1997 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Nomar Garciaparra	209	Boston Red Sox	1
Rusty Greer	193	Texas Rangers	2
Derek Jeter	190	New York Yankees	3
Garret Anderson	189	Anaheim Angels	4
Ivan Rodriguez	187	Texas Rangers	5
Ken Griffey, Jr.	185	Seattle Mariners	6
Manny Ramirez	184	Cleveland Indians	7
Frank Thomas	184	Chicago White Sox
Edgar Martinez	179	Seattle Mariners	9
Paul O'Neill	179	New York Yankees
Chuck Knoblauch	178	Minnesota Twins	11
Brian Hunter	177	Detroit Tigers	12
Tino Martinez	176	New York Yankees	13
Alex Rodriguez	176	Seattle Mariners
John Valentin	176	Boston Red Sox
Albert Belle	174	Chicago White Sox	16
Joey Cora	172	Seattle Mariners	17
Ray Durham	172	Chicago White Sox
Tim Salmon	172	Anaheim Angels
Brady Anderson	170	Baltimore Orioles	20
Jay Bell	167	Kansas City Royals	21
Jeff Cirillo	167	Milwaukee Brewers
Bernie Williams	167	New York Yankees
Cal Ripken, Jr.	166	Baltimore Orioles	24
Mo Vaughn	166	Boston Red Sox
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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? 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.