1988 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Kirby Puckett	234	Minnesota Twins	1
Wade Boggs	214	Boston Red Sox	2
Mike Greenwell	192	Boston Red Sox	3
Paul Molitor	190	Milwaukee Brewers	4
Robin Yount	190	Milwaukee Brewers
Jose Canseco	187	Oakland Athletics	6
Tony Fernandez	186	Toronto Blue Jays	7
Julio Franco	186	Cleveland Indians
Don Mattingly	186	New York Yankees
Johnny Ray	184	California Angels	10
George Brett	180	Kansas City Royals	11
Dave Winfield	180	New York Yankees
Wally Joyner	176	California Angels	13
Marty Barrett	173	Boston Red Sox	14
Eddie Murray	171	Baltimore Orioles	15
Kevin Seitzer	170	Kansas City Royals	16
Rickey Henderson	169	New York Yankees	17
Harold Reynolds	169	Seattle Mariners
Joe Carter	168	Cleveland Indians	19
Harold Baines	166	Chicago White Sox	20
George Bell	165	Toronto Blue Jays	21
Dwight Evans	164	Boston Red Sox	22
Chili Davis	161	California Angels	23
Ellis Burks	159	Boston Red Sox	24
Kent Hrbek	159	Minnesota Twins
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. 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 first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.