Hits : 1965 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:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1965 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tony Oliva 185 Minnesota Twins 1
Zoilo Versalles 182 Minnesota Twins 2
Rocky Colavito 170 Cleveland Indians 3
Tom Tresh 168 New York Yankees 4
Jim Fregosi 167 California Angels 5
Don Buford 166 Chicago White Sox 6
Brooks Robinson 166 Baltimore Orioles  
Bobby Richardson 164 New York Yankees 8
Don Wert 159 Detroit Tigers 9
Bert Campaneris 156 Kansas City Athletics 10
Carl Yastrzemski 154 Boston Red Sox 11
Floyd Robinson 153 Chicago White Sox 12
Bill Skowron 153 Chicago White Sox  
Vic Davalillo 152 Cleveland Indians 14
Leon Wagner 152 Cleveland Indians  
Jerry Adair 151 Baltimore Orioles 16
Max Alvis 149 Cleveland Indians 17
Jimmie Hall 149 Minnesota Twins  
Frank Howard 149 Washington Senators  
Felix Mantilla 147 Boston Red Sox 20
Ken McMullen 146 Washington Senators 21
Lee Thomas 141 Boston Red Sox 22
Tony Conigliaro 140 Boston Red Sox 23
Willie Horton 140 Detroit Tigers  
Danny Cater 139 Chicago White Sox 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.

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.

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).