Hits : 1930 American League Top 25

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1930 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Johnny Hodapp 225 Cleveland Indians 1
Lou Gehrig 220 New York Yankees 2
Al Simmons 211 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Sam Rice 207 Washington Senators 4
Ed Morgan 204 Cleveland Indians 5
Joe Cronin 203 Washington Senators 6
Carl Reynolds 202 Chicago White Sox 7
Charlie Gehringer 201 Detroit Tigers 8
Dale Alexander 196 Detroit Tigers 9
Heinie Manush 194 St. Louis Browns 10
Washington Senators  
Smead Jolley 193 Chicago White Sox 11
Red Kress 192 St. Louis Browns 12
Tom Oliver 189 Boston Red Sox 13
Jimmie Foxx 188 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Babe Ruth 186 New York Yankees 15
Earle Combs 183 New York Yankees 16
Earl Averill 181 Cleveland Indians 17
Goose Goslin 180 Washington Senators 18
St. Louis Browns  
Bing Miller 177 Philadelphia Athletics 19
Mickey Cochrane 174 Philadelphia Athletics 20
Tony Lazzeri 173 New York Yankees 21
Dick Porter 168 Cleveland Indians 22
Buddy Myer 164 Washington Senators 23
Ben Chapman 162 New York Yankees 24
Mule Haas 159 Philadelphia Athletics 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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?

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.