
Brooks Robinson	139	Baltimore Orioles	20
Bobby Darwin	137	Minnesota Twins	21
Chris Chambliss	136	Cleveland Indians	22
Richie Scheinblum	135	Kansas City Royals	23
Carlton Fisk	134	Boston Red Sox	24
Vada Pinson	133	California Angels	25
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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. The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?