2002 Hits Leaders Top 25 in the American League
Name	Hits	Team	Rank
Alfonso Soriano	209	New York Yankees	1
Ichiro Suzuki	208	Seattle Mariners	2
Miguel Tejada	204	Oakland Athletics	3
Bernie Williams	204	New York Yankees
Nomar Garciaparra	197	Boston Red Sox	5
Garret Anderson	195	Anaheim Angels	6
Derek Jeter	191	New York Yankees	7
Magglio Ordonez	189	Chicago White Sox	8
Alex Rodriguez	187	Texas Rangers	9
Shea Hillenbrand	186	Boston Red Sox	10
Randy Winn	181	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	11
Johnny Damon	178	Boston Red Sox	12
David Eckstein	178	Anaheim Angels
Darin Erstad	177	Anaheim Angels	14
Jason Giambi	176	New York Yankees	15
Shannon Stewart	175	Toronto Blue Jays	16
Carlos Beltran	174	Kansas City Royals	17
Jacque Jones	173	Minnesota Twins	18
Paul Konerko	173	Chicago White Sox
Cristian Guzman	170	Minnesota Twins	20
Bret Boone	169	Seattle Mariners	21
Vernon Wells	167	Toronto Blue Jays	22
John Olerud	166	Seattle Mariners	23
Ray Durham	163	Chicago White Sox	24
		Oakland Athletics
Torii Hunter	162	Minnesota Twins	25
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. 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. 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).