Hits : 1932 American League Top 25

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"The guys who made up this schedule must have been in a room with a bottle of Wild Turkey and 40 straws." - Dave Bergman
 

1932 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Al Simmons 216 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Heinie Manush 214 Washington Senators 2
Jimmie Foxx 213 Philadelphia Athletics 3
Lou Gehrig 208 New York Yankees 4
Earl Averill 198 Cleveland Indians 5
Joe Vosmik 194 Cleveland Indians 6
Dick Porter 191 Cleveland Indians 7
Earle Combs 190 New York Yankees 8
Jack Burns 188 St. Louis Browns 9
Bill Cissell 184 Chicago White Sox 10
Cleveland Indians  
Charlie Gehringer 184 Detroit Tigers  
Smead Jolley 179 Chicago White Sox 12
Boston Red Sox  
Joe Cronin 177 Washington Senators 13
Ben Chapman 174 New York Yankees 14
Bruce Campbell 173 Chicago White Sox 15
St. Louis Browns  
John Stone 173 Detroit Tigers  
Goose Goslin 171 St. Louis Browns 17
Mule Haas 170 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Fred Schulte 166 St. Louis Browns 19
Buddy Myer 161 Washington Senators 20
Harry Davis 159 Detroit Tigers 21
Jim Levey 159 St. Louis Browns  
Sam West 159 Washington Senators  
Eric McNair 158 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Red Kress 156 St. Louis Browns 25
Chicago White Sox  



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.

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).

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