1953 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Harvey Kuenn	209	Detroit Tigers	1
Mickey Vernon	205	Washington Senators	2
Al Rosen	201	Cleveland Indians	3
Dave Philley	188	Philadelphia Athletics	4
Jim Busby	183	Washington Senators	5
Nellie Fox	178	Chicago White Sox	6
Minnie Minoso	174	Chicago White Sox	7
Billy Goodman	161	Boston Red Sox	8
Bobby Avila	160	Cleveland Indians	9
Jimmy Piersall	159	Boston Red Sox	10
Gus Zernial	158	Philadelphia Athletics	11
Eddie Yost	157	Washington Senators	12
Chico Carrasquel	154	Chicago White Sox	13
Gil McDougald	154	New York Yankees
Eddie Robinson	152	Philadelphia Athletics	15
Billy Martin	151	New York Yankees	16
Walt Dropo	150	Detroit Tigers	17
Dale Mitchell	150	Cleveland Indians
Yogi Berra	149	New York Yankees	19
Ray Boone	147	Cleveland Indians	20
		Detroit Tigers
Jackie Jensen	147	Washington Senators
Jim Rivera	147	Chicago White Sox
Bob Nieman	143	Detroit Tigers	23
Johnny Groth	141	St. Louis Browns	24
George Kell	141	Boston Red Sox
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. The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.