1951 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
George Kell	191	Detroit Tigers	1
Dom DiMaggio	189	Boston Red Sox	2
Nellie Fox	189	Chicago White Sox
Minnie Minoso	173	Cleveland Indians	4
		Chicago White Sox
Ted Williams	169	Boston Red Sox	5
Bobby Avila	165	Cleveland Indians	6
Gil Coan	163	Washington Senators	7
Billy Goodman	162	Boston Red Sox	8
Yogi Berra	161	New York Yankees	9
Eddie Yost	161	Washington Senators
Eddie Joost	160	Philadelphia Athletics	11
Mickey Vernon	160	Washington Senators
Eddie Robinson	159	Chicago White Sox	13
Bobby Young	159	St. Louis Browns
Sam Mele	153	Washington Senators	15
Gus Zernial	153	Chicago White Sox
		Philadelphia Athletics
Jerry Priddy	152	Detroit Tigers	17
Al Rosen	152	Cleveland Indians
Johnny Pesky	150	Boston Red Sox	19
Dale Mitchell	148	Cleveland Indians	20
Phil Rizzuto	148	New York Yankees
Ray Coleman	146	St. Louis Browns	22
		Chicago White Sox
Ferris Fain	146	Philadelphia Athletics
Vic Wertz	143	Detroit Tigers	24
Chico Carrasquel	142	Chicago White Sox	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). The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry. 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.