Top 25 Hits in 2000 in the American League

Hits : 2000 American League Top 25

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"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)

2000 Hits Leaders
Top 25 in the American League

Name Hits Team Rank

Darin Erstad 240 Anaheim Angels 1

Johnny Damon 214 Kansas City Royals 2

Mike Sweeney 206 Kansas City Royals 3

Derek Jeter 201 New York Yankees 4

Nomar Garciaparra 197 Boston Red Sox 5

Carlos Delgado 196 Toronto Blue Jays 6

Jermaine Dye 193 Kansas City Royals 7

David Segui 192 Texas Rangers 8

Cleveland Indians

Frank Thomas 191 Chicago White Sox 9

Roberto Alomar 189 Cleveland Indians 10

Joe Randa 186 Kansas City Royals 11

Shannon Stewart 186 Toronto Blue Jays

Garret Anderson 185 Anaheim Angels 13

Magglio Ordonez 185 Chicago White Sox

Travis Fryman 184 Cleveland Indians 15

Edgar Martinez 180 Seattle Mariners 16

Bobby Higginson 179 Detroit Tigers 17

Deivi Cruz 176 Detroit Tigers 18

Omar Vizquel 176 Cleveland Indians

Alex Rodriguez 175 Seattle Mariners 20

Gerald Williams 173 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 21

Ray Durham 172 Chicago White Sox 22

Carlos Lee 172 Chicago White Sox

Matt Lawton 171 Minnesota Twins 24

Jason Giambi 170 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?

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).

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.

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