1931 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Lou Gehrig	211	New York Yankees	1
Earl Averill	209	Cleveland Indians	2
Al Simmons	200	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Babe Ruth	199	New York Yankees	4
Earl Webb	196	Boston Red Sox	5
Goose Goslin	194	St. Louis Browns	6
John Stone	191	Detroit Tigers	7
Ben Chapman	189	New York Yankees	8
Heinie Manush	189	Washington Senators
Ski Melillo	189	St. Louis Browns
Joe Vosmik	189	Cleveland Indians
Red Kress	188	St. Louis Browns	12
Joe Cronin	187	Washington Senators	13
Lu Blue	179	Chicago White Sox	14
Earle Combs	179	New York Yankees
Lew Fonseca	179	Cleveland Indians
		Chicago White Sox
Sam West	175	Washington Senators	17
Roy Johnson	173	Detroit Tigers	18
Buddy Myer	173	Washington Senators
Lyn Lary	171	New York Yankees	20
Dale Alexander	168	Detroit Tigers	21
Fred Schulte	168	St. Louis Browns
Ed Morgan	162	Cleveland Indians	23
Tom Oliver	162	Boston Red Sox
Mickey Cochrane	160	Philadelphia Athletics	25
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? 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. 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).