1952 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Nellie Fox	192	Chicago White Sox	1
Bobby Avila	179	Cleveland Indians	2
Ferris Fain	176	Philadelphia Athletics	3
Eddie Robinson	176	Chicago White Sox
Mickey Mantle	171	New York Yankees	5
Al Rosen	171	Cleveland Indians
Jackie Jensen	165	New York Yankees	7
		Washington Senators
Dale Mitchell	165	Cleveland Indians
Walt Dropo	163	Boston Red Sox	9
		Detroit Tigers
Hank Bauer	162	New York Yankees	10
Minnie Minoso	160	Chicago White Sox	11
Pete Runnels	158	Washington Senators	12
Billy Goodman	157	Boston Red Sox	13
Dave Philley	154	Philadelphia Athletics	14
Johnny Groth	149	Detroit Tigers	15
Phil Rizzuto	147	New York Yankees	16
Yogi Berra	146	New York Yankees	17
Gil McDougald	146	New York Yankees
Harry Simpson	145	Cleveland Indians	19
Gus Zernial	144	Philadelphia Athletics	20
Dom DiMaggio	143	Boston Red Sox	21
Larry Doby	143	Cleveland Indians
Mickey Vernon	143	Washington Senators
Bobby Young	142	St. Louis Browns	24
Bob Nieman	138	St. Louis Browns	25
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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. 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?