Hits : 1915 American League Top 25

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"What people don't understand is, one day off for Cal Ripken would not recharge his batteries. One day would not do it. He's not playing 2,130 games in a row. Cal is ONLY playing 162 games a year." - Frank Robinson in The Sporting News (September 11, 1995)
 

1915 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ty Cobb 208 Detroit Tigers 1
Sam Crawford 183 Detroit Tigers 2
Bobby Veach 178 Detroit Tigers 3
Tris Speaker 176 Boston Red Sox 4
Del Pratt 175 St. Louis Browns 5
Eddie Collins 173 Chicago White Sox 6
Eddie Foster 170 Washington Senators 7
Clyde Milan 165 Washington Senators 8
Duffy Lewis 162 Boston Red Sox 9
Burt Shotton 158 St. Louis Browns 10
Ray Chapman 154 Cleveland Indians 11
Buck Weaver 151 Chicago White Sox 12
Fritz Maisel 149 New York Yankees 13
Shano Collins 148 Chicago White Sox 14
Eddie Murphy 146 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Chicago White Sox  
Amos Strunk 144 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Stuffy McInnis 143 Philadelphia Athletics 17
Joe Jackson 142 Cleveland Indians 18
Chicago White Sox  
Chick Gandil 141 Washington Senators 19
Ossie Vitt 140 Detroit Tigers 20
Nap Lajoie 137 Philadelphia Athletics 21
Tilly Walker 137 St. Louis Browns  
Jack Fournier 136 Chicago White Sox 23
Harry Hooper 133 Boston Red Sox 24
Doc Cook 129 New York Yankees 25



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.

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.