Hits : 1964 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:

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1964 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tony Oliva 217 Minnesota Twins 1
Brooks Robinson 194 Baltimore Orioles 2
Bobby Richardson 181 New York Yankees 3
Elston Howard 172 New York Yankees 4
Zoilo Versalles 171 Minnesota Twins 5
Wayne Causey 170 Kansas City Athletics 6
Dick Stuart 168 Boston Red Sox 7
Eddie Bressoud 166 Boston Red Sox 8
Carl Yastrzemski 164 Boston Red Sox 9
Dick Howser 163 Cleveland Indians 10
Leon Wagner 162 Cleveland Indians 11
Rocky Colavito 161 Kansas City Athletics 12
Rich Rollins 161 Minnesota Twins  
Jerry Lumpe 160 Detroit Tigers 14
Floyd Robinson 158 Chicago White Sox 15
Vic Davalillo 156 Cleveland Indians 16
Bill Freehan 156 Detroit Tigers  
Harmon Killebrew 156 Minnesota Twins  
Luis Aparicio 154 Baltimore Orioles 19
Al Kaline 154 Detroit Tigers  
Joe Pepitone 154 New York Yankees  
Pete Ward 152 Chicago White Sox 22
Bill Skowron 151 Washington Senators 23
Chicago White Sox  
Ron Hansen 150 Chicago White Sox 24
Lee Thomas 150 Los Angeles Angels  
Boston Red Sox  



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?

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.

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