Total Bases : 1882 American Association 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:

"When you're playing 162 baseball games, you're playing almost every day, it's nice to have a guy (Jose Lima) like that around to lighten things up and have fun. It's a huge plus for us." - Detroit Tigers Pitcher Matt Anderson
 

1882 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Ed Swartwood 159 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 1
Mike Mansell 152 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 2
Hick Carpenter 148 Cincinnati Red Stockings 3
Pete Browning 147 Louisville Eclipse 4
Billy Taylor 135 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 5
Joe Sommer 129 Cincinnati Red Stockings 6
Bill Gleason 126 St. Louis Brown Stockings 7
Oscar Walker 126 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Guy Hecker 125 Louisville Eclipse 9
Harry Wheeler 122 Cincinnati Red Stockings 10
Jimmy Wolf 122 Louisville Eclipse  
Chick Fulmer 112 Cincinnati Red Stockings 12
Pop Snyder 109 Cincinnati Red Stockings 13
John Peters 108 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 14
Juice Latham 106 Philadelphia Athletics 15
Charlie Householder 105 Baltimore Orioles 16
Ed Whiting 104 Baltimore Orioles 17
Jud Birchall 103 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Charlie Comiskey 102 St. Louis Brown Stockings 19
Jack Gleason 102 St. Louis Brown Stockings  
Jack O'Brien 101 Philadelphia Athletics 21
Jack Leary 96 Pittsburgh Alleghenys 22
Baltimore Orioles  
Bid McPhee 96 Cincinnati Red Stockings  
Tony Mullane 93 Louisville Eclipse 24
Dan Sullivan 90 Louisville Eclipse 25



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.

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.

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.