Hits : 1963 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Over 162 games, if my big guys are hitting and we get even halfway decent pitching, we'll beat their (our opponents) brains out." - Cincinnati Reds' Manager Sparky Anderson
 

1963 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Carl Yastrzemski 183 Boston Red Sox 1
Pete Ward 177 Chicago White Sox 2
Albie Pearson 176 Los Angeles Angels 3
Al Kaline 172 Detroit Tigers 4
Jim Fregosi 170 Los Angeles Angels 5
Frank Malzone 169 Boston Red Sox 6
Bobby Richardson 167 New York Yankees 7
Max Alvis 165 Cleveland Indians 8
Billy Moran 164 Los Angeles Angels 9
Rich Rollins 163 Minnesota Twins 10
Rocky Colavito 162 Detroit Tigers 11
Zoilo Versalles 162 Minnesota Twins  
Ed Charles 161 Kansas City Athletics 13
Jerry Lumpe 161 Kansas City Athletics  
Dick Stuart 160 Boston Red Sox 15
Leon Wagner 160 Los Angeles Angels  
Joe Pepitone 157 New York Yankees 17
Wayne Causey 155 Kansas City Athletics 18
Chuck Hinton 152 Washington Senators 19
Norm Siebern 151 Kansas City Athletics 20
Luis Aparicio 150 Baltimore Orioles 21
Dick McAuliffe 149 Detroit Tigers 22
Floyd Robinson 149 Chicago White Sox  
Brooks Robinson 148 Baltimore Orioles 24
Vic Power 146 Minnesota Twins 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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).

Did you know that more than forty players have worn the number twenty-five for the Boston Red Sox — including Jack Clark, Denny Galehouse, Dizzy Trout and Tony Conigliaro.