1979 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
George Brett	212	Kansas City Royals	1
Jim Rice	201	Boston Red Sox	2
Buddy Bell	200	Texas Rangers	3
Carney Lansford	188	California Angels	4
Paul Molitor	188	Milwaukee Brewers
Don Baylor	186	California Angels	6
Willie Wilson	185	Kansas City Royals	7
Cecil Cooper	182	Milwaukee Brewers	8
Willie Horton	180	Seattle Mariners	9
Ron LeFlore	180	Detroit Tigers
Alfredo Griffin	179	Toronto Blue Jays	11
Eddie Murray	179	Baltimore Orioles
Chet Lemon	177	Chicago White Sox	13
Fred Lynn	177	Boston Red Sox
Bruce Bochte	175	Seattle Mariners	15
Rick Burleson	174	Boston Red Sox	16
Ken Landreaux	172	Minnesota Twins	17
Amos Otis	170	Kansas City Royals	18
Ken Singleton	168	Baltimore Orioles	19
Roy Smalley	168	Minnesota Twins
Brian Downing	166	California Angels	21
Ruppert Jones	166	Seattle Mariners
Dan Ford	165	California Angels	23
Al Bumbry	162	Baltimore Orioles	24
Rick Bosetti	161	Toronto Blue Jays	25
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.