1976 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
George Brett	215	Kansas City Royals	1
Rod Carew	200	Minnesota Twins	2
Chris Chambliss	188	New York Yankees	3
Thurman Munson	186	New York Yankees	4
Mickey Rivers	184	New York Yankees	5
Roy White	179	New York Yankees	6
Rusty Staub	176	Detroit Tigers	7
Hal McRae	175	Kansas City Royals	8
Jorge Orta	174	Chicago White Sox	9
Ron LeFlore	172	Detroit Tigers	10
Rico Carty	171	Cleveland Indians	11
Buddy Bell	170	Cleveland Indians	12
George Scott	166	Milwaukee Brewers	13
Amos Otis	165	Kansas City Royals	14
Jim Rice	164	Boston Red Sox	15
Billy North	163	Oakland Athletics	16
Rick Manning	161	Cleveland Indians	17
Robin Yount	161	Milwaukee Brewers
Fred Lynn	159	Boston Red Sox	19
Ralph Garr	158	Chicago White Sox	20
Larry Hisle	158	Minnesota Twins
Rick Burleson	157	Boston Red Sox	22
Mike Hargrove	155	Texas Rangers	23
Al Cowens	154	Kansas City Royals	24
Lyman Bostock	153	Minnesota Twins	25
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

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