Total Bases : 1901 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:

"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1901 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Nap Lajoie 350 Philadelphia Athletics 1
Jimmy Collins 279 Boston Americans 2
John Anderson 274 Milwaukee Brewers 3
Buck Freeman 255 Boston Americans 4
Jimmy Williams 248 Baltimore Orioles 5
Sam Dungan 232 Washington Senators 6
Mike Donlin 226 Baltimore Orioles 7
Socks Seybold 226 Philadelphia Athletics  
Chick Stahl 226 Boston Americans  
Irv Waldron 226 Milwaukee Brewers  
Washington Senators  
Harry Davis 224 Philadelphia Athletics 11
Ducky Holmes 218 Detroit Tigers 12
Erve Beck 216 Cleveland Blues 13
Sam Mertes 216 Chicago White Stockings  
John Farrell 214 Washington Senators 15
Bill Keister 213 Baltimore Orioles 16
Dummy Hoy 211 Chicago White Stockings 17
Freddy Parent 211 Boston Americans  
Candy LaChance 209 Cleveland Blues 19
Bill Bradley 208 Cleveland Blues 20
Ollie Pickering 206 Cleveland Blues 21
Jimmy Barrett 205 Detroit Tigers 22
Fred Hartman 204 Chicago White Stockings 23
Cy Seymour 204 Baltimore Orioles  
Bill Coughlin 200 Washington Senators 25



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

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.

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.