1943 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Dick Wakefield	200	Detroit Tigers	1
Luke Appling	192	Chicago White Sox	2
Doc Cramer	182	Detroit Tigers	3
George Case	180	Washington Senators	4
Oris Hockett	166	Cleveland Indians	5
Billy Johnson	166	New York Yankees
Bobby Doerr	163	Boston Red Sox	7
Nick Etten	158	New York Yankees	8
Tony Lupien	155	Boston Red Sox	9
Rudy York	155	Detroit Tigers
Lou Boudreau	154	Cleveland Indians	11
Jerry Priddy	152	Washington Senators	12
Stan Spence	152	Washington Senators
Vern Stephens	148	St. Louis Browns	14
Mickey Vernon	148	Washington Senators
Don Gutteridge	147	St. Louis Browns	16
Wally Moses	147	Chicago White Sox
Pinky Higgins	145	Detroit Tigers	18
Chet Laabs	145	St. Louis Browns
Guy Curtright	142	Chicago White Sox	20
Roy Cullenbine	141	Cleveland Indians	21
Pete Fox	141	Boston Red Sox
Joe Hoover	140	Detroit Tigers	23
Dick Siebert	140	Philadelphia Athletics
Irv Hall	139	Philadelphia Athletics	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). 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.