Hits : 1966 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:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)
 

1966 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Tony Oliva 191 Minnesota Twins 1
Luis Aparicio 182 Baltimore Orioles 2
Frank Robinson 182 Baltimore Orioles  
Tommie Agee 172 Chicago White Sox 4
Norm Cash 168 Detroit Tigers 5
Brooks Robinson 167 Baltimore Orioles 6
Carl Yastrzemski 165 Boston Red Sox 7
Harmon Killebrew 160 Minnesota Twins 8
Jose Cardenal 155 California Angels 9
Jim Fregosi 154 California Angels 10
Bert Campaneris 153 Kansas City Athletics 11
Bobby Richardson 153 New York Yankees  
Leon Wagner 153 Cleveland Indians  
Don Wert 150 Detroit Tigers 14
Joe Pepitone 149 New York Yankees 15
Don Buford 148 Chicago White Sox 16
Tony Conigliaro 148 Boston Red Sox  
George Scott 147 Boston Red Sox 18
Max Alvis 146 Cleveland Indians 19
Joe Foy 145 Boston Red Sox 20
Boog Powell 141 Baltimore Orioles 21
Fred Valentine 140 Washington Senators 22
Willie Horton 138 Detroit Tigers 23
Al Kaline 138 Detroit Tigers  
Frank Howard 137 Washington Senators 25



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).

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?

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