Total Bases : 1887 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:

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1887 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American Association

Tip O'Neill 407 St. Louis Browns 1
Pete Browning 354 Louisville Colonels 2
Oyster Burns 349 Baltimore Orioles 3
Denny Lyons 345 Philadelphia Athletics 4
Frank Fennelly 293 Cincinnati Red Stockings 5
John Reilly 285 Cincinnati Red Stockings 6
Mike Griffin 282 Baltimore Orioles 7
Bid McPhee 275 Cincinnati Red Stockings 8
Reddy Mack 272 Louisville Colonels 9
Paul Radford 272 New York Metropolitans  
Darby O'Brien 268 New York Metropolitans 11
Pete Hotaling 267 Cleveland Blues 12
Yank Robinson 266 St. Louis Browns 13
Bob Caruthers 265 St. Louis Browns 14
Harry Stovey 265 Philadelphia Athletics  
Jumbo Davis 263 Baltimore Orioles 16
Bill McClellan 263 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers  
George Pinkney 263 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers  
Ed McKean 262 Cleveland Blues 19
Arlie Latham 259 St. Louis Browns 20
Tom Poorman 258 Philadelphia Athletics 21
Joe Werrick 258 Louisville Colonels  
Henry Larkin 257 Philadelphia Athletics 23
Jim McTamany 255 Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers 24
Jimmy Wolf 253 Louisville Colonels 25



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).

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?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.