1971 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Cesar Tovar	204	Minnesota Twins	1
Sandy Alomar	179	California Angels	2
Rod Carew	177	Minnesota Twins	3
Bobby Murcer	175	New York Yankees	4
Reggie Smith	175	Boston Red Sox
Amos Otis	167	Kansas City Royals	6
Tony Oliva	164	Minnesota Twins	7
Brooks Robinson	160	Baltimore Orioles	8
Freddie Patek	158	Kansas City Royals	9
Reggie Jackson	157	Oakland Athletics	10
Horace Clarke	156	New York Yankees	11
Graig Nettles	156	Cleveland Indians
Merv Rettenmund	156	Baltimore Orioles
Frank Howard	153	Washington Senators	14
Aurelio Rodriguez	153	Detroit Tigers
Roy White	153	New York Yankees
Tommy Harper	151	Milwaukee Brewers	17
Paul Schaal	150	Kansas City Royals	18
Vada Pinson	149	Cleveland Indians	19
Ken McMullen	148	California Angels	20
Del Unser	148	Washington Senators
Carlos May	147	Chicago White Sox	22
Sal Bando	146	Oakland Athletics	23
Leo Cardenas	146	Minnesota Twins
Bill Melton	146	Chicago White Sox
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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. 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).