1987 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Kirby Puckett	207	Minnesota Twins	1
Kevin Seitzer	207	Kansas City Royals
Alan Trammell	205	Detroit Tigers	3
Wade Boggs	200	Boston Red Sox	4
Robin Yount	198	Milwaukee Brewers	5
George Bell	188	Toronto Blue Jays	6
Tony Fernandez	186	Toronto Blue Jays	7
Don Mattingly	186	New York Yankees
Danny Tartabull	180	Kansas City Royals	9
Phil Bradley	179	Seattle Mariners	10
Alvin Davis	171	Seattle Mariners	11
Eddie Murray	171	Baltimore Orioles
Pat Tabler	170	Cleveland Indians	13
Willie Wilson	170	Kansas City Royals
Scott Fletcher	169	Texas Rangers	15
Ruben Sierra	169	Texas Rangers
Devon White	168	California Angels	17
Lloyd Moseby	167	Toronto Blue Jays	18
Dwight Evans	165	Boston Red Sox	19
Marty Barrett	164	Boston Red Sox	20
Paul Molitor	164	Milwaukee Brewers
Pete O'Brien	163	Texas Rangers	22
Jose Canseco	162	Oakland Athletics	23
Brook Jacoby	162	Cleveland Indians
Wally Joyner	161	California Angels	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.