1999 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Derek Jeter	219	New York Yankees	1
B.J. Surhoff	207	Baltimore Orioles	2
Bernie Williams	202	New York Yankees	3
Randy Velarde	200	Anaheim Angels	4
		Oakland Athletics
Ivan Rodriguez	199	Texas Rangers	5
Joe Randa	197	Kansas City Royals	6
Carlos Beltran	194	Kansas City Royals	7
Omar Vizquel	191	Cleveland Indians	8
Nomar Garciaparra	190	Boston Red Sox	9
Shawn Green	190	Toronto Blue Jays
Garret Anderson	188	Anaheim Angels	11
Magglio Ordonez	188	Chicago White Sox
Shannon Stewart	185	Toronto Blue Jays	13
Mike Sweeney	185	Kansas City Royals
Juan Gonzalez	183	Texas Rangers	15
Rafael Palmeiro	183	Texas Rangers
Roberto Alomar	182	Cleveland Indians	17
Albert Belle	181	Baltimore Orioles	18
Ray Durham	181	Chicago White Sox
Jason Giambi	181	Oakland Athletics
Johnny Damon	179	Kansas City Royals	21
Jermaine Dye	179	Kansas City Royals
Chuck Knoblauch	176	New York Yankees	23
Mike Bordick	175	Baltimore Orioles	24
Manny Ramirez	174	Cleveland Indians	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). Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro. 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?