1978 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Jim Rice	213	Boston Red Sox	1
Ron LeFlore	198	Detroit Tigers	2
Rod Carew	188	Minnesota Twins	3
Thurman Munson	183	New York Yankees	4
Rusty Staub	175	Detroit Tigers	5
Eddie Murray	174	Baltimore Orioles	6
Chris Chambliss	171	New York Yankees	7
Hal McRae	170	Kansas City Royals	8
Al Oliver	170	Texas Rangers
Jason Thompson	169	Detroit Tigers	10
Lyman Bostock	168	California Angels	11
Bob Bailor	164	Toronto Blue Jays	12
Carlton Fisk	162	Boston Red Sox	13
Dan Ford	162	Minnesota Twins
Graig Nettles	162	New York Yankees
Jerry Remy	162	Boston Red Sox
Steve Kemp	161	Detroit Tigers	17
Fred Lynn	161	Boston Red Sox
Craig Reynolds	160	Seattle Mariners	19
Roy Smalley	160	Minnesota Twins
Buddy Bell	157	Cleveland Indians	21
Rick Burleson	155	Boston Red Sox	22
Duane Kuiper	155	Cleveland Indians
Sal Bando	154	Milwaukee Brewers	24
Don Money	152	Milwaukee Brewers	25
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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. 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.