Top 25 Hits in 1999 in the American League

Hits : 1999 American League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"The baseball season - six months & 2,106 games - is flat out long, and it's a rare one of those games that doesn't ramble or sputter or digress or somehow violate the rules of dramatic narrative. Baseball takes its own sweet time reaching its conclusions." - Dwight Allen in Reds, Yanks and O's (1989)

1999 Hits Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Hits Team Rank

Derek Jeter 219 New York Yankees 1

B.J. Surhoff 207 Baltimore Orioles 2

Bernie Williams 202 New York Yankees 3

Randy Velarde 200 Anaheim Angels 4

Oakland Athletics

Ivan Rodriguez 199 Texas Rangers 5

Joe Randa 197 Kansas City Royals 6

Carlos Beltran 194 Kansas City Royals 7

Omar Vizquel 191 Cleveland Indians 8

Nomar Garciaparra 190 Boston Red Sox 9

Shawn Green 190 Toronto Blue Jays

Garret Anderson 188 Anaheim Angels 11

Magglio Ordonez 188 Chicago White Sox

Shannon Stewart 185 Toronto Blue Jays 13

Mike Sweeney 185 Kansas City Royals

Juan Gonzalez 183 Texas Rangers 15

Rafael Palmeiro 183 Texas Rangers

Roberto Alomar 182 Cleveland Indians 17

Albert Belle 181 Baltimore Orioles 18

Ray Durham 181 Chicago White Sox

Jason Giambi 181 Oakland Athletics

Johnny Damon 179 Kansas City Royals 21

Jermaine Dye 179 Kansas City Royals

Chuck Knoblauch 176 New York Yankees 23

Mike Bordick 175 Baltimore Orioles 24

Manny Ramirez 174 Cleveland Indians 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?

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.

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