Total Bases : 1902 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:

"The key for this year was staying healthy, playing 154 games (his biggest goal was to play 162 games). When I'm healthy, I'm can put up the best numbers I can." - Juan Gonzalez (1999)
 

1902 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Charlie Hickman 288 Boston Americans 1
Cleveland Blues  
Bill Bradley 283 Cleveland Blues 2
Buck Freeman 283 Boston Americans  
Ed Delahanty 279 Washington Senators 4
Socks Seybold 264 Philadelphia Athletics 5
Harry Davis 249 Philadelphia Athletics 6
Jimmy Williams 249 Baltimore Orioles  
Lave Cross 246 Philadelphia Athletics 8
Jesse Burkett 231 St. Louis Browns 9
Bill Keister 223 Washington Senators 10
Jimmy Ryan 217 Washington Senators 11
Kip Selbach 215 Baltimore Orioles 12
Chick Stahl 214 Boston Americans 13
Topsy Hartsel 213 Philadelphia Athletics 14
Charlie Hemphill 213 Cleveland Blues  
St. Louis Browns  
Freddy Parent 212 Boston Americans 16
John Anderson 202 St. Louis Browns 17
Scoops Carey 199 Washington Senators 18
Nap Lajoie 199 Philadelphia Athletics  
Cleveland Blues  
Jimmy Barrett 197 Detroit Tigers 20
Jimmy Collins 197 Boston Americans  
Fielder Jones 197 Chicago White Stockings  
George Davis 195 Chicago White Stockings 23
Sammy Strang 195 Chicago White Stockings  
Bill Coughlin 194 Washington Senators 25



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.

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?