Hits : 2007 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:

"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)
 

2007 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Ichiro Suzuki 238 Seattle Mariners 1
Magglio Ordonez 216 Detroit Tigers 2
Derek Jeter 206 New York Yankees 3
Michael Young 201 Texas Rangers 4
Placido Polanco 200 Detroit Tigers 5
Orlando Cabrera 192 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 6
Mike Lowell 191 Boston Red Sox 7
Nick Markakis 191 Baltimore Orioles  
Alex Rios 191 Toronto Blue Jays  
Robinson Cano 189 New York Yankees 10
Vladimir Guerrero 186 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 11
Delmon Young 186 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  
Curtis Granderson 185 Detroit Tigers 13
Carl Crawford 184 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 14
Alex Rodriguez 183 New York Yankees 15
David Ortiz 182 Boston Red Sox 16
Brian Roberts 180 Baltimore Orioles 17
Aaron Hill 177 Toronto Blue Jays 18
Grady Sizemore 174 Cleveland Indians 19
Jose Guillen 172 Seattle Mariners 20
Torii Hunter 172 Minnesota Twins  
Jose Vidro 172 Seattle Mariners  
Bobby Abreu 171 New York Yankees 23
Jorge Posada 171 New York Yankees  
Victor Martinez 169 Cleveland Indians 25



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).

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.