1954 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Nellie Fox	201	Chicago White Sox	1
Harvey Kuenn	201	Detroit Tigers
Bobby Avila	189	Cleveland Indians	3
Jim Busby	187	Washington Senators	4
Minnie Minoso	182	Chicago White Sox	5
Yogi Berra	179	New York Yankees	6
Mickey Vernon	173	Washington Senators	7
Mickey Mantle	163	New York Yankees	8
Ray Boone	160	Detroit Tigers	9
Jackie Jensen	160	Boston Red Sox
Chico Carrasquel	158	Chicago White Sox	11
Larry Doby	157	Cleveland Indians	12
Billy Goodman	148	Boston Red Sox	13
Jim Finigan	147	Philadelphia Athletics	14
Bill Tuttle	141	Detroit Tigers	15
Jim Rivera	140	Chicago White Sox	16
Al Rosen	140	Cleveland Indians
Al Kaline	139	Detroit Tigers	18
Sammy White	139	Boston Red Sox
Eddie Yost	138	Washington Senators	20
Irv Noren	136	New York Yankees	21
Jimmy Piersall	135	Boston Red Sox	22
Al Smith	135	Cleveland Indians
Ted Williams	133	Boston Red Sox	24
Spook Jacobs	131	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). 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. 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.