Total Bases Records

Total Bases Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for total bases — including career marks, single season plateaus and game related total bases records.

"I'm not saying throw at his (Shawn Green) head, but GET HIM OFF THE PLATE! Everything was right down the middle." - ESPN Broadcaster / Former Pitcher Jeff Brantley (ESPN, 05/23/2002, Green Sets New Total Bases Record)

Total Bases Records Career Total Bases Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Career (Top 100)	AL	Ty Cobb	Detroit	5,854
	NL	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	4,011	6,591
	NL	Hank Aaron	Atlanta	2,580	6,591
	ML	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee (NL)	4,011	6,856
			Atlanta (NL)	2,580
			Milwaukee (AL)	265
Total Bases Records Single Season Total Bases Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Fewest By The League Leader (Year-by-Year)	AL	George Stone	St. Louis	259	1905
Fewest By The League Leader (Year-by-Year)	NL	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh	237	1906
Most In A Season (Top 100)	AL	Babe Ruth	New York	457	1921
Most In A Season (Top 100)	NL	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis	450	1922
Most In A Season By A Lefthander	AL	Babe Ruth	New York	457	1921
Most In A Season By A Lefthander	NL	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia	445	1930
Most In A Season By A Righthander	AL	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia	438	1932
Most In A Season By A Righthander	NL	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis	450	1922
Most In A Season By A Rookie	AL	Tony Oliva	Minnesota	374	1964
	AL	Hal Trosky	Cleveland	374	1934
	NL	Albert Pujols	St. Louis	360	2001
Most In A Season By A Switch-Hitter	AL	Mickey Mantle	New York	376	1956
Most In A Season By A Switch-Hitter	NL	Ripper Collins	St. Louis	369	1934
Most Consecutive Seasons Leading The League (Year-by-Year)	AL	Ty Cobb	Detroit	3	1907-1909
		Jim Rice	Boston		1977-1979
		Ted Williams *	Boston		1942 & 1946-1947
		* Away in military service during 1943, 1944 & 1945.
	NL	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia	3	1930-1933
	NL	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh	3	1906-1909
Most Seasons Leading The League (Year-by-Year)	AL	Ty Cobb	Detroit	6	1907
			Detroit		1908
			Detroit		1909
			Detroit		1911
			Detroit		1915
			Detroit		1917
		Babe Ruth	Boston		1919
			New York		1921
			New York		1923
			New York		1924
			New York		1926
			New York		1928
		Ted Williams	Boston		1939
			Boston		1942
			Boston		1946
			Boston		1947
			Boston		1949
			Boston		1951
	NL	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	8	1956
			Milwaukee		1957
			Milwaukee		1959
			Milwaukee		1960
			Milwaukee		1961
			Milwaukee		1963
			Atlanta		1967
			Atlanta		1969
Total Bases Records Game Total Bases Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Game (9-Innings)	AL	Mike Cameron	Seattle	16	05-02-2002
		Ty Cobb	Detroit		05-05-1925
		Rocky Colavito	Cleveland		06-10-1959
		Carlos Delgado	Toronto		09-25-2003
		Lou Gehrig	New York		06-03-1932
		Fred Lynn	Boston		06-18-1975
	NL	Shawn Green	Los Angeles	19	05-23-2002
Most In A Doubleheader	AL	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia	21	07-02-1933
		Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia		07-02-1933
		Al Oliver	Cleveland		08-17-1980
		Al Oliver	Cleveland		08-17-1980
	NL	Nate Colbert	San Diego	22	08-01-1972
	NL	Nate Colbert	San Diego	22	08-01-1972
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Total Bases Records

The only player in Major League history who has five seasons (1927, 1930, 1931, 1934 & 1936) with more than four hundred total bases is Lou Gehrig.

Did you know that Dal Maxvill of the 1970 St. Louis Cardinals holds the record for fewest total bases in a season, he had eighty-nine, where at least one-hundred fifty games were played?

Pitchers are not often closely associated with total bases; however, on August 15, 1886, Guy Hecker hit three singles and three home runs for a Major League record (most total bases by a pitcher during a game) fifteen total bases.

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