1989 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Kirby Puckett	215	Minnesota Twins	1
Wade Boggs	205	Boston Red Sox	2
Steve Sax	205	New York Yankees
Robin Yount	195	Milwaukee Brewers	4
Paul Molitor	194	Milwaukee Brewers	5
Ruben Sierra	194	Texas Rangers
Don Mattingly	191	New York Yankees	7
Carney Lansford	185	Oakland Athletics	8
Harold Reynolds	184	Seattle Mariners	9
George Bell	182	Toronto Blue Jays	10
Jerry Browne	179	Cleveland Indians	11
Ivan Calderon	178	Chicago White Sox	12
Mike Greenwell	178	Boston Red Sox
Julio Franco	173	Texas Rangers	14
Kevin Seitzer	168	Kansas City Royals	15
Wally Joyner	167	California Angels	16
Cal Ripken, Jr.	166	Baltimore Orioles	17
Dave Gallagher	160	Chicago White Sox	18
Joe Carter	158	Cleveland Indians	19
Kelly Gruber	158	Toronto Blue Jays
Harold Baines	156	Chicago White Sox	21
		Texas Rangers
Nick Esasky	156	Boston Red Sox
Devon White	156	California Angels
Brian Downing	154	California Angels	24
Rafael Palmeiro	154	Texas Rangers
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. 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).