1998 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Alex Rodriguez	213	Seattle Mariners	1
Mo Vaughn	205	Boston Red Sox	2
Derek Jeter	203	New York Yankees	3
Albert Belle	200	Chicago White Sox	4
Nomar Garciaparra	195	Boston Red Sox	5
Juan Gonzalez	193	Texas Rangers	6
Paul O'Neill	191	New York Yankees	7
Jose Offerman	191	Kansas City Royals
Ivan Rodriguez	186	Texas Rangers	9
Jim Edmonds	184	Anaheim Angels	10
Garret Anderson	183	Anaheim Angels	11
Rusty Greer	183	Texas Rangers
Rafael Palmeiro	183	Baltimore Orioles
Ray Durham	181	Chicago White Sox	14
Ken Griffey, Jr.	180	Seattle Mariners	15
Edgar Martinez	179	Seattle Mariners	16
Quinton McCracken	179	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Johnny Damon	178	Kansas City Royals	18
Tony Clark	175	Detroit Tigers	19
Shawn Green	175	Toronto Blue Jays
Bobby Higginson	174	Detroit Tigers	21
Will Clark	169	Texas Rangers	22
Kenny Lofton	169	Cleveland Indians
Bernie Williams	169	New York Yankees
Ben Grieve	168	Oakland Athletics	25
Name	Hits	Team	Rank

	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? 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).