Total Bases : 1903 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)
 

1903 Total Bases Leaders

Top 25 in the American League

Buck Freeman 281 Boston Americans 1
Sam Crawford 269 Detroit Tigers 2
Bill Bradley 266 Cleveland Blues 3
Nap Lajoie 251 Cleveland Blues 4
Patsy Dougherty 250 Boston Americans 5
Freddy Parent 247 Boston Americans 6
Charlie Hickman 243 Cleveland Blues 7
Jimmy Collins 242 Boston Americans 8
Socks Seybold 241 Philadelphia Athletics 9
Elmer Flick 216 Cleveland Blues 10
John Anderson 212 St. Louis Browns 11
Danny Green 212 Chicago White Stockings  
Harry Bay 211 Cleveland Blues 13
Charlie Carr 205 Detroit Tigers 14
Jimmy Barrett 202 Detroit Tigers 15
Lave Cross 199 Philadelphia Athletics 16
Jimmy Williams 197 New York Highlanders 17
Danny Murphy 196 Philadelphia Athletics 18
Jesse Burkett 194 St. Louis Browns 19
Hobe Ferris 192 Boston Americans 20
Kip Selbach 190 Washington Senators 21
Willie Keeler 188 New York Highlanders 22
Wid Conroy 187 New York Highlanders 23
Harry Davis 185 Philadelphia Athletics 24
Kid Elberfeld 184 Detroit Tigers 25
New York Highlanders  



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?

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